SERMON ON MARK 14:22-26

SERMON ON MARK 14:22-26 by Father Mike Paraniuk http://ourladyofthehillsoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Full-Sermon-6-02-2024.mp3 When someone is performing a good deed, don’t stop them. Here is my story: I was having lunch on Saturday of Memorial Day weekend at a...

SERMON FOR TRINITY SUNDAY

SERMON FOR TRINITY SUNDAY by Father Mike Paraniuk http://ourladyofthehillsoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Full-Sermon-5-26-2024.mp3 The year was 415 AD when St. Augustine decided to take a break from writing his greatest theological work called “De Trinitate” (On...

SERMON FOR PENTECOST

SERMON FOR PENTECOST by Father Mike Paraniuk http://ourladyofthehillsoh.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Full-Sermon-5-19-2024.mp3 Jesus left the Apostles a gift and a command before leaving for Heaven. “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you....

SERMON FOR THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD

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

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

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...