St. Elizabeth of Hungary Catholic Church—Portland, OR: Homilies
Preaching messages with inspiration, teaching, testimony, and insights into the Bible and living as disciples of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Bible passages are from the readings for the Sunday Mass of the Catholic Church.
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When you're feeling good about something you've done, are you being righteous or self-righteous? In today's Gospel, St. Paul is confident in his rightful relationship with God. It's okay to ask God to guide us to be righteous, being grateful when we have pleased God. Let us ask God to work through us to become more righteous and to help the poor and suffering. One way to do so is to read Pope Leo's first official document, "Dilexit...
Fr. Chuck "reviews," reads from, and recommends a book on the Psalms titled, A Long Obedience in the Same Direction, by Eugene H. Peterson. At the Multnomah County Library website, patrons can put a hold on the ebook version or on the paperback—making Fr. Chuck return the copy he's borrowing! Learn more about it from its publisher by visiting https://ivpress.com/a-long-obedience-in-the-same-direction.
Do you ever need help with ho...
Do you know that gratitude isn't optional? It's our duty to be thankful; grateful faith connects us to God and brings us joy. Let us think of all of the things we are thankful for, so that our gratitude is not chained. And let us help those who are isolated and stigmatized as the lepers in today's readings were.
Catholic Mass readings for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 12, 2025
First Reading: Second Kings 5: 14-17
Respo...
How are you choosing to use the gifts that God has given you? Are you stirring them into flame to grow your love and faith in Jesus? God has given us gifts that we can't get anywhere else, and every day it's up to us to decide how to use them.
Catholic Mass readings for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 5, 2025
First Reading: Habakkuk 1: 2-3; 2: 2-4
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 95: 1-2, 6-7, 8-9
Second Reading: Second Timothy...
Did you know that the last Sunday of September in the U.S. is Priesthood Sunday? Today's readings ask us to see beyond ourselves, and to realize that there is more to life than our comfort. Jesus asks us to support those in need, which includes our seminarians.
Catholic Mass readings for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 28, 2025
First Reading: Amos 6: 1a, 4-7
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 146: 7, 8-9, 9-10
Second Reading: F...
Do you ever think of Mass as a source of power? Our participation in Mass brings us God's power and grace, and helps us become more of the person God wants us to be, especially helping us to bring God's love to the poor.
Catholic Mass readings for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 21, 2025
First Reading: Amos 8: 4-7
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 113: 1-2, 4-6, 7-8
Second Reading: First Timothy 2: 1-8
Alleluia: Second Corinth...
Are you wondering about the opening line of the second reading that "Jesus ... did not regard equality with God something to be grasped?" Father Chuck helps us to understand it by comparing Jesus to a jeweler's son who needs to rescue radiant diamonds (us) from the muck. Jesus understands and embraces the need to become human to be able to triumph over sin as God the Son, and doesn't seek the same role as God the Father.
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How has following Jesus radically changed your life? In today's second reading, St. Paul reveals Christianity as a revolutionary movement in which a slave becomes a beloved brother. It's just as true today that we as Christians are led by God to grow beyond worldly categories as we grow closer to Christ.
Catholic Mass readings for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 7, 2025
First Reading: Wisdom 9: 13-18b
Responsorial Psalm...
Do you think of yourself as a worker for God? As followers of Jesus, we are asked not just to learn His teachings, but to take on a new way of living and being. All we do, even with the esteem of others, is for the glory of God.
Catholic Mass readings for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 31, 2025
First Reading: Sirach 3: 17-18, 20, 28-29
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 68: 4-5, 6-7, 10-11
Second Reading: Hebrews 12: 18-19, 22-24
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How many times do we decide to go our own direction rather than follow God? In today's first reading, the esteemed princes don't like God's message of surrender. While God's message may not be popular, let us surrender our control and desires and trust God's love and wisdom.
Catholic Mass readings for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 17, 2025
First Reading: Jeremiah 38: 4-6, 8-10
Responsorial Psalm: Psalms 40: 2, 3, 4, 18
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Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ conquered sin and death by the power and working of the Holy Spirit, to the glory of God the Father! This double victory is for us all, and our motherly model and teacher of what it looks like is the Blessed Virgin Mary. Listen now to hear how the great things with which the Lord favored Mary—her Immaculate Conception and her Assumption—hold out hope and example for us.
Catholic Mass readings for th...
Fr. Chuck focuses our hearts and minds primarily on the Responsorial Psalm, Ps 132. He invites us to meditate on the refrain, which speaks of the Lord's "ark of holiness," the sacred wooden chest containing the 10 Commandments, above which God's divine presence would dwell. Speaking more generally of the symbolic, poetic, imagery of God dwelling in the Ark, Fr. Chuck explains that some Christians take it as a prophetic symbol of th...
Do you find the meaning of faith sometimes to be too big and unreachable a concept? Father Chuck helps break it down for us with an exploration of today's second reading. Let us reflect on these "4 facets of faith"—hearing God's call and obeying it, seeking God's kingdom, receiving God's gifts, and offering them back to God for the good of others. The idea for these "4 facets" arose from Fr. Chuck hearing the Formed Daily Reflecti...
Did you know that St. Paul's letters were written before the gospels of the New Testament? Paul's message to the Colossians is just as applicable today as it was in the first century. He guides them to give up their divisions and put on the love of Christ. Let us pray for the word of Christ to dwell in us so we can put aside the vanities that divide us.
Note: Father Chuck precedes today's homily with some interesting follow-up to ...
Why doesn't Jesus feel sorry for Martha in today's gospel reading, who is working so hard all by herself? This is another example from the scriptures of Jesus giving us, not what we want, but what we need. While there may be many things to get done, let us be open to the voice of God, and always put God in first place.
Catholic Mass readings for the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 20, 2025
First Reading: Genesis 18: 1-10a
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Do you identify with the Good Samaritan or with the robbery victim in today's gospel reading? Jesus shows us that He can be both, just as we can sometimes be a helper and sometimes need help. We have the opportunity to be Good Samaritans to one another by joining one of our new small faith and friendship groups, to help one another in our faith journey. Please see today's bulletin for more information and join us!
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Listeners are doubly blessed this week! We've put the 4pm Saturday Vigil Mass homily and the 9am Sunday Mass homily in a combined recording as one episode. Fr. Chuck told very different stories in the Saturday homily compared to the Sunday versions, and he encourages Saturday Mass participants to hear what the Sunday Mass participants heard, and vice versa. An interlude of about 8 seconds of silence separates the homilies, with th...
Why do you think Jesus picked Peter to be the first leader of His church over John, the "beloved disciple"? Paul was a former persecutor of Jesus's followers, while Peter denied Jesus three times, yet God chose them. Father Chuck shares some insights on how we too are called to share our strengths and weaknesses to continue God's work on earth.
Catholic Mass readings for Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles , June 29, 2025
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