Homily of Fr. Michael O'Connor from Mass on August 6, 2023 at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church in Bay St. Louis, MS Referenced Readings: Dn 7:9-10 2 Pt 1:16-19 Mt 17:1-9 www.olgchurch.net/ / ourladyofthegulfchurchbsl
From Ireland. Beautiful heartfelt homily Fr. Mike. Lord have mercy on your Priest friend's soul. "The Lord is close to the broken hearted" Praise to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, three in one " Your words are Spirit Lord and they are life, you have the words of Eternal life."🙏☘️
Imelda..... well written comment..... full of hope: God bless you sweetheart ❤ If you want to listen to other Priests in America...... if you have time listen to Fathers of Mercy Congregation.... his name is Father John Morgan: Father Morgan spoke in his Homily.. from the Bible Reading, on " the wheat and the darnel"... It was deeply moving: Blessings..
Praying for Fr. Mark Beard, his parents, parishioners, and all whose faith has grown through his holy priesthood!! May he rest in the loving arms of Jesus and his Blessed Mama Mary!!🙏🙏🙏
Thank you Fr. Mike for a profound homily! Very important, powerful connections and reminders today with the Transfiguration of Jesus, be not afraid, take up our cross, our very mortality, glory, eternity and more: all impacting how we lead our lives. We need to put Christ at the center of our lives, all the time. Not an easy thing to do. We need to remember heaven is our home, our goal. May God bless, keep, and inspire all deacons, priests, bishops, and all God's children. May Mama Mary be with all of us, guide us to the Holy Trinity. May God keep Fr. Mike in His tender loving care, bless and guide him in life and ministry. May God grant mercy and eternal rest to all who passed this week, including Fr. Beard. Thank you again, Fr. Mike!
I just watched your homily,Fr. Mike when I got home from my church! I'm so sorry to hear about Fr.Beard! I'll pray for him. Fr. Mike,I watch Mass from Our Lady Of The Gulf every day! I love all of you. I'm truly hoping one day to be there in person. Have a blessed week.
"I wish it wasn't true" But I'm so glad it was the truth for you and all your followers. You are awesome. Thank you, another beautiful homily. And I'm sorry you lost Fr. Mark, your friend.
THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the last age in which God saves man from the destruction of this old world" (If you don't want to understand or know about God's disposition or His spirit, if you don't even want to think about or focus on these things, I can tell you with certainty that the way you are currently pursuing your faith in God you will never be able to please His will or gain His praise. Beyond that, you will never truly attain salvation--these are the final consequences. Once they understand God they will understand that them and value what is in His heart with interest and faith. When you understand and value what is in God's heart, your heart will slowly, gradually open to Him. When your heart is truly open to God you will see that His heart is like an eternal world, and you will enter a kingdom that you have never experienced before. In this kingdom there is no deceit, no deception, no darkness, and no evil. There is only sincerity and honesty; only light and nobility; only righteousness and kindness. It is full of love and care, full of mercy and tolerance and through it you will feel the happiness and joy of being alive. These are the things He will reveal to you when you open your heart to God. So understanding God's disposition and what He is and what He is, is a lifelong lesson to every person, and it is a lifelong goal that every single person strives to change their disposition. , and trying to know God.) Almighty God said NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE HEAR or GET UNDERSTANDING of WHAT GOD'S DISPOSITION IS, WHAT THEY HAVE and WHAT HE IS, WHAT THEY GET IS LIFE THAT COMES FROM GOD. THE MOMENT THIS LIFE IS EXPERIENCED IN YOU, your fear of God will grow from man to man, and the reaping of this harvest will take place in a very natural way. ☀️🙏 If you DON'T WANT TO UNDERSTAND or KNOW ABOUT GOD'S DISPOSITION or HIS SPIRIT, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO EVEN CONSIDER OR FOCUS ATTENTION ON THESE THINGS, I CAN TELL YOU WITH CERTAINTY THAT YOUR CURRENT WAY OF TENDERING TO your FAITH in GOD will NEVER ALLOW you to SATISFY His WILL or ACHIEVE His PRAISE. ☀️ BEYOND that, you will NEVER REALLY REACH SALVATION---THESE are the FINAL CONSEQUENCES. When PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND GOD and DON'T KNOW HIS DISPOSITION, their HEARTS CAN NEVER BE REALLY OPENED TO HIM. 🙏 Once they UNDERSTAND GOD, they will UNDERSTAND and APPRECIATE WHAT is in HIS HEART with INTEREST and FAITH. When you UNDERSTAND and APPRECIATE WHAT is in GOD'S HEART, your HEART will SLOWLY, GRADUALLY, OPEN to HIM. ☀️ When your HEART OPENS to Him, you will FEEL HOW SHAMEFUL and DISGUSTING your dealings with GOD, your requests from God, your own extravagant desires. ☀️ WHEN YOUR HEART IS TRULY OPENED TO GOD, YOU WILL SEE THAT HIS HEART IS LIKE AN ETERNAL WORLD, AND YOU WILL ENTER A KINGDOM YOU HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED EVER. In THIS kingdom there is NO DECEPTION, NO DECEPTION, NO DARKNESS, and NO EVIL. THERE IS ONLY SINCERENESS and LOYALTY; only LIGHT and nobility, only RIGHTEOUSNESS and BEAUTY--INSIDE. 🙏 IT is full of LOVE and nurturing, full of MERCY and FORGIVENESS, and THROUGH it you will FEEL the JOY and JOY of being ALIVE. ☀️🙏 THESE THINGS HE WILL REVEAL to you when you OPEN your HEART to GOD. 