Gospel and Homily of Father Michael O'Connor from Mass on October 31, 2021, at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church in Bay St. Louis, MS www.olgchurch.... / ourladyofthegulfchurchbsl
What a beautiful and honest homily on the teaching of our Catholic faith. You are a wonderful priest and teacher Father Mike. I have learned a lot from you. Thank you and may God Bless you and all our holy priests. Praying for you every day. 🙏
When I feel lower than a ant that's been stepped on. It's only a teacher like Father Michael, full of the spirit, in love with Christ, that swoops in with super hero self, ( he wears a cape) - that brings me up , thank you Father Michael for your service, you bring a certain grace to a old soldier to keep Satan at bay, he will not take me. Amen
God bless all of our priest each one of them consecrating their lives to serve you My Lord, Bless them with wisdom. love, Faith, Health, and Holiness so they can guide us to your Loving arms my Lord. May our mother the virgin Mary care for all us with her sweet love and tenderness.
Father Michael is right. I was raised Catholic from birth. I have memories of going to church, of attending catholic school for 6 years, of going to mass every weekend. I remember my grandmother, who lived with us, watching mass every day without fail and praying the rosary. I remember after going to mass her praying hours later, quietly by herself, and at the time being young and not so smart I was thinking "Why? We just went to mass and she's setting another hour aside for God?". I too was a lukewarm Catholic. And honestly, I didn't take my faith to the next level and become more devout, more spiritual, more thankful and closer to God until recently. I am ashamed to admit it. I thought I was being committed to God, but in reality I was going thru the motions. The disintegration of society, morals and values we've been experiencing in America has never been a bigger threat to a decent, free society. Dismembering babies with steel clamps seems to be accepted now. Even "Catholic" politicians like Biden are actively supporting abortion wrongly, as a woman's right to choose. She had the right to choose, and she chose to have a baby. Taking a pill or going to Planned Parenthood just because you made bad decisions is wrong. God has been so sadly omitted from schools, athletics, and the home. The nuclear family structure and the Judeo-Christian foundation of our country is under attack. We need to stand even firmer in our beliefs and with God. And vote smarter before it's too late. God Bless.
I praise & thank God for you Father Mike. The Church has for so too long raised "lukewarm" Catholics & is most definitely the reason everyone's leaving; I know because I was one of them. I left for 20 years, attended a Pentecostal Church, but felt the Lord calling me home & returned 10 years ago. I've been tempted again to leave, because the Church is still preaching "what itchy ears want to hear" thinking this will keep people, they're wrong. I live in Upstate NY & found you during the shutdown, along with several other Priests on fire for preaching Truth. I will continue to pray that more strong men are called to be Priests and the corrupt Priests be weeded out. These are people's souls at stake. Thank you again for being a real Shepherd.
Oh Father Mike, many of us just take LOVE for granted, many of us LONG for LOVE and we don’t know what REAL LOVE is until someone like you tell us about the GREATEST LOVE of all , and that is GOD! This is. The best homily I have heard so far. Thank you Fr. Mike!
Thank you so, so much Father Michael O'Connor. God bless you Father Michael for speaking the true teachings of the church. Thank God for the Priests who feed their flock with the truth.
Dear Father Michael, we thank God profusely for inspiring you to be sorry for your sins as a lukewarm Catholic and to be transformed into the priest consumed with real love for the flock...the only love that matters...that unquenchable zeal for the salvation of eternal souls!!!! Our Lady of the Gulf, pray for us! Keep up the great work.
What a wonderful message Father. I do not want to be a Luke-warm Catholic Christian. I listen to your sermons every day. You have the message of eternal life. Many thanks for your faithful ministry. 💒
“The Church should shape the Culture” AMEN! Today’s Youth are not truly understanding what they are sitting through in CCD. Thank you for this inspiring homily! This message needs to be shared and spread throughout the people
Alleluia, Alleluia, Fr Michael, thank you, we need this preached in the UK, lukewarm is a pandemic here. We can't know the good news until we know bad news, God Bless
Father, I haven't been in a Catholic church in 20 years. I take that back, my dad's funeral was 12 years ago. But God used it to open the door for Jesus to come in and I've been in love with Him ever since. Amen!!
