Sunday Sermon, April 22 -- The Life and Gospel of St Mark (Father Ryan Erlenbush, Corpus Christi Parish)

This week, we celebrate the feast of St Mark the Evangelist (April 25). In the past few years, we have preached about the other three Evangelists, and now we turn to st Mark.

St Mark was a Jewish priest, converted by St Peter. He wrote his Gospel in Rome, and includes more details than any of the other Gospels (even though it is the shortest). St Mark also includes many Aramaic words and phrases which Jesus spoke, even giving us the particular inflection of our Lord's speech. Through St Mark, we are able to hear the voice of the Good Shepherd.

Divine Mercy Sunday Sermon, April 8 -- St Faustina, Apostle of Divine Mercy (Father Ryan Erlenbush, Corpus Christi Parish)

Overview of the vocation story of St Faustina, and close look at certain moments of her life. How Jesus called her to promote the devotion to Divine Mercy, specifically through the Divine Mercy Image and Divine Mercy Sunday.

Easter Sermon, April 1 -- God's Sabbath Rest: Eve, Mary, the Church (Father Ryan Erlenbush, Corpus Christi Parish)

We consider the sorrow of Holy Saturday, when God himself lay dead in the tomb. This day is Mary's day, for she alone had faith in the Resurrection and, in the midst of sorrow, she is our true Mother.

The Lord rested on the seventh day of creation, Jesus rested in death on the Sabbath, Adam rested in a deep sleep when God fashioned the woman from his side. We see that as Eve came from the side of Adam as his bride, so too the Church was fashioned from the opened side of Christ on the Cross.

Holy Thursday Sermon, March 29 -- The Mystery of the Triduum (Father Ryan Erlenbush, Corpus Christi Parish)

At every Mass, we enter into the mysteries of salvation after the manner of a sacrament. However, during the Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Vigil) we enter into these mysteries after the manner in which they were historically accomplished. That is to say, we re-live these mysteries in a more "dramatic" fashion than at any other time in the liturgical year - following the Lord's footsteps through his Passion and Resurrection.