🙏 This ETERNAL WORLD is full of WISDOM, and full of His MIGHTYNESS; it is also full of His LOVE and His AUTHORITY. YOU WILL SEE HERE EVERY ASPECT OF WHAT IS AND WHAT GOD IS, WHAT GIVES HIM JOY, WHY HE IS WORRIED and WHY HE IS SAD, WHY HE IS ANGRY.... THIS IS WHAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON WILL SEE WILL OPEN THEIR HEARTS AND LET GOD IN. ☀️🙏 GOD CAN ENTER YOUR HEART only if you OPEN IT to Him. You can ONLY SEE WHAT IS and WHAT GOD is, and you can ONLY SEE His WILL for YOU, if He ENTERS your HEART. 💖 In THAT MOMENT, you will discover that EVERYTHING ABOUT GOD IS VERY VALUABLE, that WHAT IS AND WHAT HE IS WORTH TAKE CARE OF. ☀️🙏 Compared to that, the people around you, the things and events in your life, and even your loved ones, your partner, and all the things you love, should not even be mentioned. 🙏 They are very small, and very low; you will feel that no material thing can bring you back, and they will never make you pay anything for them again. In the LOWNESS--INSIDE of GOD you WILL SEE His GREATNESS and His LOWNESS; MORE THAN THIS, IN SOMETHING HE DID THAT YOU BELIEVE TO BE TOO SMALL, YOU WILL SEE HIS ETERNAL WISDOM and HIS FORGIVENESS, and you WILL SEE HIS PATIENCE, HIS TEMPERANCE, and HIS UNDERSTANDING of YOU. 🙏🤍 It WILL MAKE YOU LOVE HIM. On THAT DAY, you WILL SEE that mankind is LIVING IN A DIRTY WORLD, that the PEOPLE around you and the THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE, and BE THE ONES YOU LOVE, their LOVE for YOU, and the their SO-CALLED CARE for you or their CARE for YOU is NOT EVEN TO BE MENTIONED--GOD ONLY you LOVE, and GOD ONLY you APPRECIATE. 🤍🙏 When that DAY COMES, I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE SOME PEOPLE WHO WILL SAY: GOD'S LOVE IS SO GREAT, and HIS SPIRIT IS SO HOLY--in GOD THERE IS NO DECEPTION, NO EVIL, NO ENVY, and NO CONTROVERSY , but ONLY RIGHTEOUSNESS and RIGHTEOUSNESS, and ALL that IS and WHAT GOD is SHOULD PEOPLE ANXIOUS. ☀️ PEOPLE SHOULD STRIVE and Aspire for it. On what basis does the ability of people to achieve this stand? Is it based on people's understanding of God's disposition, and their understanding of God's spirit. So UNDERSTANDING GOD'S DISPOSITION and WHAT THERE IS and WHAT HE IS, is a LIFETIME LESSON for every PERSON, and it is a LIFETIME GOAL THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON STRIVES TO CHANGE THEIR DISPOSITION , and TRYING TO KNOW GOD. 💐 🙏 📨(Note, the answer is from Revelation 3:20 "I stand and knock at the door. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into his house and we will eat together.")📨 From "The Work of God .... "The WORD Appears in the Flesh" Fulfilled in "In the beginning He was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1). ... and "When I looked up, someone handed me a book wrapped in a scroll. I opened it and I read on both sides the prayers, lamentations, and curses." (Ezekiel 2:9-10). ... "His garment was stained with blood. He was called the "Word of God" (Rev. 19:13). The kingdom He brought down and set up in the highest in the sky so that it can occupy His creation in the universe and engrave on it the entirety of His Holy name "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐 fulfillment of (Mat. 16:18) "And I say as for you, you are Peter, on top of this rock I will build my Church, that even the power of death will not prevail over it.". ... and "The Letter to the Church in Philadelphia" (Rev. 3:7-13). ... And fulfillment of "The New Jerusalem" 💫 "The Spirit enveloped me, and the angel led me to the top of a very high mountain. He showed Me Jerusalem, the Holy City, coming down from heaven from God." (Rev. 3:7-13). ... " For the time has come in the house of God for the beginning of judgment in the house of God." (1 Peter 4:17). ... It is fulfilled that God Himself is our Pastor in (Rev. 7:17) 💐 "For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their PASTOR. He will lead them to springs of life-giving water; and God will wipe the tears from their eyes" 📩 Calling and leading the sheep of God to His glorious Throne "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD"💐 to submit again to His authority so that He will continue to teach, guide and protect even in plague, famine and wild animals will not be moved by it and completely win this final battle with the big red dragon! "They say with a loud voice, "Salvation comes from the Lamb, and from our God who sits on the Throne!" (Rev. 7:10). ... and it will be fulfilled that will be established above the sky/RU-vid in (Isaiah 2: 2 / 9:6) "On the Last Day, the mountain on which Jehovah's temple stands will stand out above all the mountains. All nations will flock there. " . . . "For a baby boy is born to us. The rule will be given to him; and he shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Almighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace." 📨 ✉️
Today Is The Feast of The Transfiguration: In a Resplendent Cloud the Holy Spirit Appeared. The Father's Voice was Heard: This Is My Beloved Son With Whom I Am Well Pleased. Listen To Him. Celebration of The Transfiguration became widespread in the West in the 11th Century. It Manifested the Glory Christ Possesses as God Foretold His Ascension Into Heaven and Anticipated The Glory of Heaven where the Faithful Will Know God. Lord We Offer You This Mystery In Praise of Your Transfiguration and We Ask This Through Your Son Our Lord Jesus Christ The Grace To Be Transformed. Thank You Rev. Mike O'Connor & God Bless.
