Fr. Mark Hamlet

Holy Family

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 17:24:57 +0000

“God sets a father in honor over his children; a mother’s authority he confirms over her sons.” (Sirach 3:2) God shows us that we need family to learn to love and to have and raise children. God gave Jesus a mother, Mary, and an adopted father, Joseph. And God gave Jesus a family tree with […]

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Christmas: The Center of History

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Thu, 25 Dec 2014 02:54:27 +0000

Human history is divided into two parts: before and after the Messiah. The zero point, the center of our history is the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem. The center of our history is Christmas. The Old Testament deals with all human history from creation of the universe, the creation of our first parents, and the […]

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The Immaculate Conception

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Mon, 08 Dec 2014 15:33:26 +0000

Consider your own redemption. God always wanted to call us back to him, to live with him in eternal friendship. We cannot separate the Immaculate Conception from the premise of our own Baptism. By our Baptism we are cleansed of our Original Sin. John the Baptist’s baptism was not our Christian Baptism. John’s baptism was […]

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Feast of All Souls 2014

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 20:04:38 +0000

Today’s feast of All Souls, and yesterday’s feast of all Saints are connected by the same promise of eternal life with God. Yesterday, we acknowledged how happy we are that some of our race, the “Saints”, have been assured that they made it to heaven and received the Promises Jesus made to the Just, the […]

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Repay to Caesar What Belongs to Caesar

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 16:22:22 +0000

From the first chapter of the first book of the Bible, Genesis, we hear, God created mankind in his image; in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. We are made in the image of God. We are made to share divinity with God. We were made, like Adam […]

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Making Disciples

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 28 Sep 2014 15:38:29 +0000

A father tells his two sons to do their chores. The first refuses, but later does what his father asked him to do. This son had a change of heart, and the change was to be obedient to his father. The second son replies, “Yes, sir”, but then does not do what his father asked […]

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Stop Stealing Paperclips!

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 16:19:08 +0000

We heard in the first reading, Thus says the LORD: Observe what is right, do what is just; for my salvation is about to come, my justice, about to be revealed. (Is 56:1) Each year as school starts, I become very concerned for the students returning to school; it is a concern for their honor […]

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Priorities

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 27 Jul 2014 16:40:59 +0000

In the world there is chaos. It is up to us to bring order out of chaos. In order to have order and peace we must mature in our priorities, get our act together, and learn to control the chaos in our lives, with the Grace of God. This is wisdom. We need wisdom. It […]

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The Seven Deadly Sins: Lust

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 20 Jul 2014 14:47:45 +0000

Last year, about this time, we initiated a series of homilies to examine the Seven Deadly Sins. We have already done five of these: Anger, Envy, Avarice, Gluttony and Sloth. (You may listen to or read these homilies by clicking on the homily link on the parish website.) We still have two more to examine: […]

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Confession and Excommunication

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 06 Jul 2014 17:04:36 +0000

God wants very much that we come to share the divine life of the Trinity. St. Paul states boldly: “You are in the spirit if only the Spirit of God dwells in you.” But not all choose to be in the spirit, or in the divine life with God. A couple of weeks ago, it […]

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