Homily given at the 7:30 p.m. Mass on Thursday, November 1, 2012, the Solemnity of All Saints, by Fr. Pat Egan. This feast is for us, to encourage us to become saints. The Beatitudes are the Lord's prescription for living the life of a saint.

Key words: saints, Beatitudes, holiness

Homily given at the 12 noon Mass on Thursday, November 1, 2012, the Solemnity of All Saints, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. Fr. Ed encourages us to enter into a deeper relationship with our patron saints, especially our Baptismal and Confirmation saints, and to ask them for their help through their examples, teachings, and prayers. As we approach the elections, he especially encourages us to seek the intercession of St. Thomas Becket and St. Thomas More, two saints who know what it means to defend the rights of the Church against civil authority that is trying to strip the Church of the right and power to live in a free country. (Note: The very beginning of the homily is missing from the recording.)

Key words: saints, intercession, faithfulness

Homily given at the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, October 28, 2012, the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. In the first reading, the prophet Jeremiah reminds the people that their land would be protected by God only to the extent that they stayed faithful to Him. We, like the blind Bartimaeus in the Gospel, need to do our part, calling on the Lord, trusting Him to act, and then following Him. We, too, have been given a wonderful land, but we must do our part. Fr. Ed urges us to take the effort to form our consciences according to the teachings of the Church, to pray, and to vote pro-life and pro-religious freedom.

Key words: pro-life, religious freedom