Homily given at the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, June 9, 2013, the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Dcn. Greg VandeVoorde, Christ the King Catholic Church. Jesus was moved with compassion when He saw the widow and her dead son, and raised her son back to life. We, like Jesus, must be moved with compassion over those around us who are spiritually dead and bring them to Jesus so that they, too, can be brought to life in Him.

Keywords: evangelization, resurrection

Homily given at the 8:45 a.m. Mass on Sunday, June 9, 2013, the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. The evils in the world, including sickness and death, did not come as a consequence of God's choices, but of Adam and Eve's and ours. We have chosen to walk away from God, and we reap the fruits of those choices. But the power of the Resurrection, if we choose to accept it, can change our hearts and strengthen us to build the Kingdom and to serve, including service to the poor.

Keywords: service to the poor, Resurrection, Kingdom of God

Homily given at the 8:45 a.m. Mass on Sunday, June 2, 2013, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi), by Fr. Ed Fride, Pastor, Christ the King Catholic Church. The Eucharistic Lord Jesus is the center of our lives. People in Jesus' time, as people today, had a difficult time accepting the Real Presence of Jesus in the Eucharist. They didn't understand how He could give them His Body and Blood to eat, and so they walked away (John 6:66). If we don't understand how Jesus is going to do something that He says He wants to do, we need to simply ask for more faith and trust Him.

Keyword: Eucharist, Corpus Christi, trust

Homily given at the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, May 26, 2013, the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, by Fr. Ronald of the Servants of Charity. Fr. Ronald reflects on the profound truth of the Trinity, one God in three Persons. He notes that, although we cannot say how the Trinity works, we can say why we believe in the Trinity.

Key words: Trinity

Talk given at "Using Calm, Cool Logic to Dismantle Pro-Choice Views," a Young Adult Pro-Life Conference held at Christ the King Catholic Church on March 9, 2013. Dr. Clint Olson is a convert to Catholicism who is currently a seminarian at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit. The three questions that he addresses from a medical perspective are, When does human life begin? Is the embryo or fetus inside the womb really a human person? and What are the complications associated with abortion that make it a harmful procedure, not just for the child, but for the woman?

Key words: abortion, life, conception, pro-life, pro-choice, pro-abortion, embryo, fetus, personhood

Talk given at "Using Calm, Cool Logic to Dismantle Pro-Choice Views," a Young Adult Pro-Life Conference held at Christ the King Catholic Church on March 9, 2013. Fr. Ed Fride is pastor of Christ the King Catholic Church in Ann Arbor, MI. If we base our arguments against abortion simply on Church teaching, then those who do not accept Church teaching will not be convinced. We need to also be able to appeal to logic, science and philosophy. Fr. Ed describes the fallacious philosophy behind some of the pro-abortion arguments. He then answers questions from the audience at the end of the talk.

Key words: abortion, life, philosophy, pro-life, pro-choice, pro-abortion

Talk given at "Using Calm, Cool Logic to Dismantle Pro-Choice Views," a Young Adult Pro-Life Conference held at Christ the King Catholic Church on March 9, 2013. Lia Mills is a teenager from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, who, as a 12-year-old, wrote a speech on abortion for a speech contest at her school. Her parents posted a video of her giving the talk on YouTube, where it has generated more that 1 million views. Since then, Lia has become a powerful defender for life, speaking out through her video blog on many of the key issues facing today's society.

In this talk, Lia reviews and addresses many of the pro-choice arguments, focusing especially on the key questions, is the unborn child a human being, and is the unborn child a human person.

Key words: abortion, pro-life, pro-choice, pro-abortion, personhood, unborn, child, baby, fetus

Homily given at the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Sunday, May 19, 2013, the Solemnity of Pentecost, by Dcn. John Ozog, newly ordained Permanent Deacon for the Diocese of Lansing. After thanking all those who supported him in his vocational journey to the permanent diaconate, Dcn. John recounted his own vocational story and the peace and joy that comes from doing God's will and calling upon the Holy Spirit for help.

Keyword: vocation, deacon, priest, Holy Spirit, God's will, joy, peace

Homily given at the 8:45 a.m. Mass on Sunday, May 19, 2013, the Solemnity of Pentecost, by Dcn. James Rolph, newly ordained transitional deacon for the Diocese of Lansing. Jesus said in today's Gospel, "As the Father has sent me, so I send you." We cannot accomplish our mission to be the light of the world, the salt of the earth, the aroma of Christ, without the Holy Spirit.

Keyword: Pentecost, Holy Spirit, light, mission, surrender