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Fr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-48949031523165662442014-06-01T01:07:00.000-04:002014-06-07T13:09:36.390-04:00Ascension Sunday, Year A: The Cause of Our HopeFr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-33219621261139921292014-05-25T23:51:00.000-04:002014-06-07T11:23:36.490-04:006th Sunday of Easter, Year A: The Zeal of NeophytesFr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-31761517600769056172014-05-18T23:20:00.000-04:002014-06-05T00:57:34.805-04:005th Sunday of Easter, Year A: God Dwells Among His Priestly PeopleFr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-3603746813784462042014-05-11T00:58:00.000-04:002014-06-03T08:58:42.090-04:004th Sunday of Easter, Year A: The Father and the FoldAbridged version:
This Sunday is the fourth Sunday of the Easter Season, but we also call it “Good Shepherd” Sunday after the image of the Good Shepherd presented in our readings today. Typically we devote this particular Sunday to fervent prayers for Priestly and Religious Vocations and we should certainly do that today. But we also pray for your current shepherds, our Holy Father, Pope Francis,Fr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-27102786896232723742014-05-04T17:48:00.000-04:002014-06-04T23:03:11.938-04:003rd Sunday of Easter, Year A: Christ Beside UsFr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-31413983554033120902014-04-27T07:30:00.000-04:002014-06-03T07:31:08.310-04:00Divine Mercy Sunday, Year A: Sinners, Sacraments, and SaintsFr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-89852747416516375532014-04-20T13:40:00.001-04:002014-06-03T08:56:00.628-04:00Easter Vigil, Year A: Captivating Joy and Healing Light[YouTube video below]
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Welcome! I welcome all of you today, especially friends and family of our parishioners who are visiting this morning. Whether you are a daily Mass-goer or only occasionally go to Mass, you are Welcome here. We have good people here to pray alongside and support you, to answer any questions you may have and to help you build a more regular practice of your faith. I Fr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-5818930522851319632014-04-19T16:37:00.001-04:002014-04-19T16:37:44.555-04:00Good Friday, Year A: The Passion of the Lord Comforts the Afflicted and Afflicts the ComfortableAs I have examined my own spiritual life and interacted with others at many different parishes throughout the years, one thing most evident to me is that a true concept of sin is quite hard to find. I think we all, myself included, at different times in our lives vacillate between a lack of a sense of sin on one hand and a scrupulosity or shame on the other hand. But, it is when we are not Fr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-91740328553670938442014-04-18T01:32:00.001-04:002014-04-18T01:32:41.094-04:00Palm Sunday, Year A: Living A Deep and Meaningful Life[YouTube video below] Text: Homily after the Commemoration of the Lord’s Entrance into Jerusalem This morning, like the children who cheered in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” when they saw Jesus healing the blind and lame (Mt 21:14-15) – we too shout out with unbridled joy, “Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord” (Mt 21:9) And just as on Fr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-24864503254383998722014-04-17T09:23:00.001-04:002014-04-17T09:23:48.782-04:005th Sunday of Lent, Year A: Answering Common Concerns with ConfessionFr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-20081031470835011472014-04-16T14:19:00.001-04:002014-04-16T14:19:18.388-04:004th Sunday of Lent, Year A: Joy and Insight in the Midst of Suffering and SacrificeFr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-63594225548556979682014-03-27T21:18:00.001-04:002014-03-27T21:18:57.641-04:003rd Sunday of Lent, Year A: The Rock & Wellspring of Life-Giving WaterFr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-448535179317738122014-03-27T21:16:00.001-04:002014-03-27T21:16:41.282-04:002nd Sunday of Lent, Year A: Bear Your Share of Hardship for the Gospel, with the Strength That Comes from GodFr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-26965346297640771972014-03-10T11:32:00.001-04:002014-03-11T12:10:30.425-04:001st Sunday of Lent, Year A: Do Good, Avoid EvilAt first glance we may ask, “What good could possibly come from Jesus’ actions today? He fasted for forty days and forty nights but then he was hungry. And why must we hear about Satan tempting him? It is so unpleasant for us to imagine. But, out of his great humility, Jesus submitted