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iPadre: Fr. Cooper's Homilies
A Collection of Fr. Cooper's Homilies and Reflections
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All in the Family - Pentecost 2019
Communication--Commitment--Compassion. Those are the keys to better families--whether it is the family in the home, or the family which is the Church, or the entire human family. God wants His people to live in community. So He gave us the ability to communicate with one another, to commit...
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Get Your Third Class Ticket Here - Ascension 2019
The disciples of Jesus had third-class tickets. They were the ones who were charged with the responsibility of telling others the Good News of Christ. There will come a time when Christ will rule over all. There will come a time when, as St. Paul wrote, “at the name of Jesus every knee should…
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In Which City Do You Live? - 6th Sunday of Easter
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness . . . it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness . . .” A Tale of Two Cities. In which of those cities do you live? Which city claims your primary allegiance? Where are you...
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Mother's are a Reflection of God's Love - 4th Sunday of Easter
A good mother is such a powerful example of God’s love. Many mothers are willing to do almost anything to communicate their love to their children. God offers us in the image of the Cross a glimpse of His love. Through Jesus’ death and resurrection, God left us in His Cross a powerful symbol of...
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Surprise - One Got Out! - Easter Sunday 2019
When Jesus was born, a host of angels announced it and sang his praises. But the only ones who heard it were a few poor shepherds working the night shift. When Jesus rose from the dead, only two angels showed up to announce it, and they told it to a handful of grieving women. Only a few will…
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Why Have You Forsaken Me?” - Good Friday 2019
One of the most heart wrenching cries of the crucified Jesus is not recorded in the Passion according to St. John that we have just heard, but is in the Passion narratives according to Matthew and Mark. It is the first verse of Psalm 22: “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” What shocking...
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Unless I Wash You - Holy Thursday 2019
Foot washing was needed after a long journey but, in Peter’s mind and in the “wisdom of the day,” it was not to be done by the Master; it was the work of slaves or servants. Still, Jesus insisted, “Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me.” Gathered with His disciples in an Upper...
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If the Stones Cried Out - Palm Sunday 2019
Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to Jesus, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples!” Obviously the Pharisees are offended by this little celebration. “I tell you,” Jesus replies, “if they keep quiet, the stones will cry out.” That’s quite a vivid image, isn’t it--stones crying out. Could an inert...
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A Stone’s Throw Away - 5th Sunday of Lent
In the Gospel, St. John clearly identifies two different voices that speak to our situation in life—the voice of critics and the voice of Christ. The voice of the critic seeks to condemn you by exploiting and exposing all your failures. In contrast, the voice of Christ confronts our sin with love...
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Who is Better? - 4th Sunday of Lent
Today's gospel is the family story of a man and his two sons. At the beginning of the story we see that the younger son is the bad boy and the elder son the good boy. But by the end of the story we see that both of them in different ways prove themselves to be obstacles to the family unity and...
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One of the Greatest Sins - 3rd Sunday of Lent
As a follower of Jesus Christ, what is one of the worst sins you can commit? The answer is to do nothing. Doing nothing, or in the case of today's parable, not bearing fruit, is the quickest way to disqualify you from the kingdom of God. Bearing fruit is something that all of us can do. We don’t...
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Fighting the Devil - 1st Sunday of Lent
Temptation is very real in our lives--as it was real in the life of Jesus. We need to heed Christ’s teachings. Thoughts are connected to deeds. It is in our best interest, and in the interest of those we love, to pray that we shall not even be tempted. We need to recognize the destructiveness of...
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Why are You Here? - Ash Wednesday 2019
Why are you here on this Ash Wednesday? Why do you desire to be marked with the blessed ashes in the sign of the Cross? It’s one thing to wear a Cross around your neck or have one smudged on your forehead. It’s quite another to bear a Cross in your daily life. Bearing a Cross is an act of…
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What is Stored in Your Heart? - 8th Sunday in OT
Jesus doesn’t talk about things we store in our junk drawers. Instead, He talks about the things we store up in our heart (beliefs, prejudices, attitudes, habits, grudges, emotions); however, He doesn’t speak of them as junk. Instead, the Lord speaks of them as seeds--as seeds in a garden. These...
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A GPS for Your Life - 7th Sunday in OT
Jesus knew not everyone was going to listen to his teaching. The kind of love, generosity, and mercy that He expected from His followers---it doesn’t make sense! It’s risky! It’s asking us to give up our pride and our comfort. So, I hope you will leave Church today with your "GPS" programmed. Not...
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A GPS for Your Life - 7th Sunday in OT
Jesus knew not everyone was going to listen to his teaching. The kind of love, generosity, and mercy that He expected from His followers---it doesn’t make sense! It’s risky! It’s asking us to give up our pride and our comfort. So, I hope you will leave Church today with your "GPS" programmed. Not...
