Homily given at the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, February 24, 2013, the Second Sunday of Lent, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. Fr. Ed notes that the Transfiguration was a gift to Peter, James, and John so that they would understand Who Jesus is and not completely lose hope after watching the horror of His Passion. These gifts of hope and of the Communion of Saints in the midst of spiritual warfare are for us as well.

Key words: Transfiguration, hope, saints, spiritual warfare

Homily given at the 4:30 p.m. Mass on Saturday, February 23, 2013, the Second Sunday of Lent, by Fr. Fortunato Turati of the Servants of Charity. Fr. Fortunato contrasts the glory of the world, spoken of in last week's Gospel, with the glory of God described in today's Gospel on the Transfiguration. We are all invited to enter into the cloud of the glory of the love of God with Jesus and then shine with His love to the whole world.

Key words: Transfiguration, glory, love

Homily given at the 11:30 Mass on Sunday, February 17, 2013, the First Sunday of Lent, by Fr. Pat Egan. Fr. Pat reflects on the Gospel temptations of Christ and how they apply to our lives, noting that prayer is nurtured in the School of Silence. He urges us to use this Lent to face down our demons--especially noise, busyness, and selfish individualism--in the strength of God.

Key words: Lent, temptations, prayer

Homily given at the 8:45 a.m. Mass on Sunday, February 17, 2013, the First Sunday in Lent, by Dcn. Larry Randolph, Christ the King Catholic Church. Dcn. Larry draws out from the readings some of the lessons that we can apply to the season of Lent.

Key words: Lent

Homily given at the 4:30 p.m. Mass on Saturday, February 16, 2013, the First Sunday of Lent, by Dcn. Greg VandeVoorde, Christ the King Catholic Church. Dcn. Greg reflects on how the readings show us what the whole season of Lent is about -- coming back to God and drawing closer to Him.

Key words: Lent

First talk given at the 2013 Christ the King Men's Retreat on Friday, February 8, 2013, by Paco Gavrilides, Instructor of Homiletics at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit. The theme of the retreat was "Discipleship, the Authentic Christian Life."

Key words: discipleship, retreat