Homily given at the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, July 27, 2014, the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. When God offered Solomon anything he wanted, Solomon, who was in love with God, selflessly asked for wisdom to govern the people. But he made a series of choices that eventually led him into bitterness and the people into idolatry. We have to not only start well, but end well. We need to yield to wisdom, to take full advantage of all that God gives us, and to stay focused on Jesus.

Keywords: evangelization

Homily given at the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, July 20, 2014, the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. Today's Gospel is the parable of the wheat and the weeds (Matthew 13:24-43). The weeds, like the ground in last Sunday's parable, do not have a choice about being weeds. But people can change, as many of the greatest saints of the Church prove. We need to be wheat, wheat that lovingly, truthfully invite the weeds to change!

Keywords: evangelization

Homily given at the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, July 13, 2014, the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. In today's Gospel of the sower and the seeds (Matthew 13:1-23), the ground does not have a choice as to how it responds to the seed. We do have a choice. We should prepare our hearts to receive the Word of God and let it enter our hearts and minds. Fr. Ed suggests ways that we can do that.

Keywords: Scripture, prayer, journaling, spiritual warfare 

Homily given at the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, July 6, 2014, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. On this weekend at all the Masses, Christ the King celebrated the Anniversary of the Dedication of Christ the King's Church building in 2001. Fr. Ed recounts the history of the building of Christ the King's Church building and the call of all the people of God to be living stones in the Temple of God.

Keywords: Dedication, faithfulness, holiness

Homily given at the 4:30 p.m. Mass on Saturday, July 5, 2014, by Dcn. Gerry Holowicki, Christ the King Catholic Church. On this weekend at all the Masses, Christ the King celebrated the Anniversary of the Dedication of Christ the King's Church building in 2001. Dcn. Gerry called us to gratitude for the parish by recalling our roots in the charismatic renewal and by considering what the Lord has done with us in the past 13 years. We need to be aware of God's call on our lives to be good and grateful stewards of the many gifts He has given us. We need to be aware especially of the great and growing need for evangelization, confident in Jesus' ability to enable us to evangelize successfully.

Keywords: thankfulness, evangelization, charismatic, stewardship

Homily given at the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, June 29, 2014, the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. Fr. Ed reminds us that (despite what we may see in art), Saints Peter and Paul and all the saints experienced great joy in following Jesus. The Holy Spirit also empowers us and give us joy in following Jesus.

Key words: Holy Spirit, joy

Homily given at the 4:30 p.m. Mass on Saturday, June 21, 2014, the Vigil of the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi), by Dcn. Lou Russello, Christ the King Catholic Church. Dcn. Lou traces briefly the history of belief in the True Presence of Jesus in the Holy Eucharist, from the early Church Fathers to the present. He then encourages us to remember what Jesus did for us in establishing the Eucharist and reflects on what our response should be.

Key words: Eucharist, trust, thankfulness, worship