Thank you Fr. MIKE....for speaking boldly. Yes, i had just watched Fr. Mike Beards homilies and YES his homilies are embraced like yours are. I thank God that both of yalls homilies touch and change ❤s and Souls. These homiliez are taken seriously by me!
Dear Rev Fr Mike, I reflected deeply on your homily. I must admit that sometimes even when we have the gift of faith in Jesus we are like Peter. Although Peter witnessed the glory of Jesus, he still denied Jesus 3 times. "Thank you Jesus for your LOVE, MERCY & FORGIVENESS for the times I have failed you".AMEN.
Thank you Fr for being a good Shepherd & may our Lord continue to bless, guide & protect you always. Keep on speaking God’s truth Fr Mike. Condolences go out to you & his family & parishioners on the tragic death of Fr Beard. May he rest in eternal peace & May the perpetual light shine upon him. 🙏🏻🕯✝️💐🕊
Thank-you for your wisdom Father Mike. Thank-you for your example of what it means to trust; to take up your cross and follow Christ in a deep and meaningful way. It’s not easy! My prayer is that those in Christ continue to encourage, support and pray for one another.❤️❤️❤️
Love Fr. Mark Beard!!! Praying for the repose of his soul praying for his family and have been doing a deep dive and listening to every homily of his that I can💞
Thank you Father Mike. Inspiring homily. Found my first homily of Fr Beard which was his last homily, just after his death. I just created a list of his homilies to watch. God bless you. From Sydney Australia 🇦🇺
THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the last age in which God saves man from the destruction of this old world" (If you don't want to understand or know about God's disposition or His spirit, if you don't even want to think about or focus on these things, I can tell you with certainty that the way you are currently pursuing your faith in God you will never be able to please His will or gain His praise. Beyond that, you will never truly attain salvation--these are the final consequences. Once they understand God they will understand that them and value what is in His heart with interest and faith. When you understand and value what is in God's heart, your heart will slowly, gradually open to Him. When your heart is truly open to God you will see that His heart is like an eternal world, and you will enter a kingdom that you have never experienced before. In this kingdom there is no deceit, no deception, no darkness, and no evil. There is only sincerity and honesty; only light and nobility; only righteousness and kindness. It is full of love and care, full of mercy and tolerance and through it you will feel the happiness and joy of being alive. These are the things He will reveal to you when you open your heart to God. So understanding God's disposition and what He is and what He is, is a lifelong lesson to every person, and it is a lifelong goal that every single person strives to change their disposition. , and trying to know God.) Almighty God said NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE HEAR or GET UNDERSTANDING of WHAT GOD'S DISPOSITION IS, WHAT THEY HAVE and WHAT HE IS, WHAT THEY GET IS LIFE THAT COMES FROM GOD. THE MOMENT THIS LIFE IS EXPERIENCED IN YOU, your fear of God will grow from man to man, and the reaping of this harvest will take place in a very natural way. ☀️🙏 If you DON'T WANT TO UNDERSTAND or KNOW ABOUT GOD'S DISPOSITION or HIS SPIRIT, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO EVEN CONSIDER OR FOCUS ATTENTION ON THESE THINGS, I CAN TELL YOU WITH CERTAINTY THAT YOUR CURRENT WAY OF TENDERING TO your FAITH in GOD will NEVER ALLOW you to SATISFY His WILL or ACHIEVE His PRAISE. ☀️ BEYOND that, you will NEVER REALLY REACH SALVATION---THESE are the FINAL CONSEQUENCES. When PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND GOD and DON'T KNOW HIS DISPOSITION, their HEARTS CAN NEVER BE REALLY OPENED TO HIM. 🙏 Once they UNDERSTAND GOD, they will UNDERSTAND and APPRECIATE WHAT is in HIS HEART with INTEREST and FAITH. When you UNDERSTAND and APPRECIATE WHAT is in GOD'S HEART, your HEART will SLOWLY, GRADUALLY, OPEN to HIM. ☀️ When your HEART OPENS to Him, you will FEEL HOW SHAMEFUL and DISGUSTING your dealings with GOD, your requests from God, your own extravagant desires. ☀️ WHEN YOUR HEART IS TRULY OPENED TO GOD, YOU WILL SEE THAT HIS HEART IS LIKE AN ETERNAL WORLD, AND YOU WILL ENTER A KINGDOM YOU HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED EVER. In THIS kingdom there is NO DECEPTION, NO DECEPTION, NO DARKNESS, and NO EVIL. THERE IS ONLY SINCERENESS and LOYALTY; only LIGHT and nobility, only RIGHTEOUSNESS and BEAUTY--INSIDE. 🙏 IT is full of LOVE and nurturing, full of MERCY and FORGIVENESS, and THROUGH it you will FEEL the JOY and JOY of being ALIVE. ☀️🙏 THESE THINGS HE WILL REVEAL to you when you OPEN your HEART to GOD. 