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January 22, 2023. Third Sunday of Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus is the Light of the world. He invites us to draw close to Him, be filled with His light, and then go on mission with Him to bring Light to the world.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

January 14, 2023. 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how by accepting God's invitation to be His servant opens us up to share in His glory and goodness.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

January 8, 2023. Epiphany homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how the Magi seek God and find Him. Who Jesus is, is revealed by the gifts they offer Him. In seeking God, we learn the truth that He is the One seeking and leading us.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

December 25, 2022. Christmas homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God's answer to our need for a Savior is to send Jesus to be with us in our helplessness and suffering. Knowing He is with us, working all things for good, gives us peace and freedom to be where we are.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

December 18, 2022. Fourth Sunday of Advent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Joseph is a model of humility and trust as he witnesses holy obedience to God's will.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

December 11, 2022. Third Sunday of Advent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how hardship and joy often go together. We can know God is with us and His plan is being done, which gives us joy even in the midst of hardship and pain.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

December 8, 2022. Immaculate Conception homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God has given us all the grace we need to persevere and share in His glory in heaven. We have freedom like Mary to participate in God's plan.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

December 4, 2022. Second Sunday of Advent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how when we allow God's grace to come in and change us, good fruit is shown. God gives us His Spirit, which is everything we need for our lives to radiate His light to others.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

November 27, 2022. 1st Sunday of Advent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus will come again at any moment. We can be ready, at peace, and even excited for His eternal joy.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

November 20, 2022. Christ the King Sunday homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus is a different type of king. Rather than be served, He seeks to serve and be united with His beloved. We can choose to unite ourselves with His will and cross, and so hope to share in the joy of His kingdom.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

November 13, 2022. 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus will come again and bring about justice. He is with us in injustice, loving us with the warmth of His love and encouraging us to persevere.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

November 6, 2022. 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God is alive and at work. He is working to redeem all things which gives us a reason for hope and freedom to embrace all things as He continues to work all things for good.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

October 30, 2022. 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Zaccheus seeks the Lord because Jesus is drawing him. Jesus draws us out of love because He wants to show us mercy. Zaccheus models for us that He is willing to do whatever it takes to be close to the Lord.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

October 23, 2022. 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Christ invites us to find our glory in the Lord, not ourselves. Even if we are full of sin, God has great compassion and mercy for us as we humbly turn to Him.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

October 16, 2022. 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus invites us to persevere in prayer knowing that God is listening and will give us what we need. As we enter into prayer, we realize Jesus is the One doing battle for our good.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

October 9, 2022. 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus invites us to give the Father thanks for all things. When we can thank Him for the good, the bad, and the ugly, then we open ourselves up to even more blessings.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

October 2, 2022. 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how our faith grows through the struggle. Jesus is with us every step of the way, inviting us to rely on His strength and keep going.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

September 25, 2022. 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus invites us to reach out and close the gap with Him before it is too late. He loves us and invites us to accept His invitation.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

September 18, 2022. 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how being faithful in small matters leads to being entrusted with greater things. By keeping the end in mind (heaven), we can be led to make prudent decisions in the small things.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

September 11, 2022. 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus reached out to sinners in order to bring them healing. Like the father of the prodigal son, God waits for us to draw near by turning to Him, so that He can pour out His love and mercy.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

September 4, 2022. 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus is willing to give everything on the cross for our salvation and invites us to be willing to give all also. As we freely choose to embrace our cross we encounter Christ in a deeper way, loving us and with us.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

August 28, 2022. 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus invites us to take the path of humility in trusting in His power to raise us up. It is a conscious choice to open up to another person, to truth, and to the Lord. We grow as we choose to open up and let the Lord exalt us by His power and in His timing.…

August 14, 2022. 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how we are invited to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus. Even when people around us persecute us, perhaps our own family members, we are invited to endure the cross knowing Christ is right there with us.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

August 7, 2022. 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus exhorts the disciples to be vigilant in waiting for the Master to come. Being ready includes being spiritually reading for death and being receptive to God and His will in prayer.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

July 17, 2022. 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how no matter how much we work, God wants to do something better for us. The most fruitful human activity is to sit at the Lord's feet in prayer, bringing Him all our worries and anxieties.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

