Fr. Mark Hamlet

Mary Mother of God 2013

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Tue, 01 Jan 2013 08:00:06 +0000

As Christians, baptized, believing Christians, Jesus Christ has been born into our hearts and has given us life. St. Paul tells us, “See to it that no one deceives you through any empty, seductive philosophy that follows mere human tradition, a philosophy based upon cosmic powers rather than on Christ.” Col 2:4 “He cancelled that […]

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Do You Know the Date of Your Baptism?

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 08:00:47 +0000

World Mission Sunday On the day of your baptism you became a missionary, called by the Lord to share your faith with those around you, and to be part of the Church’s mission to the world. Why? The day before your baptism you were not fully human. You were mortal, separate from God. Eternal life […]

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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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Priesthood: A Love Affair

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:00:23 +0000

Recently a Catholic gentleman asked me about my calling to the priesthood. The question struck me as strange. He was obviously curious with a good question. I don’t question his motives. He was actually thinking about his teenage son who had told him he was thinking about the priesthood. However, the man’s language struck me […]

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Pray For The Unborn

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:00:16 +0000

We are initiating a new Liturgical Year. We are also initiating a new cycle of biblical readings in the Mass. This year we will explore the Gospel of Mark, which may have been one of the first Gospels written, shortly before the year 70 AD, probably in Rome. Mark gets right down to business in […]

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Epiphany 2012

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:00:59 +0000

Jesus’ birth was not a “surprise party”. God did not sneak up on men when he became a man. There had been prophecies of the Messiah from long before. The problem was that many Jews, especially their leaders, had ceased to care whether God would come among them or not. Look what happened when the […]

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Original Sin and Salvation

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:00:53 +0000

The Church today celebrates “Gaudete Sunday”, the third Sunday of Advent. “Gaudete” in Latin means joy. St. Paul tells the Thessalonians, “Rejoice Always!” With all that is happening in the world, with all the sadness and poverty around us, how can we rejoice? In 2000, the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI, made […]

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Forgiveness of Sin

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 08:00:32 +0000

One of the greatest myths proclaimed by Protestants deals with reconciliation and forgiveness of sin. You have all heard it. Many Catholics even believe it. It goes something like this: “Why confess your sins to a man?”, or “I don’t have to go through a man to confess my sins. I go directly to God.” […]

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First Sunday of Advent 2011

Fr. Mark Hamlet — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:00:20 +0000

A most unusual thing happened in human history. Almighty God, the God of all creation, creator of heaven and earth, creator of mankind, became man. The God of Gods became a small baby, born of the Virgin Mary. This only happened once in all of history. We are preparing to celebrate that fact again with […]

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