🙏 This ETERNAL WORLD is full of WISDOM, and full of His MIGHTYNESS; it is also full of His LOVE and His AUTHORITY. YOU WILL SEE HERE EVERY ASPECT OF WHAT IS AND WHAT GOD IS, WHAT GIVES HIM JOY, WHY HE IS WORRIED and WHY HE IS SAD, WHY HE IS ANGRY.... THIS IS WHAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON WILL SEE WILL OPEN THEIR HEARTS AND LET GOD IN. ☀️🙏 GOD CAN ENTER YOUR HEART only if you OPEN IT to Him. You can ONLY SEE WHAT IS and WHAT GOD is, and you can ONLY SEE His WILL for YOU, if He ENTERS your HEART. 💖 In THAT MOMENT, you will discover that EVERYTHING ABOUT GOD IS VERY VALUABLE, that WHAT IS AND WHAT HE IS WORTH TAKE CARE OF. ☀️🙏 Compared to that, the people around you, the things and events in your life, and even your loved ones, your partner, and all the things you love, should not even be mentioned. 🙏 They are very small, and very low; you will feel that no material thing can bring you back, and they will never make you pay anything for them again. In the LOWNESS--INSIDE of GOD you WILL SEE His GREATNESS and His LOWNESS; MORE THAN THIS, IN SOMETHING HE DID THAT YOU BELIEVE TO BE TOO SMALL, YOU WILL SEE HIS ETERNAL WISDOM and HIS FORGIVENESS, and you WILL SEE HIS PATIENCE, HIS TEMPERANCE, and HIS UNDERSTANDING of YOU. 🙏🤍 It WILL MAKE YOU LOVE HIM. On THAT DAY, you WILL SEE that mankind is LIVING IN A DIRTY WORLD, that the PEOPLE around you and the THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE, and BE THE ONES YOU LOVE, their LOVE for YOU, and the their SO-CALLED CARE for you or their CARE for YOU is NOT EVEN TO BE MENTIONED--GOD ONLY you LOVE, and GOD ONLY you APPRECIATE. 🤍🙏 When that DAY COMES, I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE SOME PEOPLE WHO WILL SAY: GOD'S LOVE IS SO GREAT, and HIS SPIRIT IS SO HOLY--in GOD THERE IS NO DECEPTION, NO EVIL, NO ENVY, and NO CONTROVERSY , but ONLY RIGHTEOUSNESS and RIGHTEOUSNESS, and ALL that IS and WHAT GOD is SHOULD PEOPLE ANXIOUS. ☀️ PEOPLE SHOULD STRIVE and Aspire for it. On what basis does the ability of people to achieve this stand? Is it based on people's understanding of God's disposition, and their understanding of God's spirit. So UNDERSTANDING GOD'S DISPOSITION and WHAT THERE IS and WHAT HE IS, is a LIFETIME LESSON for every PERSON, and it is a LIFETIME GOAL THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON STRIVES TO CHANGE THEIR DISPOSITION , and TRYING TO KNOW GOD. 💐 🙏 📨(Note, the answer is from Revelation 3:20 "I stand and knock at the door. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into his house and we will eat together.")📨 From "The Work of God .... "The WORD Appears in the Flesh" Fulfilled in "In the beginning He was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1). ... and "When I looked up, someone handed me a book wrapped in a scroll. I opened it and I read on both sides the prayers, lamentations, and curses." (Ezekiel 2:9-10). ... "His garment was stained with blood. He was called the "Word of God" (Rev. 19:13). The kingdom He brought down and set up in the highest in the sky so that it can occupy His creation in the universe and engrave on it the entirety of His Holy name "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐 fulfillment of (Mat. 16:18) "And I say as for you, you are Peter, on top of this rock I will build my Church, that even the power of death will not prevail over it.". ... and "The Letter to the Church in Philadelphia" (Rev. 3:7-13). ... And fulfillment of "The New Jerusalem" 💫 "The Spirit enveloped me, and the angel led me to the top of a very high mountain. He showed Me Jerusalem, the Holy City, coming down from heaven from God." (Rev. 3:7-13). ... " For the time has come in the house of God for the beginning of judgment in the house of God." (1 Peter 4:17). ... It is fulfilled that God Himself is our Pastor in (Rev. 7:17) 💐 "For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their PASTOR. He will lead them to springs of life-giving water; and God will wipe the tears from their eyes" 📩 Calling and leading the sheep of God to His glorious Throne "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD"💐 to submit again to His authority so that He will continue to teach, guide and protect even in plague, famine and wild animals will not be moved by it and completely win this final battle with the big red dragon! "They say with a loud voice, "Salvation comes from the Lamb, and from our God who sits on the Throne!" (Rev. 7:10). ... and it will be fulfilled that will be established above the sky/RU-vid in (Isaiah 2: 2 / 9:6) "On the Last Day, the mountain on which Jehovah's temple stands will stand out above all the mountains. All nations will flock there. " . . . "For a baby boy is born to us. The rule will be given to him; and he shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Almighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace." 📨 ✉️
Thank you, Father Mike, for remembering Father Mark Beard. What a seminary group. You are both beloved sons in whom the Lord is well pleased! We your flock are so blessed by your priesthood. Stay safe!