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Three Men Changed by God - 5th Sunday in OT
Not everyone is going to have the kind of conversion experience of Isaiah or St. Peter or St. Paul. But each of us in our own way can have an experience of God that transforms our life into something more beautiful. First of all, we need to see ourselves as we really are--totally dependent on…
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A Remedy for Rejection - 4th Sunday in OT
Jeremiah could not have endured the isolation and the scorn that was his lot without a deep and abiding faith in God. The word of the Lord came to him saying, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you.” Wow, what a source of security! No wonder he…
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When God's Dream Captures Your Heart - Catholic Schools Week
What is the dream God has placed in your heart? A dream was born in Nehemiah’s heart ... to go to Jerusalem to help his people. That is how every great work begins. God puts a dream in someone’s heart. There is still much to do in this world. May God ever supply us with men and women like…
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A Dove Descends - Baptism of the Lord 2019
Baptism is important because of what it says about the person being baptized and what it says about the Church. Most importantly is what it says about the grace of God. Your baptism must make a difference in your life. Let that difference begin today!
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Arise! Shine! Your Light is Come! - Epiphany of the Lord 2019
Just as light is the appropriate symbol for Christ, darkness is the appropriate symbol for a world without Christ. We make our resolutions, but it’s not easy in a world of darkness. Our biggest enemy is within. There is something within our hearts (our fallen human nature) that causes some of us…
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Mary's Memory and Our Memory - Mary, Mother of God 2019
What, then, do Mary’s memory and the Church’s memory have to do with our memory? How does the pure heart of Mary pondering Jesus touch our heart? How does the Church’s living memorial of Christ’s death and resurrection affect what is in my heart and yours, in my memory and yours? The Gospel tells...
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The Challenges of Family Life - Feast of the Holy Family 2018
Families are wonderful. But they are challenging. Raising a family is like juggling a glass ball. If it is dropped, it can shatter. So take care. Handle it gently and with love. Someday you will thank God for such a wonderful gift!
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Love Came Down at Christmastime - Christmas 2018
“Love came down at Christmas.” This is the true meaning of Christmas. The God whose nature and whose name is Love came into our world to redeem us from the powers of sin and death. Even the humblest place and the humblest people take on a new significance when touched by the hand of God. He is...
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The Ponderings of Mary's Heart - 4th Sunday of Advent
I don’t know what kind of Advent season this has been for you thus far. I hope it has been the best one ever. Perhaps, however, it has been a difficult time. If so, remember these lessons from Mary’s experience: Life takes some strange twists and turns but God is faithful to His promises. God…
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At the Intersection of Heaven and Earth - 2nd Sunday of Advent
A famous artist painted a picture of the Nativity. In his painting, across the crib falls the shadow of the Cross. Salvation is God’s eternal plan for humanity. This is why He has come down. This is why we have been lifted up. Heaven and earth have intersected at the cross of Calvary. Salvation…
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Seeking God with all our Heart - Immaculate Conception 2018
The holiness of Mary can be ours if we seek God with our whole hearts; if we seek a life of conversion; if we seek and respond to God’s grace wherever it leads us. The problem in our world is that we are so often indifferent to this reality or we don’t trust in this reality, so we do not respond...
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Who Owns the Cloud: Apple or God? - 1st Sunday of Advent
So, Advent is here. Let the watch begin. Ours is an expectant life, waiting for the promises of God to be fulfilled, remembering that God does not forsake His own. I hope you have that kind of expectancy in your life. Jesus said, “At that time they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with...
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Elvis and the King - Christ the King 2018
Everybody worships something or somebody. What is it in life that you value most--that you would not only die for, but also live for? Be careful how you answer. It is a most difficult question. Some people will say, “Why, Jesus is what matters most in my life.” And yet, when the time of testing...
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Four Magic Words - Thanksgiving Day 2018
“The test of all happiness,” wrote G. K. Chesterton, "is gratitude.” The most important words of gratitude are those we give to God. And so on this national day of Thanksgiving, I urge you to: count your blessings, use mental subtraction and remind yourself what life would be like without some of...
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Lessons from the Widow - 32nd Sunday in OT
Those coins, dropped in the temple treasury that day, where an important part of this widow’s witness to the power of God to make all things new! By dropping in those coins, she realized she was part of something bigger than herself. She was participating in God’s work on earth. No wonder Jesus…
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You Are Not Far From The Kingdom of God - 31st Sunday in OT
Jesus prayed, “Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done,” and the two are forever linked. Wherever God’s will is done, there is the Kingdom, and wherever the kingdom is you’ll find people doing God’s will. Jesus embodied within His own life that precious, priceless Kingdom that He taught. Whenever we…
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Playing Golf at Midnight - 30th Sunday in OT
Bartimaeus was disadvantaged, but he was not defeated. He came to Jesus and Jesus healed him ... and he became a follower of Christ. May we see what Bartimaeus saw - that Jesus is the giver of every good thing in life. I hope we are as wise as Bartimaeus. May we, too, follow Jesus all the days of...
