Fr. Mark Hamlet

Get Back in the Boat

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 15:14:08 +0000

Once in a while, each of us has to eat “humble pie”. I am now eating “humble pie” before our God, who gives us everything that is good. Once in a while God reminds us to wait on him and learn patience. We follow Him, – – not the other way around. This causes some […]

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God is Doing Something Big!

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 13:35:00 +0000

As the Pandemic and quarantine closed things down around the world, we closed our churches worldwide. We learned to live-stream Masses all over the world. Church attendance and revenues plummeted. Many of our institutions may be closed permanently as we emerge from the crisis. Things will be different. We are hearing wails of woe: “This […]

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Holy Trinity 2020

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 07 Jun 2020 12:42:43 +0000

None of us will ever forget the year 2020. Presidential impeachment. Coronavirus and quarantine. Economic shutdown. Churches closed. Widespread fear. And, we are not even halfway through the year. I cannot remember another year so full of frightful narratives. Fear is widespread. An unarmed black man named George Floyd was murdered by Minneapolis police. A […]

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The Road To Emmaus

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 26 Apr 2020 13:06:08 +0000

“Lord, you will show us the path of life.” God has a way of changing our plans. Something profound happens in our lives, expected or unexpected, and our lives can never be as before. Think about your wedding day, or the birth of a child. At that point our lives are changed forever, and we […]

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Palm Sunday 2020

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 01:25:04 +0000

I doubt any of you will forget Palm Sunday and Holy Week the Year of Our Lord 2020. These are tough times. Some are suffering. Some are dying. Some have great fear and anxiety. All of us have lost our freedoms due to the pandemic and the fear. No one knows what the next week […]

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Do You Believe This?

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 15:24:36 +0000

These times we live in are remarkable. None of us have ever experienced anything like it in our lifetimes. There is a lot of fear in the world right now. Most countries of the world are experiencing this tragedy of pandemic, sickness and death. And isolation and fear. We are all being tested. I hope […]

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We Put Our Trust in the Lord

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 08 Mar 2020 18:21:56 +0000

We hear in Psalm 33, Our soul waits for the LORD, … May your kindness, O LORD, be upon us who have put our hope in you. Perhaps one of the most difficult things for American Christians and Catholics is to put our hope and trust in the Lord. Really, really trust in Him. Not […]

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Here I am, Lord; I Come to do Your Will

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 16:52:43 +0000

God calls his people to do His Will. There is no one here who is not being called by God. We are a people called by God. You can’t sit this one out. There are no sidelines or observers if you are of this people. We were included and called by our Baptism. The Israelites […]

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Where Did the Bible Come From?

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 17 Nov 2019 18:02:33 +0000

Where did the Bible come from? In recent generations Catholics in Texas find themselves surrounded by beliefs arise in predominantly Protestant influences. So, where, exactly did the Bible come from? The Bible came from the Mass. From the earliest generations of the Church, when Bishops met in large groups or synods, they would ask one […]

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Stir Up Your Faith!

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 06 Oct 2019 17:31:05 +0000

In the first reading the prophet Habakkuk asks a question many of us ask sometimes in our faith life. How long, O LORD? I cry for help but you do not listen! We may doubt God is really doing anything, and that our faith is in vain. In the Gospel, we hear the apostles struggling […]

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