Fr. Mark Hamlet

Preparing for Christmas

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 22 Dec 2013 15:32:13 +0000

Seven hundred years prior to the birth of Jesus God revealed through his prophet Isaiah, “The Lord himself will give you this sign: virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall name him Emmanuel.” Today we hear Matthew recount how the birth of Jesus came about. Our God comes to us. Unlike every other […]

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Feast of All Saints

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Fri, 01 Nov 2013 14:49:42 +0000

First celebrated in the 4th century, after centuries of official persecution in the Church. The Church realized that our Church is built upon the blood sweat and tears of a lot of people who loved and loved recklessly with their entire being. These are the ones who have made it to heaven and continue to […]

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The Seven Deadly Sins: Sloth

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 20 Oct 2013 15:21:13 +0000

One of the important things about prayer is that when you are in prayer you are also open to God. You have initiated a conversation. It is easier to receive what God has to say to us when we have opened the line of communication with God than when we have not opened communication with […]

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Faith the Size of a Mustard Seed

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 06 Oct 2013 18:28:14 +0000

Faith changes everything. It doesn’t take much. But it requires action. When I was finishing my MBA at the University of Dallas, I was offered several times to go to work with the pioneer company making birth control pills. I was newly married, and my wife and I had experienced a courtship full of shared […]

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No One Can Serve Two Masters

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 22 Sep 2013 16:19:27 +0000

Last year I preached to you, “Stop Stealing Paperclips”. If you cannot be trusted with small things, you cannot be trusted. “No servant can serve two masters. He will either hate one and love the other, or be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and mammon.” Mammon is an […]

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The Seven Deadly Sins: Gluttony

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 16:58:51 +0000

Do you want to be a disciple of Jesus Christ? Jesus comments in today’s Gospel are all about discipleship. “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.” And, “… anyone of you who does not renounce […]

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The Seven Deadly Sins: Envy

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 18:59:52 +0000

There is a universal call from God to all mankind for their salvation, not just the Jews, as we heard in the first reading from Isaiah. They shall bring all your brothers and sisters from all the nations as an offering to the LORD, . . . Some of these I will take as priests […]

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The Seven Deadly Sins: Greed

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 11 Aug 2013 18:33:46 +0000

We recently began to consider the Seven Deadly Sins, or the Seven Capital Sins. The Church has been teaching and pondering the Seven Deadly Sins since the time of Jesus and St. Paul. First we began with the sin of Anger. Today we will continue with the Deadly Sin of Greed. It is important to […]

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The Seven Deadly Sins: Anger

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 23:04:06 +0000

Seven Deadly Sins-Anger From the time I arrived at the parish I have desired to explore with you something you hear very little about these days, “The Seven Deadly Sins”, or the “Seven Capital Sins”. The Church has been contemplating “The Seven Deadly Sins” since the time of Paul. Later, Pope St. Gregory, Dante, and […]

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Confession

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 16 Jun 2013 18:35:58 +0000

Confession My grandson Gabriel made his First Communion about three years ago, just prior to my ordination. Gabriel was going to his first Confession before his First Communion when he said, “Granddad, just think, if you were already a priest you could hear my Confession.” That caught me off guard, but I told him, “Gabe, […]

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