July 10, 2022. 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus calls us to love our neighbor. We do that from wounded hearts and what we need first is to be loved by God. By receiving His merciful care through His Body, the Church, we can better love others so that they can know His love too.…

July 3, 2022. 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus says our cause for rejoicing is that our names are written in heaven. Our greatest joy is in being claimed by God and freed from sin. Jesus invites us to go on mission to invite others into the joy of God's grace.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

June 26, 2022. 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus invites us to follow Him in discipleship. Paradoxically, as we follow Jesus in obedience, we find the greatest freedom in happiness.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

June 19, 2022. Corpus Christi (Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ) homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus feeds and sustains us by His presence in the Eucharist. He knows our human condition and gives us what we need out of love for us.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

June 12, 2022. Trinity Sunday homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God is love and He invites us into the eternal exchange of love between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit given to us in baptism gives us the capacity to become more like Jesus, offering everything to the Father.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

May 15, 2022. 5th Sunday of Easter homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus calls us to love one another as He has loved us. This call is not easy. Yet, consciously choosing to love others as Christ loves us will make us into saints.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

May 8, 2022. 4th Sunday in Easter (and Mother's Day!) homily about how God the Father holds us in His hand. Our mothers help reveal God's care for us.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

May 1, 2022. 3rd Sunday of Easter homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Peter knows he needs the Lord so much that he is willing to jump into the sea. Peter knows that Jesus is drawing him and will catch him. We are invited to trust and take a step out in faith, knowing that the Lord will always catch us.…

April 24, 2022. 2nd Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus is able and desires to heal all of us, even if we do not experience physical healing here on earth. More importantly, Jesus gives His Church His power to forgive sins for spiritual healing.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

April 17, 2022. Easter homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Christ is alive, not just 2,000 years ago but also today. He speaks and is active, inviting us to know Him and be renewed in hope.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

April 16, 2022. Easter Vigil homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how baptism makes us a new creation. God wants to transform us from the inside out by His grace to make us His beloved sons and daughters.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

April 14, 2022. Holy Thursday (Mass of the Lord's Supper) homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus establishes a new covenant in His blood. A covenant renews our family bond and the priesthood makes it possible for the people of God.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

April 10, 2022. Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus desired to show His love to His disciples more than He desired to avoid pain and suffering. He freely embraced the cross with love to be with us.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

April 3, 2022. 5th Sunday of Lent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus responds with love and compassion to the woman caught in adultery. He looks at her and us differently and invites us to forgive ourselves.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

April 3, 2022. 5th Sunday of Lent (year A readings) homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus has power over life and death and shares this divine power with us in baptism.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

March 27, 2022. 4th Sunday of Lent (year A readings) homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus comes to enlighten us so that we can learn to see things as He does.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

March 20, 2022. 3rd Sunday in Lent (year A readings) homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus asks the woman at the well for a drink because He is thirsting for her heart. As she opens her heart and allows herself to be known, Jesus pours into her the living water of His love.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

March 13, 2022. 2nd Sunday in Lent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how our final destiny is not here on earth but in heaven. God gives the disciples a glimpse of the glory to come with the Transfiguration of Jesus to encourage them for the suffering to come.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

March 6, 2022. 1st Sunday of Lent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus chooses to go to the desert so that we would never be alone in our temptation. With Jesus by our side and the power of Scripture, we can turn to the Father and allow the difficulties to make us stronger.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

March 2, 2022. Ash Wednesday homily of Fr. Matt Lowry about how God doesn't wants our whole heart as we are. We do not need to wait until we are perfect, but by coming to God as we are, He perfect us.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

February 20, 2022. 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus' invitation to forgive is meant to be a healing process that opens us up further to His love.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

February 13, 2022. 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Christ invites us to lean into Him in difficult times. We find Him on the cross with us, allowing us to blessed by His presence, in good times and in bad.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

February 6, 2022. Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry (at the AZ host site for SEEK22 Conference) about how God calls Peter, who is a sinful man, because all God has are sinful men to choose from. Our sin actually draws God close to us, and invites us to depend on Him completely.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

January 30, 2022. 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus offers us salvation and awaits our response. Jesus cites two examples of "outsiders" from the Old Testament who respond. We are never beyond Jesus' reach of salvation.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

January 23, 2022. 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Christ announces Himself as the jubilee of God, paying the forgiveness of debts and working to unite His family through His Body, the Church.By Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center