Fr. Mark Hamlet

Prepare for Lent

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 03 Mar 2019 15:16:39 +0000

This week we have Ash Wednesday, and the beginning of Lent. We must prepare well to live a fruitful Lent. The readings today can help us enter Lent with our personal examination and discernment of Conscience. Jesus said in the Gospel, Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive […]

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Lent Week IV: How Is It Going?

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Wed, 18 Mar 2015 17:49:43 +0000

(Given at Mary Immaculate Church, Kirksville, Mo) How is your Lent going? Is something changing in your life? Have you determined if anything needs to change to improve your relationship with God? Are you praying? Are you fasting? Been to Confession lately? Are you doing anything? We all want to go to Heaven! Does something […]

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How Is Your Lent Going?

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 08 Mar 2015 17:19:40 +0000

How is your Lent going? Is something changing in your life? Have you determined if anything needs to change to improve your relationship with God? Are you praying? Are you doing anything? We all want to go to Heaven! Does something have to change? Something has to change! That is what Lent is about! One […]

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Palm Sunday 2014

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 13 Apr 2014 17:40:05 +0000

In Holy Week we celebrate mystery NOT history. These liturgies do not take us back in time but into what is happening now in our lives, today. We are invited to enter into the mystery and anticipate our own Resurrection with the Lord. We are reminded to keep the paschal fast on Good Friday and […]

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Palm Sunday 2013

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 18:15:00 +0000

Palm Sunday 2013 In Holy Week we celebrate mystery NOT history. These liturgies do not take us back in time but into what is happening now in our lives, today. We are invited to enter into the mystery and anticipate our own Resurrection with the Lord. We are reminded to keep the paschal fast on […]

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Something Has to Change

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:00:02 +0000

Something has to change Lenten Homily This is Audio Only

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Don’t waste Lent!

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:00:40 +0000

Today I wish to revisit some of the issues we spoke about on Ash Wednesday, and business as usual. How is your Lent going? Sometimes we simply cannot continue with “business as usual”. Our “business as usual” is our accommodation with the world. The Church knows that we cannot simply continue with “business as usual”. […]

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Ash Wednesday 2012

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:00:44 +0000

Sometimes we simply cannot continue with “business as usual”. Our “business as usual” is our accommodation with the world. The Church knows that we cannot simply continue with “business as usual”. That is why we have always had Lent. Something has to give. Something has to change. Our faith cannot simply be an external practice. […]

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Spiritual Freedom and Lent

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:00:24 +0000

We are beginning the third week of Lent. Lent is a spiritually rich time if we choose to participate. Through the discipline of Lent we are to renew our efforts to grow spiritually and increase our control over temptation. Fasting, prayer, alms and other penance help us to increase our self-control over the desires of […]

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