Fr. Mark's Holy Thursday Homily

[@kathleenlutgen4883]

God bless you Fr. Mark for your work and your passion as a priest.

[@mollylule4242]

Thank you Fr. Mark...and may the Lord keep you strong and true to your call as a Priest. We pray for you and all Priests.

[@sandycisneros4358]

What an amazing teaching on the Eucharist 🙏🏼 Thank you ✝️

[@deliafamatigan8764]

God bless Fr. Mark. Listening your beautiful homily. Thank you. From Portland, Oregon

[@decidetobeholy8299]

Thank you Fr Mark for being a Father to them and to all of us around the world and here in Sydney, Australia too! 🇦🇺 Beautiful homily!❤

[@hjrm17]

God bless you, Father Mark. I always listen to your homilies. Thank you! 😊

[@cheraybisaya]

Thanks Father. Made me weep. I'll say a prayer today for all the priests worldwide, thanks for all your sacrifices!

[@pete8684]

"For the life of a creature is in the blood, and I have given it to you to make atonement for yourselves on the altar; it is the blood that makes atonement for one’s life. Therefore I say to the Israelites, “None of you may eat blood, nor may any foreigner residing among you eat blood.” “Very truly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life..." The life is in the blood and Jesus instructs to eat and drink his body and blood. Prayers for our Protestant brothers who walk away from Christ like some of his disciples who found this a hardteaching. God bless.

[@defeatevil]

God bless you Dear Rev. Fr. Mark. We were blessed to have you in our Parish.

[@carolhensen8005]

Love to listen to your Homilies,Thank you,Father Mark.

[@colettemccleave4532]

Thank you for becoming a priest. ❤

[@dianahermin1483]

Indeed, we thank God for every priest. You are each a gift to us, your flock.

[@Catholicmillennial]

Great Homily

[@Patricia-lc8cf]

What a beautiful priest!

[@chrissien140]

God bless you Father Mark, watching your homilies all the way from Sydney, Australia. I listen to you every week. Your passion, compassion and dedication to your vocation and Church is inspirational. God bless you always as you fight the good fight

[@CarrilloDM]

Very powerful sermon Fr.Mark. Thank you for the powerful reminder

[@aislingbastible4427]

A wonderful homily and so well-explained. Thank you Fr Mark and thank you for answering the call to priesthood. I listen frequently to your homilies from Ireland

[@odenville03]

Thank you Fr. Mark! I always look forward to hearing your homilies! You seem to know what the people need to hear!

[@Barbaramamato]

May God continually bless you

[@joce3632]

God bless you father🙏🙏🙏

[@nathanngumi8467]

Amen. 🙏🏿

[@humbertojrdelossantos3628]

thank you Fr Mark 🙏❤️i go to the church for mass and to commune with my God in the Holy Communion but still wanted to listen to your inspiring homilies which strengthens our faitj you are a blessing from GOD 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@merlindavalencia3202]

Happy Easter Fr. Mark & Thanks you so much for the very nice homily!🙏❤️👏🌹🇨🇦

[@guypuglia6953]

Thank you for your service and being our Spiritual Father and Guide…May the Lord Hold you in the Palm of His HAND.

[@MatthewBerkus]

Anyone have a reference for the poem he reads at the end?

[@monikasolymos2396]

Just for a reminder: Death came to earth because of our sins. This life was created without death. We don't celebrate death. We don't live for death. Jesus did not come to die. He did not want to die. He even prayed to the Father to stay with us here. It was not the Father who chost his death. It was humanity. With free will. In line with these thoughts on priesthood: it is not the Father's will for you priests to suffer more than you can bear. It is not His will for you to die inside in solitude. It is not His will not to enjoy life. It is the choice of humans. With free will they put you to suffer. And they think, it is ok, because Jesus suffered too. I don't think it is ok to suffer. It is not. Jesus had already suffered enough and He keeps on suffeing within our priests. And it is not how it was supposed to be. Priests are not here to lay down their life for us to die, priests were supposed to live, and so serve us. May the Lord give the grace to everyone to see it: Our God is the God of life, not the God of death.

[@tcrosslinho5565]

His description of the sacrifice of the lamb makes we realise what utter nonsense all this is. What kind of god would want the suffering and blood of dead life. Garbage God.

[@MatthewBerkus]

I wonder, do you have kids? What sacrifices have you made for them? Sacrifice is love. One of the great deceptions of modernity is that love is some sort of emotional attachment. Love is willing the best in another and sacrificing to help that person attain that.