“The Gift of Faith”-so true, it is a GIFT; explains to me why, so often, preaching to a non-believer seems unfruitful- - as a “Gift” one has to take hold of it, when given (without force) , unwrap it, cherish it. Some are not ready, or willing to accept this GIFT. But…in the future, they still may accept this free Gift based on those seeds planted in the past by the faithful. THANK YOU for this excellent homily.
Father, I love the way you began this homily and how it traversed to the Transfiguration. I often wonder if I was being called to the priesthood and I chose incorrectly.
Excellent homily. Not surprised to hear Fr Mike and Fr Mark Beard were friends, both such God fearing priests. Both have helped me. tremendously tremendously
Prayers For Our Holy Priest's LORD GOD ALMIGHTY FATHER IN YESHUA JESUS CHRIST'S PRECIOUS SAVIOUR'S NAME SHALOM AND AMEN!✝️🛐✝️🛐😇🌟🤗📛🕊️🕊️🕊️🌹🌹🌹💪💪💪🤰🤱🧬🤰🤱😘😍🥰❤️❣️💯✨👑✨💞💓💕💖🕯️💖🕯️💖🕯️🌺🌺🌺🙏🙏🙏🇨🇦🇮🇱♾️🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅🗽‼️
Fr. MIKE, you never cease to disappoint me. Your beautiful expressions of our faith is heart and soul moving. You have a great gift . I look forward to listening every day. 84 yrs. practicing/ praying and with graditude for all God has given me. Faith has gotten me through my life and I long for the one to come. You are among many priests I pray for esp. In adoration on Fridays . Thankyou for saying 'yes" for answering the call to Holy Orders. My family has been notified !!! Respectfully, Janet
Praise God! Powerful homily! May Fr Mark Beard go to his Reward and Rest in Peace. Amen. Thank you Fr Mike for all your youtube homilies. May God Bless you and your parish! Prayers and Blessings from Ireland.🙏🙏🕊🌹
THE GOSPEL OF THE WORD OF ALMIGHTY GOD "the last age in which God saves man from the destruction of this old world" (If you don't want to understand or know about God's disposition or His spirit, if you don't even want to think about or focus on these things, I can tell you with certainty that the way you are currently pursuing your faith in God you will never be able to please His will or gain His praise. Beyond that, you will never truly attain salvation--these are the final consequences. Once they understand God they will understand that them and value what is in His heart with interest and faith. When you understand and value what is in God's heart, your heart will slowly, gradually open to Him. When your heart is truly open to God you will see that His heart is like an eternal world, and you will enter a kingdom that you have never experienced before. In this kingdom there is no deceit, no deception, no darkness, and no evil. There is only sincerity and honesty; only light and nobility; only righteousness and kindness. It is full of love and care, full of mercy and tolerance and through it you will feel the happiness and joy of being alive. These are the things He will reveal to you when you open your heart to God. So understanding God's disposition and what He is and what He is, is a lifelong lesson to every person, and it is a lifelong goal that every single person strives to change their disposition. , and trying to know God.) Almighty God said NO MATTER WHAT PEOPLE HEAR or GET UNDERSTANDING of WHAT GOD'S DISPOSITION IS, WHAT THEY HAVE and WHAT HE IS, WHAT THEY GET IS LIFE THAT COMES FROM GOD. THE MOMENT THIS LIFE IS EXPERIENCED IN YOU, your fear of God will grow from man to man, and the reaping of this harvest will take place in a very natural way. ☀️🙏 If you DON'T WANT TO UNDERSTAND or KNOW ABOUT GOD'S DISPOSITION or HIS SPIRIT, IF YOU DON'T WANT TO EVEN CONSIDER OR FOCUS ATTENTION ON THESE THINGS, I CAN TELL YOU WITH CERTAINTY THAT YOUR CURRENT WAY OF TENDERING TO your FAITH in GOD will NEVER ALLOW you to SATISFY His WILL or ACHIEVE His PRAISE. ☀️ BEYOND that, you will NEVER REALLY REACH SALVATION---THESE are the FINAL CONSEQUENCES. When PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND GOD and DON'T KNOW HIS DISPOSITION, their HEARTS CAN NEVER BE REALLY OPENED TO HIM. 🙏 Once they UNDERSTAND GOD, they will UNDERSTAND and APPRECIATE WHAT is in HIS HEART with INTEREST and FAITH. When you UNDERSTAND and APPRECIATE WHAT is in GOD'S HEART, your HEART will SLOWLY, GRADUALLY, OPEN to HIM. ☀️ When your HEART OPENS to Him, you will FEEL HOW SHAMEFUL and DISGUSTING your dealings with GOD, your requests from God, your own extravagant desires. ☀️ WHEN YOUR HEART IS TRULY OPENED TO GOD, YOU WILL SEE THAT HIS HEART IS LIKE AN ETERNAL WORLD, AND YOU WILL ENTER A KINGDOM YOU HAVE NEVER EXPERIENCED EVER. In THIS kingdom there is NO DECEPTION, NO DECEPTION, NO DARKNESS, and NO EVIL. THERE IS ONLY SINCERENESS and LOYALTY; only LIGHT and nobility, only RIGHTEOUSNESS and BEAUTY--INSIDE. 