We explore how spiritual danger often looks ordinary while the ground beneath us thins, and why striving harder can make us sink deeper. We point to grace as solid ground and to Jesus as the one who bears the weight we cannot.

• hidden dangers beneath “safe” routines
• slow drift from prayer, faith, and honesty
• self-reliance versus surrender to grace
• John the Baptist’s rescue signal: behold the Lamb
• Jesus bearing collapse rather than shouting advice
• grace as firm footing in ordinary life
• the courage to admit “I cannot stand here”
• a simple reach out instead of impressive effort

Behold the Lamb of God. Look to him. The one who stands where you cannot, the one who bears what you carry, the one who will not let the ground collapse beneath you. Stop fighting the ground that cannot hold you. Trust the hand that can reach out and grab you back on to solid ground.

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We open the Baptism of the Lord with Matthew’s Gospel, then draw a bold line from Jean Valjean’s mercy moment to the font. We challenge cultural habits that reduce baptism to tradition and show how identity as beloved sons and daughters fuels mission.

• Meaning of Jesus’ baptism as mission and revelation of the Trinity
• Mercy in Les Misérables as a living image of rebirth
• Baptism as adoption and full inheritance in Christ
• Grafted into the Body of Christ, not just “being nice”
• Why parents must know the why of baptism
• Moving from rite of passage to lived identity
• How to unwrap baptism through prayer, Scripture, and community
• Letting the Father’s delight reorder worth and relationships
• Practical checks for thoughts, words, and deeds
• Annual practice of celebrating your baptism date

Find your baptism date and consider celebrating it yearly.!

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We trace Jean Valjean’s turning point to reveal how mercy remakes a life, then apply that lens to the Baptism of the Lord and our own baptismal identity. We press the claim that grace demands a response and challenge ourselves to live as those who belong to Christ.

• baptism as ontological rupture and door to spiritual life
• grafted into Christ, adopted as sons and daughters
• grace destroys sin and indwells by the Spirit
• mercy demands a response, not passivity
• identity overrules past, mission overrules mediocrity
• public witness of faith as belonging to Jesus
• remembrance as the cure for spiritual amnesia

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We explore Epiphany as a moment of revelation that demands a decision: take the road of the Magi and surrender, or the road of Herod and control. We connect worship, mission, and everyday choices, and invite a fresh start grounded in humility and trust.

• Epiphany as God’s nearness and call to choose
• Two roads contrasted: Magi’s humility vs Herod’s control
• From “Jesus and me” to a Eucharistic mission
• Taking honest inventory of gifts and priorities
• Offering first fruits, not leftovers
• Finding God in poverty, mess, and ordinary love
• Conversion as leaving by a different route
• Maturing faith through trust and constancy
• Christ for all nations and every culture
• Asking for personal epiphanies and embracing the cost

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We explore Epiphany as revelation that demands a response, contrasting the Magi’s costly desire with Herod’s fearful refusal. The call is to move under partial light, surrender control, and take concrete steps that reorder life around Christ.

• Epiphany as revelation that forces decision
• The Magi’s desire, risk, and costly gifts
• Herod’s proximity without movement and love of control
• Knowing about Christ versus kneeling before Christ
• Fear disguised as prudence and delay as resistance
• Following the light in Eucharist, Scripture, conscience, and prayer
• Practical steps toward surrender and reordering life
• Encounter that changes direction and habits

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We pause at the start of the year to honor Mary as Mother of God and to guard the truth about Christ. We invite listeners to a concrete resolution—pray the rosary daily—and to let grace, not willpower, shape the year ahead.

• why the title Mother of God safeguards Jesus’ divinity
• Mary’s role from Nazareth, Cana, and Calvary into the Church
• motherhood in the order of grace and real intercession
• grace over self-improvement as the path to change
• concrete practices: prayer, fasting, repentance, obedience, trust
• daily rosary as formation that shapes disciples
• entrusting family, fears, and hopes to Mary
• saying yes to God as the key to 2026

Pray the rosary daily. Daily. Place yourself in her care, entrust your family, your fears, your hopes, and say: Yes, Lord.

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We move from the glow of Christmas to the gritty, hopeful work of family holiness, seeing how Christ chose to grow within a home marked by risk, confusion, and courage. We name real hurts, learn the pattern of daily sainthood, and center our hope in the Eucharist.

• the feast’s purpose after Christmas
• the Holy Family’s flight into Egypt and its meaning
• holiness as fidelity amid fear and change
• sainthood as daily, repeatable choices
• Saint Paul’s path: kindness, humility, patience, forgiveness
• small acts that transform a home
• Christ’s real presence and why Mass anchors families
• hope for the grieving through communion with the whole Body of Christ
• one concrete choice to grow in holiness today

Choose holiness. Choose to be on the side of God. Let holiness be your focus for 2026. And I promise you, if you let holiness be your focus, God's blessings will follow. Amen.

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We trace Matthew’s genealogy, Isaiah’s promise, and Paul’s proclamation to show how Christmas is God binding Himself to us in real history. From the manger to the cross, we invite you to bring your story—joys, griefs, and doubts—to Emmanuel who redeems from within.

• Matthew’s three-part genealogy and its meaning
• Isaiah’s new names: from forsaken to delight
• Emmanuel as God with us in poverty and obscurity
• Scandal and grace in Jesus’ family line
• The manger pointing toward the cross
• Paul’s witness to promise fulfilled in Christ
• Your story as the place God chooses to enter
• A call to bring wounds and hopes to the manger

Pause at this crèche tonight. Look at that Christ child. Let the light of Christ reach your heart, and then carry that light into your homes, your relationships, your work, your world

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