Omnia Christus

Rather than taking sides or engaging in violence, Christians are called to follow Christ's example by offering a radical presence of peace and love to all, which is the only way to bring true, lasting solutions to the conflicts of the world.Corinthians 12:31-13:13 | Luke 7:31-35Preached on September 17, 2025, at Holy Trinity Church in Beaverton, Oregon Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

By releasing the heavy, self-destructive burdens of anger and resentment, we embrace Christ's radical call to forgive, freeing ourselves from the cycle of hatred to experience profound personal healing and peace.Sirach 27:30-28:7 | Romans 14:7-9 | Matthew 18:21-35Preached on September 17, 2023, at St Ann Church in Salt Lake City, Utah Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

Just as Christ, Mary, and Joseph endured profound trials, we are called to freely accept our own unavoidable sufferings and unite them to the cross, recognizing that it is only through embracing this crucifixion that we can reach the profound joy and beauty of the resurrection.Galatians 4:4-7Responsorial Psalm: Luke 1:46-55Gospel: Luke 1:39-47Preached September 8th, 2026, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Beaverton, Oregon Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

While the spoken prayers of the Mass might occasionally tempt us to zone out, we need to actively listen, engage, and make these prayers our own as a shared celebration rather than taking the gift of the liturgy for granted.Corinthians 15:12-20 | Luke 8:1-3Preached September 7th, 2026, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Beaverton, Oregon Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

By living out the challenging truth of the Beatitudes and rejecting historical prejudices, we are called to deeply love and respect our Jewish brothers and sisters, cherishing our shared heritage as a vital window into our own faith.Colossians 3:1-11 | Luke 6:20-26Preached on February 16, 2025, at Holy Trinity Church in Beaverton, Oregon Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

Rather than giving in to the temptation to constantly correct others, we are called to follow the example of St. Francis by authentically putting the Gospel into practice within our own lives, uniting truth, goodness, and beauty to reveal God to the world.Ezekiel 33:7-9 | Romans 13:8-10 | Matthew 18:15-20Preached September 5th, 2026, at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Beaverton, Oregon Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

By embracing the Sabbath as a protective gift rather than a rigid burden, we can step away from our constant modern busyness to rest, unplug, and ultimately reconnect with ourselves, others, and God.Corinthians 4:9-15 | Luke 6:1-5Preached on September 6, 2025, at Holy Trinity Church in Beaverton, Oregon` Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

Just as the angry mob in Nazareth failed to recognize the calm, peaceful Jesus because they were blinded by their own false expectations, many today reject the Church based on a hateful caricature of rigid judgment, thereby missing Christ's gentle, enduring invitation to embrace His perennial teachings and undergo the difficult but necessary changes that lead to true peace and salvation.Corinthians 2:1-5 | Luke 4:16-30Preached on September 1, 2025, at Holy Trinity Church in Beaverton, Oregon Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

Although the cross was historically so horrific that early Christians avoided depicting it, it stands at the center of our faith as the ultimate symbol of God's self-giving love, reminding us that by uniting our inevitable earthly hardships with Christ's, our sufferings are not meaningless, but become the very means by which we grow and participate in the redemption of the world.Jeremiah 20:7-9 | Romans 12:1-2 | Matthew 16:21-27Preached on September 2, 2023, at St Ann Church in Salt Lake City, Utah Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

Rather than viewing the parable of the ten virgins as a mere lesson in individual preparedness, we are challenged to stay spiritually awake against the lull of modern distractions and cultural division, recognizing that true salvation is found not in selfishly securing our own oil, but in actively building a unified community where no one is left shut out in the dark.Corinthians 1:17-25 | Matthew 25:1-13Preached on November 12th, 2023, at St Ann Church in Salt Lake City, Utah Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

Reflecting on the Eucharistic invitation to offer "my sacrifice and yours," we are reminded that our true sacrifice is a call to completely unite our lives to the one perfect sacrifice of Christ, discovering profound joy as we continually surrender everything we have to make our self-offering acceptable to the Father.Preached on July 21st, 2026 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Beaverton, Oregon Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

In the Gospel we are reminded that Christ's sharp warnings against the hypocrisy of the scribes and Pharisees are directed squarely at us today, challenging us to stop casually bending the truth to be liked or popular, and instead commit to living and speaking with absolute honesty, recognizing that since God is truth, to step outside of the truth is to step outside of God Himself.Thessalonians 2:1-3, 14-16 | Matthew 23:23-26Preached on the 26th of August, 2025, at Holy Trinity Church in Beaverton, Oregon Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

Contrasting our culture's shallow, draining habit of passively "following" social media for mere distraction with the profound, active call of the Gospel, we are challenged to look up from our screens and truly follow Christ - a demanding path that connects us to reality, takes us out of ourselves, and ultimately transforms us into the people we were created to be.Revelation 21:9-14 | John 1:45-51Preached on January 5th, 2023, at St Ann Church in Salt Lake City, Utah Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

Drawing inspiration from a character finding stillness within a raging storm, we are challenged to recognize that our culture's addiction to hurried busyness is as spiritually destructive as sin, calling us to let go of our self-important striving for outward honor and instead cultivate the quiet inner space needed to receive Christ's authentic love, joy, and peace.Ezekiel 43:1-7 | Matthew 23:1-12Preached on November 5th, 2023, at St Ann Church in Salt Lake City, Utah Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