🙏 IT is full of LOVE and nurturing, full of MERCY and FORGIVENESS, and THROUGH it you will FEEL the JOY and JOY of being ALIVE. ☀️🙏 THESE THINGS HE WILL REVEAL to you when you OPEN your HEART to GOD. 🙏 This ETERNAL WORLD is full of WISDOM, and full of His MIGHTYNESS; it is also full of His LOVE and His AUTHORITY. YOU WILL SEE HERE EVERY ASPECT OF WHAT IS AND WHAT GOD IS, WHAT GIVES HIM JOY, WHY HE IS WORRIED and WHY HE IS SAD, WHY HE IS ANGRY.... THIS IS WHAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON WILL SEE WILL OPEN THEIR HEARTS AND LET GOD IN. ☀️🙏 GOD CAN ENTER YOUR HEART only if you OPEN IT to Him. You can ONLY SEE WHAT IS and WHAT GOD is, and you can ONLY SEE His WILL for YOU, if He ENTERS your HEART. 💖 In THAT MOMENT, you will discover that EVERYTHING ABOUT GOD IS VERY VALUABLE, that WHAT IS AND WHAT HE IS WORTH TAKE CARE OF. ☀️🙏 Compared to that, the people around you, the things and events in your life, and even your loved ones, your partner, and all the things you love, should not even be mentioned. 🙏 They are very small, and very low; you will feel that no material thing can bring you back, and they will never make you pay anything for them again. In the LOWNESS--INSIDE of GOD you WILL SEE His GREATNESS and His LOWNESS; MORE THAN THIS, IN SOMETHING HE DID THAT YOU BELIEVE TO BE TOO SMALL, YOU WILL SEE HIS ETERNAL WISDOM and HIS FORGIVENESS, and you WILL SEE HIS PATIENCE, HIS TEMPERANCE, and HIS UNDERSTANDING of YOU. 🙏🤍 It WILL MAKE YOU LOVE HIM. On THAT DAY, you WILL SEE that mankind is LIVING IN A DIRTY WORLD, that the PEOPLE around you and the THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN YOUR LIFE, and BE THE ONES YOU LOVE, their LOVE for YOU, and the their SO-CALLED CARE for you or their CARE for YOU is NOT EVEN TO BE MENTIONED--GOD ONLY you LOVE, and GOD ONLY you APPRECIATE. 🤍🙏 When that DAY COMES, I BELIEVE THERE WILL BE SOME PEOPLE WHO WILL SAY: GOD'S LOVE IS SO GREAT, and HIS SPIRIT IS SO HOLY--in GOD THERE IS NO DECEPTION, NO EVIL, NO ENVY, and NO CONTROVERSY , but ONLY RIGHTEOUSNESS and RIGHTEOUSNESS, and ALL that IS and WHAT GOD is SHOULD PEOPLE ANXIOUS. ☀️ PEOPLE SHOULD STRIVE and Aspire for it. On what basis does the ability of people to achieve this stand? Is it based on people's understanding of God's disposition, and their understanding of God's spirit. So UNDERSTANDING GOD'S DISPOSITION and WHAT THERE IS and WHAT HE IS, is a LIFETIME LESSON for every PERSON, and it is a LIFETIME GOAL THAT EVERY SINGLE PERSON STRIVES TO CHANGE THEIR DISPOSITION , and TRYING TO KNOW GOD. 💐 🙏 📨(Note, the answer is from Revelation 3:20 "I stand and knock at the door. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come into his house and we will eat together.")📨 From "The Work of God .... "The WORD Appears in the Flesh" Fulfilled in "In the beginning He was the Word, the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (John 1:1). ... and "When I looked up, someone handed me a book wrapped in a scroll. I opened it and I read on both sides the prayers, lamentations, and curses." (Ezekiel 2:9-10). ... "His garment was stained with blood. He was called the "Word of God" (Rev. 19:13). The kingdom He brought down and set up in the highest in the sky so that it can occupy His creation in the universe and engrave on it the entirety of His Holy name "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD" 💐 fulfillment of (Mat. 16:18) "And I say as for you, you are Peter, on top of this rock I will build my Church, that even the power of death will not prevail over it.". ... and "The Letter to the Church in Philadelphia" (Rev. 3:7-13). ... And fulfillment of "The New Jerusalem" 💫 "The Spirit enveloped me, and the angel led me to the top of a very high mountain. He showed Me Jerusalem, the Holy City, coming down from heaven from God." (Rev. 3:7-13). ... " For the time has come in the house of God for the beginning of judgment in the house of God." (1 Peter 4:17). ... It is fulfilled that God Himself is our Pastor in (Rev. 7:17) 💐 "For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their PASTOR. He will lead them to springs of life-giving water; and God will wipe the tears from their eyes" 📩 Calling and leading the sheep of God to His glorious Throne "THE CHURCH OF ALMIGHTY GOD"💐 to submit again to His authority so that He will continue to teach, guide and protect even in plague, famine and wild animals will not be moved by it and completely win this final battle with the big red dragon! "They say with a loud voice, "Salvation comes from the Lamb, and from our God who sits on the Throne!" (Rev. 7:10). ... and it will be fulfilled that will be established above the sky/RU-vid in (Isaiah 2: 2 / 9:6) "On the Last Day, the mountain on which Jehovah's temple stands will stand out above all the mountains. All nations will flock there. " . . . "For a baby boy is born to us. The rule will be given to him; and he shall be called Wonderful Counselor, Almighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace." 📨 ✉️
