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

The fourth talk in the Life in the Spirit Seminar, given on Friday, October 26, 2012, at Christ the King Catholic Church as part of the Upper Room Ministry. Jack Lynch quickly reviews the first three talks, and then talks about how those in the class can connect with these realities, how they can "get from here to there."

Key words: repentance, faith, prayer, Holy Spirit, Baptism in the Holy Spirit, Upper Room

A talk given by Prof. Aimee Godfrey, M.A. Theology, J.D., professor of law at Wayne State University, on Sunday, October 21, 2012, as part of the Catholic World View series at Christ the King. Topics she addressed include the history of the Constitution, how it protects religious liberty and other important rights, how the principle of subsidiarity is present in the Constitution, and how current cases (i.e. the HHS mandate) might be decided under the Constitution. Click here for a .pdf file of her PowerPoint presentation.

Key words: Constitution, religious liberty, freedom, subsidiarity, HHS mandate, CWV, Catholic vision, worldview

Homily given at the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, October 21, 2012, World Mission Sunday, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. Sharing the Gospel is not just the responsibility of "professional" missionaries. Every baptized Christian has a responsibility to share the good news that Jesus is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. To be able to do that, we need to come into a deep, personal, ongoing relationship with Him ourselves in the power of the Spirit in the heart of His Church.

Key word: evangelization

Homily given at the 8:45 a.m. Mass on Sunday, October 14, 2012, the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. Fr. Ed notes that, even though Solomon was the wisest man who ever lived, it wasn't enough because he didn't follow God with his whole heart. Similarly, the rich young man obeyed all the commandments, but walked away from an invitation to follow Jesus. God's truth, His invitations, are not coercive. We have to decide to accept His truth and follow Him. Fr. Ed explores some of the implications of this for us, especially as we prepare for the elections.

Key words: surrender, faith, trust

A talk given by Fr. Ed Fride, pastor of Christ the King Catholic Church, on Sunday, October 14, 2012, as part of the Catholic World View series at Christ the King. Fr. Ed speaks about the vision for our nation and society as laid out in our founding documents and how that relates to the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas in his Treatise on the Law.

Key words: CWV, Catholic vision, worldview, law, society, Aquinas