Praise be Jesus, for answering my prayer, and helping me connect, with a priest who has zeal & conviction for Christ. Hallelujah!! His consecrations & absolutions would be undoubtable. Such conviction….. Praise be Jesus!
The Lord convicted me that I do not love him.. I went to confession many times because of that encounter with Jesus Christ. I read my bible, daily church and witness but my heart was far from him. I am still striving to please and Love him .
What a wonderful sermon. May God bless and continue to inspire you and fill you with holy zeal. Our sermon this morning was that Purgatory was like "rehab"!! May God have mercy on us all.
Martina, if that's the truth, break with any family or tradition and get out of that "wolf in sheep's clothing" of a Church. Please do it now! Pray for God's leadership and guidance and He will guide you to a place that preaches the Truth. Take your time in choosing where to go. Learn about the leaders and the churches you visit before making a decision to join that fellowship. It is more important to be a Christian than a Baptist, Catholic, Episcopalian, etc..Go where THE BIBLE is the source of preaching, where you are instructed and encouraged to READ AND STUDY the Bible DAILY and to pray prayers from your HEART(not written, scripted prayers from the church) TO God, thru his Son, Jesus Christ. God bless you for being in a false church. Please ! Run from there and quick! Flee from those trying to destroy you Spiritually .
God Bless you Fr. Mike, you are pure pure GOLD...God bless u and keep u safe in these historical, biblical End- Times.....Greetings from Frankfurt, Germany, living here now 33yrs, i am an irish australian..............we hve to be positively radical for Jesus Christ in this luziferian world............lets all put on our end.times Armourment and become either the red or white Martyrs for Christ Jesus.........amen
Unfortunately, I attend a very lukewarm parish. Our priest delivers homilies that are completely void of anything spiritual. While commenting on Paul's preaching against sexual immorality, which was contained in the reading, our priest managed to talk about environmental justice, global warming, and the protection of ecosystems. In other homilies, he will spend the entire time giving a history lesson about the historical context in which the reading came from and will not offer any insight about how the reading is relevant to us as Christians. As an OCIA student, I am tempted to go back to my Baptist church. However, it is exciting to know that I can get good, solid Catholic preaching from RU-vid channels such as this one.
Thank you fr for the talk about the Lady who came to you may she be strong again after looking your holyness 🕯️✝️🕯️ Amen Amen God bless you Fr from Bombay.
Beautiful homily Father Mike, it’s touching the soul yet lovingly teaching, not reproaching or belittling , just loving us, I hope the miters don’t cancel you.
Glory Glory the calvary lives the pure love that binds us and courage that pushes us to the beauty of his will what a beautiful father thank you shepherd we hear you call ♡
Prayer: Help me to love You more O Jesus of mine, Saviour of the world, help me to love You more. Help me to grow in my love for You. Fill my heart with Your Love and Compassion, so that I can attain the Graces to love You in the way that You love me. Fill my ungrateful soul with a deep and abiding love for You and all that You represent. By the Power of Your Graces help me to love my neighbour as You love every child of God and to show compassion to those who are in need of Your Love and who are without faith. Unite me in union with You, so that I can lead the Christian life, which You taught us by Your example during Your Time on Earth. Amen. Son of God, please help me to pursue a life of warmth and escape the clutches of lukewarmness.
I was raised to be a lukewarm secular 'Catholic'... and the fruits of that was: depression, anxiety, lonliness, rage, resentment, addiction, selfishness, pride, greed, etc....... if not for the mercy of God, had he not woken me up; if I had died back then............ I would've been lost............. I would kiss the feet of Jesus if he'd let me. No one else helped me, it was Jesus himself who gave me the suffering and grace to wake up and realize how horrible my life was because I wasn't focused on him.
