"A Thorn in the Side" | 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Fr. Mike's Homily) #sundayhomily

My family and I prayed and prayed day after day for my baby brother would be well after a drunker driver struck the vehicle of my parents and brother were in. My dear father passed away instantly, my mother heard his last breath 😢 and my brother was unconscious. It was dark in the countryside. My mother had to be brave enough with the shock and agony to get out of the wreckage and out of the ditch to wave drivers down to call 911. Long story short my brother was in the hospital for 3 months from the injuries from the vehicle accident to then be a subject to medical negligence to finally his death. Meanwhile thru the heartbreaking we all had, the emotional and physical pain of my dear mother, thru my dad’s funeral/rosaries the holidays (Christmas at the hospital) with our brother in the hospital bedside we all felt Jesus Christ. We did have wonder if our prayers would be heard. Ultimately, my brother passed and we mourned our brother and dad, my mom mourned her husband and son. But we never denounced Jesus Christ. And I feel thru our heartbreaks we continue to glorify our wonderful God.

Beautifully said! God’s glory shines through our wounds, not despite them.

"You don't have to wait to be healed to be holy." Wow. Thank you, Father.

This does remind me of the scene between Jesus and Little James in season 3 of The Chosen. Him asking why Jesus didn’t heal him; glorifying God in spite of weakness

"The whole point of life is to give off the light of Jesus." Praise God! Thank you, Father.

Thank you Father Mike.

These homilies have been one of the highlights of my weeks, thank you 🙏

Thank you!

"The whole point of life is to give off the light of Jesus."

God bless you all

Thank you, Father Mike. You are spot on! It is easy to glorify God when He does as I want. Much harder to do and trust Him when He does not. Jesus, I trust in You! Help me to trust You more, especially when it is hard to do. God bless you.

Beautiful homily, thank you Father Mike ! You are truly a bright light God blessed us with 🙏❤️❤️❤️🙏

So timely. God is always on time. I’m sure there are many people, including myself, that needed to hear this message. We have to remain faithful, like Job. Our resting place is in heaven. Until then, we have to fight the good fight.

A great sermon. God can do great things through broken people.

Dear Lord, please protect father Mike from all evil and all temptation. Thank you for his vocation, thank you for the words that you speak to us through his priesthood. Amen.

Thank Peace ❤❤❤

Father Mike. God and your message today was perfect. The thorn in my side is grief/loss of my husband of 50 years. I don’t know who I am now but God does! Power is perfect in my weakness and His grace is sufficient !!! Amen Thank you ❤🙏

Please pray for my husband who is suffering and his suffering is mine. I hate to see him in distress. I know there isn’t anything I can do but pray and trust in God’s devine plan.

Thank you, Fr Mike. All I can think of after listening to this homily is that all we need to do is be willing to be used by God to give off Christ's light, trusting that He glorifies Himself in our weakness, whatever that weakness may be. We're being called to humility, let go and let God do with us what He wills.

Thank you