Fr. Edward Looney Preaches

Fr. Edward Looney preaches on the importance of community and how we help one another in three different ways.

Fr. Edward Looney invites us to consider ways we bend to the world rather than holding fast to our Catholic faith and beliefs. Here's your invitation to follow Jesus!

After reading Matthew 16 for this weekend’s gospel, I had three questions, which I attempt to answer in the homily.

Fr. Edward juxtaposes last weekend's gospel with this weekends and addresses whether we have little or great faith.

In this homily, Fr. Edward Looney reflects on Mary's reunion with her son and spouse St. Joseph, and poses for our reflection, who do you look forward to seeing in Heaven?

If you struggle in accepting a compliment, then learn from Jesus who humbly accepted and received the homage of the apostles.

Toward the end of our life, we begin to think about our legacy. After the death of John the Baptist, what was his legacy? And what is the most important legacy we could leave?

Fr. Edward reflects about what happens when we re-read texts or revisit places and discover pearls again or find them if we missed them the first time.

Fr. Edward offers some helpful suggestions to pray when a person doesn’t know how to pray as they ought.

In this homily, I share the story of my failed tomato garden and the surprising spiritual lesson it taught me. Just as tomato plants need healthy soil, proper nourishment, and consistent watering to bear good fruit, our souls need the Word of God, faithful prayer, and time with the Lord. When our lives become oversaturated with distractions or spiritually dry through neglect, our faith can begin to wither. Jesus, the Master Gardener, shows us how to cultivate the soil of our hearts so that our lives may bear lasting fruit.

Summer is a wonderful time for a slower pace of life. So is Sunday. Fr Edward reflects on entering into Sabbath rest as a response to Jesus’s invitation to “come to him.”

Elisha passed by a home and knew hospitality would be extended. When we pass by places do we undertake spiritual practices. Fr. Edward explains in this homily for the thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Fr. Edward Looney offers a reflection on praying with the heart of Jesus as he has been so moved by various images of the Sacred Heart.

Fr. Charles R. Carroll made a forever impression on a young altar boy who would later become a deacon one Holy Thursday. As Fr. Carroll approached the tabernacle, he wiped a tear from his eye, witnessed by the young server. What would bring a perosn to tears before the Eucharist? Fr. Edward reflects in this homily.

Fr. Edward reflects on a quote from Venerable M. Teresa of the Most Holy Trinity for his Trinity Sunday homily.

How a goofy petition made me think of the Holy Spirit.

At 3k/4k graduation, a child released his balloon in the church. Now it’s in the rafters. Here’s what it teaches us about the Ascension!

You might be talking to someone else, but another could be listening. So be sure you are proclaiming Christ at all times.

Phillip, have I been with you for so long and you still don't know me? Jesus offers this rebuke to Phillip in today's gospel. What must have Phillip thought? What further reflection could it lead to? Fr. Looney offers insights in this homily.