himself to these things to illuminate one of the most basic aspects of human life, one with which we are all Fr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-69051610289139828352014-03-05T10:35:00.000-05:002014-03-10T11:37:08.832-04:00Ash Wednesday–Don’t Just Offer Something Up, Offer Something ForThis morning, as we enter into the Season of Lent, Jesus sets the tone for the attitude that we should have. He says, “when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing,” meaning, do not be self-satisfied our puffed up about what you do this Lent. Profound humility is the way to enter into and proceed through the Lenten Season. Today I am struck by the words of the Fr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-54752809034467965702014-03-03T15:25:00.001-05:002014-03-03T15:25:56.894-05:008th Sunday, Ordinary Time, Year A: Fruitless WorryFr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-25785031568661989102014-02-23T17:25:00.001-05:002014-02-23T17:25:03.069-05:00Why Does Fr. Hardesty Do That?! Part III: WhispersQuestion: What is Fr. Hardesty whispering at various times of the Mass? Answer: Most of the prayers of the Mass are said in a loud voice and in dialogue with the congregation. Some though are said privately, between the priest and God. The rubric in the missal used to indicate that these prayers are said “silently,” so most priests pray them interiorly. But if prayers that makeup the content of Fr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-52695786875804026172014-02-23T17:16:00.001-05:002014-02-23T17:16:41.909-05:007th Sunday, Ordinary Time, Year A: We Must Heal the Anger and Division in Our Hearts and in Our Families.Fr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-86560668630440536612014-02-19T14:27:00.001-05:002014-02-19T14:27:39.191-05:00Confession is For the CourageousGENERAL AUDIENCE: CONFESSION IS FOR THE COURAGEOUS Vatican City, 19 February 2014 (VIS) – The Holy Father dedicated his catechesis at this Wednesday's general audience to the Sacrament of penance. After touring St. Peter's Square in an open car, greeting the thousands of faithful who applauded as he passed, the Pope explained that “the forgiveness of our sins is not something we can offer to Fr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-6287850049531282182014-02-18T00:02:00.001-05:002014-02-18T00:02:12.116-05:00Why Does Fr. Hardesty Do That?! Part II: Purifying the VesselsQuestion: "Why does Fr. Hardesty take so long to do the dishes after Communion?" Answer: Well if it was just a matter of doing dishes, they would probably stack up on the credence table (that table beside the servers) until Martha Spalding (my saintly Housekeeper/Cook) came over and washed them! But it’s about more than “doing the dishes,” it’s about purifying sacred vessels. The chalices and Fr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-18798944635572557672014-02-16T20:06:00.000-05:002014-02-21T20:11:21.290-05:006th Sunday Ordinary Time Year A: Blessed Are They Who Follow the Law of the LordAudio: A more succinct version, outside of YouTube, here: http://1drv.ms/1gp0dD4 Text: My Canon Law professor at the seminary, Msgr. Fulton, had a way of teaching Church law that made us actually enjoy learning it; he made it a joy to know the law and to help others to know it too. In his great sense of humor he helped us realize that the law of the Church, which is a reflection of the law of Fr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-3543435696904207872014-02-11T18:04:00.001-05:002014-02-11T18:04:32.586-05:00Why Does Fr. Hardesty Do That?! Part I: FormalityI ran this series when I was at St. James, St. Ambrose, and St. Ignatius and have decided to use them here at Holy Trinity and Holy Rosary also, with some revised answers. Part 1: “Why is Fr. Hardesty so formal? There’s no personality!” Answer: The G.I.R.M. advises the priest that when he celebrates the Eucharist, “he must serve God and the people with dignity and humility, and by his bearing andFr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-80769706746969281352014-02-09T20:04:00.000-05:002014-02-21T20:04:51.777-05:005th Sunday Ordinary Time Year A: Good Catholic Marriages and The Pastoral Relationship A more succinct version, outside of YouTube, here: http://1drv.ms/1bT0LnY Fr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11658825.post-2075300796389592292014-02-02T20:03:00.000-05:002014-02-21T20:03:17.252-05:00Presentation of the Lord, Year A: A Light for Revelation and Glory A more succinct version, outside of YouTube, here: http://1drv.ms/1goMhsQ Fr. Matthew Hardestyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06540270550611379278noreply@blogger.com0