Weekly Homilies
Below are selected Weekly Homilies given by Father Mike Maslowsky while serving as Pastor of St Anthony's Parish. To listen to these lectures, you will need the Windows Media Player. If you do not have the current player, please use the WindowsMedia link at the bottom of this page to download a Windows or Macintosh version for free.
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Current Weekly Homilies
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Mary and Martha
August, 1st, 2004
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Past Weekly Homilies
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God depends on Us
June, 15th, 2003
God depends on us to express his love to the world through our actions. In expressing God's love we transform ourselves, as well as change the hearts of others. |
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Love and Separation
June, 8th, 2003
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Grow Up In Your Faith
June, 1st, 2003
Father Mike explains that we not only need to grow in our Faith, but that we also need to grow-up in our Faith, which is harder to do.
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Three Questions About God's Love
May, 25th, 2003
Father Mike refers to today's readings to answer 3 questions about God's love
• What is the Nature of God's Commitment to Us?
• How Do We Know God's Love?
• How Do We Access God's Love and Remain Connected to It?
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The Church as Teacher
May, 18th, 2003
On Confirmation Sunday Father Mike talks about what the Church teaches us and how through the Gospels we are offered life.
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Mothers Day
May, 11th, 2003
The love of our parents is the first experience we have with love. It teaches us both about human love and Gods love as expressed through people. We learn from limited human love about the the greater and more perfect love of God for us.
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Easter Sunday
April, 20th, 2003
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Easter Vigil
April, 19th, 2003
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Good Friday
April, 18th, 2003
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Holy Thursday
April, 17th, 2003
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Palm Sunday - True Passion
April, 13th, 2003
On this Palm Sunday Father Mike talks about the true nature of Passion and false Passion. Passion is a misunderstood word in the modern age. |
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Our Time In the Desert Mark 1:12-15
March 9th, 2003
We all spend time in our personal deserts during our lifetimes. As it was for Jesus, this is a time of testing and temptation which strengthens and transforms us. God is with us in the desert. |
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Ash Wednesday
March 5th, 2003
Father Mike explains the tradition of Ash Wednesday and how we are marked with two signs of the cross in our lives which symbolize our choices. |
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Jesus Heals the Paralytic at Capernaum Mark 2:41-12
February 23rd, 2003
The Story of Jesus healing the paralytic shows this important lesson of faith: Christ heals the man before he asks to be healed and he wants to do the same for us. |
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I Wish You to Be Clean Mark 1:41
February 16th, 2003
Father Mike talks about Christ Healing the leper and the power of Christ and the Holy Spirit to heal the corruption of our hearts through love and forgiveness. |
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The Questions and Answers of Job
February 9th, 2003 |
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The Oneness of God is the Oneness in All of Us
February 2nd, 2003 |
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Listen to God
January 19th, 2003 |
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The Future
January 1st, 2003 |
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The Holy Family
December 29th, 2002
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Untitled
December 15th, 2002
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The Watch
December 1st, 2002
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The Inequities of Life and the Equality of God
November 10th, 2002
The unfairness of life sometimes blinds us to our potential to know God. The potential for grace is equal for all of us. |
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Hypocrites and Saints
November 3rd, 2002
Hypocrites and Saints are very similar and yet very different. What is this important difference? |
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The Two Greatest Commandments
October 27th, 2002
Jesus talks about the two greatest commandments, to love God and to love our neighbor. It is easier for us to know these commandments than to follow them. It is only through God's grace that we are able to live by these commandments and to realize our potential. |
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The Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard
September 22nd, 2002
God rewards the workers the same even though some only work a few hours and others work all day. This doesn't seem fair but God is generous and it's never too late. |
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Christ is Present in Conflict
September 8th, 2002
What should we do as Christians when someone harms us? The most important reality in conflict is relationship, not the outcome. Our purpose is to deepen and continue our relationships. |
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Prejudice
August 18th, 2002
Father Mike us shows us that we need to rise above our prejudice and restore the unity of mankind. Includes Call to Worship and Gospel Reading. |
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The Grace of Empathy
August 4th, 2002
It is through experiencing suffering and pain that we develop empathy for others. Empathy is a grace which allows us to become instruments of God in other peoples lives. It is the fabric which connects us to our brothers and sisters. Recording includes the call to worship and the Gospel reading. |
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Parable of the Pearl Merchant and the Buried Treasure
July 28th, 2002
These are two examples of finding the kingdom of God. God is available to everyone, always, and at all times. Some people stumble across this treasure and some know it from the beginning of their lives. |
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Free to Choose- Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds
July 21st, 2002
The parable of the harvest of the wheat shows there are no bad seeds just wrong choices. We have the freedom to choose and the grace to choose wisely. The holy spirit helps us every day to make the right decisions. |
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Untitled
July 14th, 2002 |
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Untitled
July 7th, 2002
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Jesus Chooses Matthew as his Disciple
June 9th, 2002
Why does Jesus choose a known sinner as a disciple. God wants us to do more than conform to the law-he wants us above all to love him and each other. |
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Intimacy and Transformation
June 2nd, 2002
From the moment of our conception until death we seek intimacy and transformation in our lives. The Eucharist Sacrament makes it possible for us to achieve intimacy with God and transformation of our lives from self-centered to God centered. |
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We Will Measure Our Lives by How We Love
May 26th, 2002
Father Mike talks about how we perceive God through the limitations of our own conditioning and experience. Sometimes these limitations prevent us from understanding God and growing in our faith. It is through loving those people who God puts in our life that we come to experience God and grow beyond our limited understanding. |
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Seeing With Your Heart
May 12th, 2002 |
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