Same! I would go to retreats and experience God’s great love but then would go back home and continue to live in sin. I wasn’t willing to let go of myself. I wanted the good feeling of having God by my side but I didn’t want to make sacrifices much less obey Him. It’s no wonder I thought religion doesn’t work for people like me, when in reality I was simply lukewarm. It took me hitting rock bottom, getting kicked out my house and seeing just how meaningless my life had become for me to say: “I don’t want this life, I am tired of doing things my way”. Instantly my depression, my panic attacks, suicidal ideation, stomach issues were all healed. I continued to fast which helped me to break free of the strongholds on my life. I prayed asking the Lord for discernment to cure me of my worldly addiction so that I can finally learn to love Him with all my heart, my soul, my mind, and all my strength. 🙏🏼✝️❤️
@@catholicfemininity2126 God bless you too! Let’s pray that we never stray far from God and may our testimony give hope to those suffering to seek Christ. 😊✝️
The spoils of Vatican II Fr O'Connor. Sadly, 2 generations have suffered the same crime & are finally/thankfully waking up to "the way, the truth & the life." Please lose the unnatural muzzles. We're not created w/ those things on our faces, but in the image of God almighty. Our Lady of Fatima, pray for us 🙏 God bless
Sadly we have the leadership that we deserve. When 56% of us are pro-abortion then I would say that we have exactly the cowardly leadership that we deserve right now.
@@jd3jefferson556 But if the leadership had remained steadfastly united against abortion from the beginning, and preached against it with clarity, perhaps that percentage would be much lower...
@@mariamartin94 I wish they were strong in there teachings. Luckily we were told that this all would happen, idk if you follow approved Marian apparitions but Mary told us that the clergy would become corrupted with greed and licentiousness, and American bishops/cardinals in particular literally sold our Church for kickbacks from lefty politicians.
@@jd3jefferson556 I'm aware of the infiltration of the Church, began learning about it last year by listening to Dr. Taylor Marshall. Love Michael Matt also. Have you heard Fr. Isaac Mary Relyea speak? He is an amazing priest and riveting speaker.
Why don't we hear this from our pulpits? The changes from Vatican II removed many from the worship of God (alter facing). We are either not of this world longing for heaven, or of this world and fearful of the unknown.
o Ephesians 6:11-13 NKJV 11 Put on the whole Armour of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places. 13 Therefore take up the whole Armour of God, that you may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand. o Ephesians 6:11-13 NIV 11 Put on the full Armour of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. 13 Therefore put on the full Armour of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. --------------------------- o Matthew 10:33 33 But whoever denies Me before men, him I will also deny before My Father who is in heaven. NKJV 33 But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven. (KJV). 33 But whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father in heaven. (NIV). 33 But those who reject me publicly, I will reject before my Father in heaven. (GNT). 33 But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven. (NLT) -------------------------- o 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 9 Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived. Neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor homosexuals, nor sodomites, 10 nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And such were some of you. But you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus and by the Spirit of our God. (NKJV) o 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 GNT 9 Surely you know that the wicked will not possess God's Kingdom. Do not fool yourselves; people who are immoral or who worship idols or are adulterers or homosexual perverts 10 or who steal or are greedy or are drunkards or who slander others or are thieves-none of these will possess God's Kingdom. 11 Some of you were like that. But you have been purified from sin; you have been dedicated to God; you have been put right with God by the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. (GNT) o 1 Corinthians 6:9-11 NIV 9 Or do you not know that wrongdoers will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor men who have sex with men 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God. 11 And that is what some of you were. But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by the Spirit of our God. (NIV) o Ecclesiastes 7:2 o 2 Better to go to the house of mourning Than to go to the house of feasting, For that is the end of all men; And the living will take it to heart. (NKJV) o 2 It is better to go to a house of mourning than to go to a house of feasting, for death is the destiny of everyone; the living should take this to heart. (NIV) o 2 Better to spend your time at funerals than at parties. After all, everyone dies- so the living should take this to heart. (NLT) o 2 It is better to go to a home where there is mourning than to one where there is a party, because the living should always remind themselves that death is waiting for us all. (Good News Translation) o James 3:6 o 3 The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. (NIV) o 3 And among all the parts of the body, the tongue is a flame of fire. It is a whole world of wickedness, corrupting your entire body. It can set your whole life on fire, for it is set on fire by hell itself. (NLT) o 3 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity (wickedness). The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. (NKJV) o 3 And the tongue is like a fire. It is a world of wrong, occupying its place in our bodies and spreading evil through our whole being. It sets on fire the entire course of our existence with the fire that comes to it from hell itself. (GNT)
There's too many cosmetic professed Christians in the Catholic Church Many unsaved members not just lukewarm but do nothing just trying to look good dude and pressman
I agree we have been taught to be lukewarm Catholic, but it's the scandal of the sex abuse and the world wide cover up which has caused many to leave..