Thank you Father O'Connor. It makes more sense to me now about the transfiguration. God Bless You and protect you. Salve Maria 🙏 God Bless Fr Mark Beard 🙏
"THANK YOU", Father Mike - Your homily was so very profound and insightful - TRUE WORDS FROM THE HOLY SPIRIT! It is so UPLIFTING to hear God's Words from one of His Shepherds!!!
Hello from Texas! Beautiful homily after a difficult week I’m sure. God willing, I will get to OLG again to celebrate Mass with you. I appreciate the online access. God bless Fr. Mike.
Dear Fr. Michael, thank you Father, for your vibrant homily, thank you to you and to your brother in priestwood like Father Mark, may the Lord compensate you all for all the efforts you make to help us, the people of God to progress in our common faith, thank you dear Father !
I heard Father Beard's last Sermon!!! That was amazing. I pray in the Divine Will for his Soul. And I pray in the Divine Will for all priests to Love Jesus in His Divine Will. That's the next step we need to take, all of us!!!
Keep them, I pray Thee, dearest Lord, keep them, for they are Thine. Thy priests whose lives burn out before Thy consecrated shrine. Keep them, for they are in the world; though from the world apart; when earthly pleasures tempt, allure, shelter them in Thy heart.
There is nothing I can add to all the other comments except to say a heartfelt “Thank you” to Fr. Mike. I follow the Mass with you all as often as I can and tell my friends here in Ohio, to listen to Fr. Mike!
I’ve left another religion for Catholicism and left my family and home and followed Jesus Christ. I was scared and had nothing at 22 yrs old. I still have to remember now at 34 yrs and forever that this world is not home. My real home is not a home unless Jesus is living in it.
I agree with Peter, I would have said that too because I would love Jesus so much that I couldn’t stand to see him suffer like that. I think about how He died now and what He suffered and I start crying now. He had so much courage, I’m just a weak woman and I have a hard time dealing with death. I had to watch my husband die and I didn’t expect him to die at such a young age. I have Faith, I’ve been a Catholic my whole life but this is really a good sermon, one of the best. You are down to earth and you speak so clear and it is so easy to understand. But it is hard, poor Peter he had to watch his Lord Jesus suffer and die and then had to follow Him to a death on the cross. Of course Jesus knew Peter’s future so He told him he had to brave and to accept both deaths, but Jesus’s human side made Him cry, and pray to His Father to take the cup of suffering away from Him. Any human being who knew what amount of torture and death that the Father expected of Him had to be devastating and so frightening. The men that landed on the beaches at Normandy being killed the minute they tried to run up the sand and hill with death all around had to be scared so bad, I don’t know how they had the courage, again I get tearful. The sacrifice that Our Lord made for us and what the American soldiers did to stop the Nazis from all of the killing they were doing just proves how strong and brave all of those men were and my dad told me that there weren’t any atheists in foxholes. Dad wore his dog tags and his medals in the war, he made novenas to please bring him home safely from the war. My dad was at the Battle of Midway on an Aircraft carrier during WWII. He got my mom to take instructions, she joined the Church and raised her children to be Catholic like she promised. They had a good and happy marriage and just died at 94 a few years ago and mom just died at 93 a few months ago. This is really sad and I will look for your friend, the Pieta by Michelangelo is my absolute favorite because it shows how much His mother loved Him, my first church where I was baptized at was an old church in Kansas City Kansas called St Anthony’s but looks like it is now called St.Mary’s - St. Anthony’s we had a very large reproduction of the Pieta that my parent always sat in the pew right across from it and I spent a lot of time looking at it but it looks like it’s gone now, I just found pictures of the church and it’s been redone inside. It was originally named after St Anthony of Padua and it was a ethnic German parish, then welcomed Irish and now Hispanic. It has lots of pictures of Our Lady of Guadalupe now. When I was born in 1946 we had Franciscan Fathers in their brown robes, rope belts and sandals. I don’t know if they have the same order of priests in charge of this church. Sometime I would like to go see it again.
