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SERMON FOR THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD

by | Jul 25, 2024 | Sermons

SERMON FOR THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD by Father Mike Paraniuk http://ourladyofthehillsoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Full-Sermon-5-12-2024.mp3 My mentor Fr. Ed Connelly gave me wise advice on how to be a good priest. On my ordination day, after placing the priestly...

SERMON ON JOHN 15:9-17

by | Jul 25, 2024 | Sermons

One of my favorite saints is St. Catherine of Siena. She was a no-nonsense, “tell it like it is” woman. If she believed you were doing something wrong, she badgered you till you got it right. The year 1309 was a dark period in the Roman Catholic Church. Pope Clement V...

FIRST COMMUNION SERMON

by | Jul 25, 2024 | Sermons

Before my First Communion in 1957, I asked my parents if I could do something that surprised them. I wanted Mom and Dad to walk me to the Communion Rail, which was expected. But then I asked the unexpected. “Can I have Uncle Joe walk us, too?” Uncle Joe was my dad’s...

SERMON ON JOHN 10:11-18 – THE GOOD SHEPHERD

by | Jul 25, 2024 | Sermons

This is a true story about a sermon that will live in the annals of preaching history. A young deacon studying for priesthood was required to preach a sermon about Jesus the Good Shepherd. He worked for days to make this sermon so memorable no one would ever forget...

SERMON ON LUKE 24:35-48

by | Jul 25, 2024 | Sermons

A man went to his Pastor for spiritual advice. He complained that he was bombarded with many temptations that led him to sin. He described his soul as “filled with cobwebs all around me. They are my temptations. I get stuck on them. They trap me.” Frustrated, he asked...

Easter Sermon John 20:1-9

by | Jul 25, 2024 | Sermons

There is an old proverb about how to live well: “The secret to living well and longer is to eat half, walk double, laugh triple and love without measure.” My mother lived that proverb to the ripe age of 97. She poured love into her family without measure. She passed...