Homily given at the Easter Vigil Mass on Saturday, April 19, 2014, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. The Lord Jesus freely underwent His Passion and Death and then rose from the dead out of love for us. 

Keywords: Easter, Resurrection 

Homily given at the 2:30 p.m. Liturgy on Good Friday, April 18, 2014, the Liturgy of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus, by Dcn. Larry Randolph, Christ the King Catholic Church. Sin is not just bad behavior. It's about an offense in a relationship. The real problem of sin is in our hearts. We need to look to Jesus for the grace to repent.

Key words: conversion, Lent, Easter

Homily given at the 7:30 p.m. Mass on Holy Thursday, April 17, 2014, by Dcn. Dan Foley, Christ the King Catholic Church. The readings for the Mass of the Lord's Supper describe two things that Jesus wanted both remembered and acted on: the institution of the Eucharist and the washing of feet. Dcn. Dan reflects on how these seemingly separate events are actually intimately connected.

Key words: Eucharist, priesthood, humility, service

Homily given at the 8:45 a.m. Mass on Sunday, April 13, 2014, Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, by Dcn. Larry Randolph, Christ the King Catholic Church. Dcn. Larry reminds us that the events of Palm Sunday and the Passion make clear that we must choose between God and the world. We cannot pick and choose what we like or don't like; it is one or the other. We are responsible for knowing the truth. What do we choose?

Key words: Lent, Easter, surrender to God, Christ the King

Homily given at the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, April 13, 2014, Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, by Dcn. John Ozog, Christ the King Catholic Church. Dcn. John shares from his personal experience with his late wife Kathy about the power of God's grace to enable us to carry our cross with Christ without complaining so that we may enjoy the fruits of our suffering.

Key words: Lent, suffering

Homily given at the 4:30 p.m. Mass on Saturday, April 12, 2014, Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord, by Dcn. Lou Russello, Christ the King Catholic Church. In today's Gospel read at the beginning of Mass, Jesus is proclaimed as King. His Kingship and His Kingdom are realities that should form our lives.

Key words: Lent, Scripture, surrender to God, conversion, Eucharist

The seventh and final talk in the Walking in the Spiritual Gifts class, given by Dr. Mary Healy, associate professor of Sacred Scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. This talk was given on Friday, April 11, 2014, at Christ the King Catholic Church as part of the Upper Room Ministry.

This course is designed to inspire and equip participants to walk in the supernatural charisms as a way of life, especially to evangelize and to build up the body of Christ. It expands on last year’s Advanced Charisms Course.

Dr. Healy speaks of prayer for healing of the heart. As part of the talk, she discusses Pope Francis' vision of the Church as a field hospital, as well as the steps of healing and freedom laid out in Neal Lozano's book Unbound. Following her talk, the class engaged in an exercise of prayer.

Key words: healing, deliverance, spiritual gifts, charismatic, charisms, Holy Spirit, Upper Room

The seventh and final talk in the Life in the Spirit Seminar, given on Friday, April 11, 2014, at Christ the King Catholic Church as part of the Upper Room Ministry. In this talk on "Transformation in Christ," Jack Lynch relates how God is at work to bring us to the depths of union with Himself and how He uses trials to help bring that about.

NOTE: Due to technical difficulties, Talks 5 and 6 in this Life in the Spirit Seminar are not available. You may listen to those talks from previous seminars by going to the home page of the CTK Audio Web site and selecting the Life in the Spirit Seminar category.

Key words: Holy Spirit, charisms, holiness, transformation, Upper Room

Homily given at the 8:45 a.m. Mass on Sunday, April 6, 2014, the Fifth Sunday of Lent, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. Reflecting on today's Gospel, the raising of Lazarus, Fr. Ed reminds us that Jesus loves us beyond words and wants us to experience the power of the Resurrection.

Key word: Resurrection

The sixth talk in the Walking in the Spiritual Gifts class, given by Fr. Ed Fride, pastor of Christ the King Catholic Church. This talk was given on Friday, April 4, 2014, at Christ the King Catholic Church as part of the Upper Room Ministry.

This course is designed to inspire and equip participants to walk in the supernatural charisms as a way of life, especially to evangelize and to build up the body of Christ. It expands on last year’s Advanced Charisms Course.

In this talk, Fr. Ed speaks about the relationship between word of knowledge and the power gifts (faith, healing, and miracles)

Key words: charismatic, charisms, faith, healing, miracles, salvation, Holy Spirit, Upper Room