You sound like a very thoughtful and sensitive person. I too weep when I read about people’s sufferings and especially what Jesus had to go through for us sinners. When I read the book about His passion by Luisa Piccarreta I cry out loud at what they did to Him, things which we never learned about before, but He kept going, with His eyes fixed on the Cross which would set us free. What love from Him, for an ungrateful mankind.
As with all driving on Roads, there are Speed Limits to follow. I Pray Father Mark followed exactly set Speed Limit & if 2 Cars involved, I Pray other driver followed exact Speed Limits. If not, neither were where they were meant to be on that Road. People should realise, you are ONLY where you are meant to be IF you follow Speed Limits. If you are following Speed Limits & have an accident, at least you know you were where you were meant to be. With thoughts of Father Mark, if either driver was speeding, they were NOT were they were meant to be & if they HAD followed Speed Limits, no accident would have happened. A tragic loss of a much needed Catholic Priest. A Prophetic Homily to be his last. I Pray Father Mark followed exact Speed Limits & has made either Heaven Or Purgatory. Amen
Perhaps one reason why young people die, even young priests, is that in doing so they perform the essential service of reminding the rest of us In a most compelling way that we too could die at any time. Of course, if we were perfect we would not need this reminder. But also of course, we in truth are not perfect, and so we do very much need this reminder.
Yes, we believe in Jesus because we have been given the gift of faith, but the gift of faith is also in line with what is rational and true evidentially. So there is no conflict between faith and reason, although, I admit ,sometimes it may seem that way, because we are weak.
As He said: "... according to his conduct." so really, salvation is up to the individual who gets saved, and it is derived solely from the *works* man does; and that alone; as anything else messes around with free-will and man's obligations, not to mention Christ's own words of His standards of judgement.
Also, "there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the Son of man coming in His kingdom". And Peter James and John six days later saw Jesus coming in His kingdom
Also, for anyone to override another's free-will, or mess around with consent, especially on ethical/moral/religious matters really is the ultimate in claiming Godhood; and even God Himself categorically rejected that kind of power: He didn't like the idea *at all* of playing around with anybody's free-will, and since worship is an act of the mind and will, it takes absolute mind-control to direct worship. Given that, what the priest does at Mass is to guide and facilitate the worship: he acts as primarily a "navigator" of sorts therein; as worship is an act of the *individual*, due to it requiring freely consented mental gifting of oneself to the deity for it to be worship at all, and not an act of extreme abuse and total idolatry.
If you believe in the immortality of the soul, you by default must believe in ghosts; and that's what those other two men are in that encounter, as they died over a full century before He was born; so Moses and Elijah must at that time have been ghosts- and this's therefore an encounter with the *dead* as once your body's dead, you are then and therefore dead.
Christ could validly reply "You're allowed to disagree, but that's what will happen; as it *must* happen as *I* have said for salvation to be possible... I *can* do it a different way, but it will not work if I do; so validly, your allowed your views, but this's what is going to happen..." and lay it out; and He would. Why? Because it fits His patient personality of self-mastery and darn near infinite patience and gentle, manly, masculine, guidence in the meantime.
Why do priests refer to us as brothers and sisters and not sons and daughters? I totally get the pension thing as I near retirement. It’s quite easy to tell someone to leave security if you’re the one that already has it.
When I was a twen, I went with an Italien pilgrimage group to mount Tabor by bus from Jerusalem. In the bus the catholic priest told us the following story: On mount Tabor Peter said to Jesus: Let us build three huts; One for you Jesus, one for Moses and one for Elia. Then Jesus asked Peter: And where do you go? So Peter answered: I go to the Vatican. Sorry for this joke, but it was so funny for us in the bus, that I never forgot it anymore. After this I walked around mount Tabor quite high on the top to be sure that I walked on the same steps as Jesus did - it was great! (During this walk I starteled three partridges.) I advise everybody to go to the Holy Land; once I was for one hour alone in the Holy Tomb of Jesus! Imagine!) Kind regards from Switzerland
The worms ruthlessly and insidiously pursue those consecrated to HIM. Consider just a moment that prayerfully. Why attack a lowly at the bottom in authority within His Church. The demons can see His Light in them. Being lowly never means that one is holy in Him. Our Lord Jesus Christ came for the burdened, not those that believe that they own. The same this day and forever. If you do not see your illness, how can He heal you child? But you must ask for something that you do not want to own. His cross in your life to correct the harm that you gained, did alone by yourself.
i confuse the demons. i ain't holy but preach HIM. This World is alone a Desert to purify us to be HIM more. Not a paradise. That is the entrapment of the demons.
Was Fr Mark's death suspicious ? The timing of his death Is very strange just days after delivering a firy homily, what ever the answer God is in control RIP Fr Mark God bless you 🙏
