Jesus tells Zacchaeus he must stay at his house. How would we respond?
Homily given for the 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time, Liturgical Year C.
Remembering the Faithful Departed
Homily given on All Souls Day, 2020.
acknowledging our lowliness
Acknowledging our lowliness and humility before God is one of the most important steps in prayer.
Homily given for the 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Liturgical Year C.
Full homily text: https://mattsiegman.com/2019/10/acknowledging-our-lowliness/
Persistence
In the Gospel we learn that if your neighbor won’t help because of your friendship, he will because of your persistence. So, if God doesn’t answer your prayers, that doesn’t mean you should stop praying!
Homily given for the 29th Sunday or Ordinary Time, Liturgical Year C.
Habakkuk’s Question
Habakkuk’s question is just as relevant toda as it was thousands of years ago.
Homily given for the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Liturgical Year C at 5:15PM on October 6, 2019.
Full text of homily: https://mattsiegman.com/2019/10/habakkuks-question/
Remember
I don’t know about you, but I am always forgetting things. Sometimes it’s not a big deal, but sometimes it is.
Homily for the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C. Given the weekend of September 15, 2019.
Full text homily: https://mattsiegman.com/2019/09/remember/
The Tower of Eternal Life
Scarce do we guess the things on earth, and what is within our grasp we find with difficulty; but when things are in heaven, who can search them out?
Homily for the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C. Given September 8, 2019.
Full homily: https://mattsiegman.com/2019/09/the-tower-of-eternal-life/
Humility and the Heavenly Banquet
In our Gospel today, Jesus gives what could be perceived as a lesson in social etiquette, but it is so much more than that.
Homily for the 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Liturgical Year C, given at 9AM on September 1, 2019.
Full homily: https://mattsiegman.com/2019/08/humility-and-the-heavenly-banquet/
God’s Discipline
We cannot enter the wide gate, we must do the hard thing and strive for the narrow gate. “Whom the Lord loves, he disciplines.” This is not because God wants to see us suffer: when we suffer, God suffers with us.
21st Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C, given August 25, 2019.
Full homily: https://mattsiegman.com/2019/08/gods-discipline/
We Must Set the Earth on Fire!
Today we hear Jesus say, “I have come to set the earth on fire!” How can we respond to this calling?
Homily for the 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Liturgical Year C, given at 9AM on August 18, 2019
Full homily: https://mattsiegman.com/2019/08/we-must-set-the-earth-on-fire/