Sunday Thoughts From Fr. Edward Looney

Fr. Looney tries to understand Jesus’s teaching about prayer and God’s response to our prayers.

The object of everything we do is to do God’s will. How do I know God’s will? Fr. Looney proposes a few steps for discernment.

What do we know about the end of Mary’s life? Learn some of the traditions in this Assumption homily.

Sometimes we receive a message over and over again. It seems like our recent readings have that.

The Transfiguration confirms the Christian tradition with witnesses of old and new.

Some only pray when they need a favor. Others do not know what to say when they fold their hands. Fr. Looney connects the song Need a Favor by Jelly Roll (covered by Brenna Bone whom he just heard at a concert) with St. Paul’s words of not knowing how to pray as we ought.

In this homily, Fr. Edward Looney, uses Bl. Chira Luce Badano as an example of one who suffered, and how God used her suffering to communicate a spirituality of suffering. 

Fr. Looney reflects on how we picture and think about God and who God really is in this weekend’s homily.

Fr. Looney reflects on the rituals of passing by certain places.

Fr. Edward reflects over his six years in Brussels and Lincoln/Rosiere and how God has answered our prayers.

Fr. Looney reflects on the Stations of the Most Holy Eucharist located at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Hanceville, Alabama.

Fr. Looney reflects on the upper room and Mary’s presence with the apostle.

Advent prepares for Christmas. Lent for Easter. And Easter for the Ascension. Now the Ascension prepares us for Jesus’s return.

The statements of Jesus often have promises. Todays promise is he won’t leave us orphans. In this homily Fr Looney explains how this is true.

Father Edward isn’t preaching this Sunday but he just preached at the National Shrine of Mother Cabrini on Thursday. Enjoy this homily from Fr Looney on your personal exhortation or testament of faith.

On first communion weekend, Fr. Edward reflects on how Fulton Sheen went from being a sheep to a shepherd and how he listened for the voice of the good shepherd. 

We have a before and an after. Let’s not hold someone’s past against them after they encounter Jesus in Word and Sacrament.

Fr. Edward reflects on the moving of the apostles and missionaries to spread the faith.

The past two Sundays, the gospels told us Jesus in a loud voice cried out. Could it be that God the Father called out to Jesus to arise from the grave. How is God asking you to cry out in a loud voice?

Good Friday is a day for meditation on Christ’s passion and death. But it should be the subject of meditation for us throughout the year.