We press into the fear that our faith is too small and find freedom in trusting a faithful God. From pride’s demand for proof to the slow work of waiting, we explore how daily, ordinary yeses shape courage, heal wounds, and move real mountains.

• faith measured by trust, not size
• risk and reason held together in belief
• pride’s need for control versus surrender
• living on God’s terms and timing
• exercising faith through daily prayer and forgiveness
• perseverance stories that witness to God’s fidelity
• waiting as the school of trust
• Jesus’ confidence in us and the gift of the Eucharist
• bringing doubts and fears as mustard seeds

When you come forward to receive Jesus in the Eucharist, bring your mustard seed. Bring your doubts, bring your fears, your little faith, place it into his hands, and let him grow it.

We sit with Father Adam to explore a winding road from punk stages to priestly vows, the miracle surrounding his father’s last rites, and the hard joy of going all in with Christ. Luke 16:19–31 becomes a mirror for desire, wealth, and a call to spiritual fatherhood.

• meaning of Priesthood Sunday and gratitude for priests
• Father Adam’s path from cultural Catholicism to conversion
• beauty as a doorway to God and daily habits of prayer
• surrendering good desires to receive a new form of fatherhood
• Isaiah 49 as courage to leap in discernment
• ordination, shared suffering, and a providential goodbye
• Rich Man and Lazarus as a warning against numbed compassion
• ordering ambition, wealth, and work to God’s glory
• celibacy as freedom for spiritual fatherhood and service
• simple steps to put Christ first and remove blinders

We draw a clear line from the parable of the rich man and Lazarus to the quiet ways complacency blinds us to people at our gate. We challenge prosperity myths, name everyday Lazaruses, and lay out concrete steps to resist indifference with love.

• the inner struggle between generosity and complacency
• why Lazarus is named and the rich man is forgotten
• indifference as the real sin, not wealth
• how prosperity myths distort faith and ethics
• the slow drift into numbness and blindness
• identifying Lazarus in family, work, and community
• faith as daily conversion, not comfort
• salvation as communal: an economy of love

Father Vigoa and Michelle Lopez unpack prioritizing our relationship with Christ above everything else.

• The cross is Christianity's defining symbol – not a crown or throne – reflecting our call to embrace suffering
• Lukewarm faith seeks blessings without surrender and lacks urgency in spiritual growth
• Jesus demands first place in our hearts, reordering all other relationships properly
• Embracing our crosses transforms suffering into redemptive experiences
• St. Maximilian Kolbe's story demonstrates how faith can transform even the darkest circumstances
• Identifying your specific cross and bringing it honestly before God is the first step toward transformation
• Young people should use easier seasons to build strong spiritual foundations for future challenges
• Priests carry the weight of others' crosses while learning to surrender these burdens to Christ

Father Vigoa and Michelle unpack Jesus's challenging words from Luke 13 about the narrow gate and what it means to be counted among "the few" who enter it.

• Striving for salvation requires intentional spiritual practices and consistent effort
• Being "sacramentally near but spiritually far" happens when we attend religious services without interior transformation
• Confession serves as a critical first step toward authentic conversion and relationship with Christ
• Prayer must evolve from memorized formulas to intimate, spontaneous conversation with God
• Christian joy doesn't depend on circumstances but on the unchanging truth of Christ's resurrection
• Spiritual growth requires "showing up" even when we don't feel like it
• Community involvement in parish life helps us "catch" holiness from others
• The narrow gate represents a path that requires effort but leads to eternal paradise

The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross invites us to see how Jesus transformed an instrument of torture into the greatest symbol of victory and love. This challenging homily explores how the cross demands more than admiration—it calls for complete discipleship in a world where violence often replaces dialogue.

• The cross was Rome's way of saying "your life doesn't matter" but Jesus transformed it into a proclamation of love
• A cross is not a decoration but a demand that asks if we will follow Jesus completely
• When violence enters public life and threatens free speech, we betray the cross
• Recent political violence reminds us that truth needs witnesses, not weapons
• Students are challenged to speak truth with love rather than retreat into silence
• Personal suffering, when carried with Christ, becomes a doorway to eternal life
• Love, not hatred or violence, always has the last word

Hail O Holy Cross, our only hope.

Jesus shifts our focus from wondering how many will be saved to the more important question: are we personally striving to enter through the narrow gate? The path to salvation requires more than just attendance at religious services; it demands a transformed life and genuine relationship with Christ.

• The narrow gate represents Christ himself, and passing through means allowing him to reshape our lives
• Throughout history, Christians have wrestled with balancing God's mercy with our responsibility
• Previous generations sometimes portrayed God as a harsh judge, while today many assume salvation is automatic
• True Christianity isn't a label but a daily friendship with Christ expressed through prayer, penance, and charity
• Like athletes training hard to win, we must strive in our spiritual lives without comparing ourselves to others
• God's discipline isn't punishment but training that helps us walk toward the narrow gate
• The journey is demanding but not impossible—Christ and the saints have walked it before us

Strive to recommit yourself to the daily work of holiness so that one day, by God's mercy, you too may pass through that narrow gate and enter into the joy of his eternal kingdom.

Every religion has a symbol at its center of worship. Christianity's symbol is the cross - not glory or triumph, but sacrifice. The resurrection means nothing unless we first pass through the cross; Christianity doesn't escape suffering, it transforms it.

• Jesus makes the breathtaking claim that nothing can come before him - not family, wealth, power, or even life itself
• Lukewarm Christianity admires Jesus from afar but never really follows him to the cross
• St. Maximilian Kolbe exemplifies carrying the cross by sacrificing his life for another prisoner at Auschwitz
• Everyone has a cross to carry - whether through illness, forgiveness, or other daily struggles
• The cross is not about despising life but about ordering our loves properly, with Christ first
• The world needs witnesses who burn with Christ's love, not "secret service Catholics" with lukewarm faith
• The cross is not a symbol of defeat but of victory, not despair but hope, the doorway to eternal life