While Jesus' initial dismissal of the desperate woman may seem uncharacteristically cruel, He is actually working to draw out her profound faith, teaching us that faith is not a transactional tool used to extract miracles from God, but rather the ultimate goal itself - a complete, risk-everything relationship with Him that transforms even our deepest earthly sufferings into avenues of grace and enduring peace.Isaiah 56:1, 6-7 | Romans 11:13-15, 29-32 | Matthew 15:21-28Preached on August 19th, 2023, at St Ann Church in Salt Lake City, Utah Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

Reflecting on the profound gift and stability of the one, continuous Catholic Church, we are challenged not to rest complacently on our laurels, but rather to be inspired by the fervent zeal of other Christians to actively take Christ's Eucharistic presence out into the world.Ezekiel 9:1-7; 10:18-22 | Matthew 18:15-20Preached on the 13th of August, 2025, at Holy Trinity Church in Beaverton, Oregon Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

While children may often display an absurd sense of pride, Christ points to their implicit trust and lack of self-sufficiency to challenge our own adult illusions of independence, calling us to approach our Heavenly Father with that same childlike awareness of our absolute need and total dependence on His providence.Ezekiel 2:8-3:4 | Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14Preached on the 12th of August, 2025, at Holy Trinity Church in Beaverton, Oregon Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

Rather than viewing Jesus' ability to walk on water as a mere display of superhero power, we are challenged to stop frantically rowing through life in a futile attempt to maintain control, and instead take the profound risk of true faith by letting go of our earthly securities and keeping our eyes firmly fixed on Christ.Kings 19:9, 11-13 | Romans 9:1-5 | Matthew 14:22-33Preached on August 13th, 2023, at St Ann Church in Salt Lake City, Utah Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

By thoughtfully blessing ourselves with holy water upon entering the church, we participate in a symbolic washing of humility and purification - echoing the priest's hand-washing and Christ's washing of the disciples' feet - which challenges us to move beyond mindless habit and embrace our Catholic traditions with conscious, intentional purpose.Preached on July 20th, 2026 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Beaverton, Oregon Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

Overcoming the deep-seated fear that surrendering to God will diminish our freedom or happiness, we are called to unite our complete self-offering to the sacrifice of the Mass, trusting the profound truth that when we give Christ everything, He takes nothing away and gives us abundant life in return.Preached on July 21st, 2026 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Beaverton, Oregon Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

The Transfiguration is not a mere magical display, but a pulling back of the veil to reveal Christ's absolute transparency to the Father's light; similarly, we are called not to generate our own light, but to humbly "clean the windows" of our souls so that God's radiant presence can shine completely through us into the lives of others.Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14 | Peter 1:16-19 | Matthew 17:1-9Preached on August 6th, 2023, at St Ann Catholic Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

The liturgical gesture of adding water to wine beautifully symbolizes the mingling of humanity and divinity, reminding us that Jesus did not experience life as a distant demigod, but rather as a fully human person who lived and prayed exactly as we do; because He truly shared in our human experience, He serves as an authentic, relatable model for us to imitate so that we too might share in His divine glory.Preached on July 16th, 2026 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Beaverton, Oregon Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

Rather than reacting with judgement toward liturgical developments like the Offertory prayers, we are called to humbly receive the living tradition of the Church, embracing Christ's way of humility and love instead of rigidly relying on our own preferences.Preached on July 13th, 2026 at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Beaverton, Oregon Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

While it may seem Jesus came merely to solve temporary physical problems like hunger and sickness, His true mission was to offer His very presence, transforming our hearts so that we might pour ourselves out to satisfy the deeper spiritual hunger of the world.Isaiah 55:1-3 | Romans 8:35, 37-39 | Matthew 14:13-21Preached on the 1st of August, 2022, at St Ann Catholic Church in Salt Lake City, Utah Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True Christian charity demands that we reject both apathetic indifference and judgmental condemnation; instead, like Christ and the prophets, we must intimately meet people in their brokenness, understand their pain, and lovingly challenge them to embrace true healing and freedom from sin.Jeremiah 26:11-16, 24 | Matthew 14:1-12Preached on the 30th of July, 2022, at St Ann Catholic Church in Salt Lake City, Utah Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

While Christ uses the dramatic image of a fiery furnace to describe hell, He is pointing to the profound spiritual reality that damnation is not an arbitrary punishment imposed by a petty God, but rather our own tragic free choice to isolate ourselves from His love; therefore, we are called to reject legalism and self-absorption in favor of a transformative, self-giving relationship with Him.Jeremiah 18:1-6 | Matthew 13:47-53Preached on the 28th of July, 2022, at St Ann Catholic Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe

True glory is not the empty pursuit of worldly fame, but the weighty, life-transforming affirmation of God our Father, which frees us from our deepest emotional wounds and makes us fully alive.Acts 20:17-27 | John 17:1-11Preached on the 18th of May, 2021, at the Cathedral of the Madeleine in Salt Lake City, Utah. Get full access to Omnia Christus at omniachristus.substack.com/subscribe