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Building the Kingdom Together - 26th Sunday in OT
The best way to witness to the Lord of kindness is through our own acts of compassion and charity. This is the way to effectively communicate the wonder of the Gospel. It does not depend on labels for validation. It is offering a cup of cold water in Jesus’ name to any who are in need. And it is...
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Stewardship: What's in Your Bucket? - 25th Sunday in OT
Stewardship, quite simply, is recognizing that everything we have and everything we are is a gift from God and being grateful and generous with those gifts. We aren’t “owners” of anything, we are merely “stewards” of the gifts that God has given us. Stewardship isn’t a process, or a campaign, or…
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‘Ephphatha!’ that is, ‘Be opened!' - 23rd Sunday in OT
Probably the most important aspect of God’s action is that God can change the human heart. For sure, all of us want miracles; we want all that is bad in our lives and in our world to be changed to good. We might ask ourselves today: what would I prefer? Would I like some physical or material...
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Tradition! - 22nd Sunday in OT
Tradition can be a wonderful thing. It only becomes destructive when we use it as a means of looking like a follower of Jesus rather than actually following Him. How about you? Where is God? Is He at the center of your heart? Is He the One who determines your attitudes toward others, or is He...
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In it for the Long Haul - 21st Sunday in OT
Faith is hanging in there when the day looks dark and the options are limited, because you know that somehow God is at work in your life. So you have decided that by the grace of God you are here for the long haul. You have placed yourself in God’s hands and you say with Simon Peter: “Lord, to…
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Hungering for the Lord - 19th Sunday in OT
You have heard the saying before: “In other places people EAT TO LIVE but in New Orleans we LIVE TO EAT.” For New Orleaneans, eating is a ritual. Sharing a meal together is a source of nourishment; it is a source of strength; it is a source of building relationships. Because of our lived...
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Filling the Emptiness Within - 18th Sunday in OT
Obviously we get hungry a lot! But do we get hungry for that which will truly satisfy us? We know about physical hunger. But do we know about spiritual hunger? “Sir,” the people said in response to Christ’s teaching, “. . . give us this bread.” Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life.…
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What's in Your Wheelhouse? - 17th Sunday in OT
I want to ask you this morning, “What’s in your wheelhouse that you can offer Jesus?” Giving to His Kingdom isn’t just about giving material gifts. Giving to His kingdom is about giving yourself. Have you a specific skill that Christ can use for the betterment of the world? What’s in your...
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When I am Weak, I am Strong - 14th Sunday in OT
Can you hear St. Paul testifying about what God had done in his life? “Look at me,” he would say, “I once persecuted the church. Look at me, a man who has to battle this humiliating affliction--this thorn in the flesh. Yet Christ has used me to plant churches all over the known world.” St. Paul…
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Reclaiming Religious Freedom - 13th Sunday in OT
On Wednesday, Americans will celebrate Independence Day, a day which affords us a great opportunity to consider the freedom we enjoy today – and may so often take for granted. How many men and women have given life and treasure to purchase for us our right to liberty? One of the most precious...
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His Name is John! - Nativity of John the Baptist
In one of the more remarkable moments of the Gospel, Elizabeth defied family tradition with one succinct phrase: “He will be called John.” As the Gospel indicates, the name is not an accident. It was pronounced by the angel Gabriel to Zechariah – and its meaning serves to send a message to the...
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How Do You Answer the Door? - 10th Sunday in OT
The Rule of St. Benedict, written by St. Benedict of Nursia 1,500 years ago, has instructions for a very specific role in the monastery—the porter in charge of answering the door. The porter’s job is to open the door to the monastery when someone knocks. Not much of a role, you say? It actually…
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Corpus Christi 2018 - Are You a Man or a Mouse?
On this Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, we are summoned to deepen our faith in the Lord, present in the Eucharist and acting through His Sacraments. Routine may have dulling effects, but it cannot be such that we receive the Lord of glory each Sunday in any way that would be called...
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Why am I Afraid? - Trinity Sunday
It is so beautiful that we can talk to God as our loving Father. That we can walk with Jesus as our brother. And that we can live by the light and the gifts of their Spirit of love. But, fear is our enemy. We need to know this. And many of us need to make a commitment to living boldly for Christ....
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God's Way, God's Will, & God's Time - Ascension of the Lord
So the transition described by St. Luke in the Acts of the Apostles is complete. Christ has left the earth. Now the burden of the Kingdom is on the shoulders of the Church. But we needn’t worry. The Holy Spirit is with us and so we will witness amazing, miraculous events as long as we focus on…
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The Command to Love - 6th Sunday of Easter
Where does love come from? It comes from God alone. What does it look like? It looks like a man hanging on a Cross in our behalf. What does such love require out of us? It requires us to move beyond “need love” to “gift love.” To look around at others who are in need of God’s love and to give it…
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Have You Been Pruned? - 5th Sunday of Easter
Christ is the true vine. We are the branches. And we have but one job. That is to bear fruit. We could be doing so much more for the sake of the Kingdom, but we have forgotten that our main task is to make a difference in the world. There is another question besides, where is your fruit? That...
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