God's Astonishing Reversals

Our God loves work amazing and astonishing reversals… both in the lives of individuals and in the world around us. In this mission we will recount some of them to edify our faith, to build up our hope and make charity more possible in our souls. We begin with an amazing reversal found in the life of Padre Almeida who liked to scale the large Crucifix in his monastery to get away at night to have worldly fun until something happened that immediately changed his life...

Sermons

calendar_today January 27, 2018
schedule 51:36

Lenten Mission on God's Astonishing Reversals: Extra Part—Our Lady's Dormition

Among the most astonishing about faces that God loves to work are those having to do with one of the greatest evils we face ... namely death. We all owe God one death. Death is something most painful....

calendar_today April 6, 2017
schedule 51:51

Lenten Mission on God's Astonishing Reversals: Part 5—Sphere of God's Omnipotence

Our Almighty Lord and God has chosen to work within a certain sphere. He has revealed this in a variety of ways, including in the Sacred Scriptures. This sphere of God's omnipotence is the Blessed Vir...

calendar_today April 5, 2017
schedule 62:28

Lenten Mission on God's Astonishing Reversals: Part 4—Resonating Voices

At this time we hear various voices (like opera solos) that are not harmonizing well, both with each other or with all the voices given by God and His Church (e.g., Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition,...

calendar_today April 4, 2017
schedule 54:19

Lenten Mission on God's Astonishing Reversals: Part 3—Muscle Memory

In order to endure the dark moments of our life well, without failing, let us embrace … what we might call “muscle memory.” We need to know what to do… without thinking about it too much… wh...

calendar_today April 3, 2017
schedule 58:50

Lenten Mission on God's Astonishing Reversals: Part 2—In a Little While

We know that during the “little while” mentioned by Our Lord, the most important events in the history of the world transpired, namely the Passion, Death and Resurrection of His Majesty, Jesus Chr...

calendar_today April 2, 2017
schedule 19:51

Lenten Mission on God's Astonishing Reversals: Introduction—Padre Almeida

Our God loves work amazing and astonishing reversals… both in the lives of individuals and in the world around us. In this mission we will recount some of them to edify our faith, to build up our ho...

calendar_today April 2, 2017
schedule 44:07

Lenten Mission on God's Astonishing Reversals: Part 1—Close Calls

It is indeed very late… the 11th Hour even… but history shows it still might get later still… darker still. Do not be afraid! This shall not last! God loves to work amazing turnabouts, about fac...