Sunday and Daily Mass Homilies by Fr. Aristotle

Tuesday Mass. 8.25.26.
This homily is about the danger of judging the Pharisees and Sadducees from a distance — while missing the same patterns in ourselves. It's easy to go to Mass, go to confession, check every box and still walk out and flip someone off in traffic. The law matters, but Jesus is asking for something deeper: a heart that's the same in public and in private.

Monday Mass. 8.24.26.
A homily on being seen and called by God, using St. Nathanael's story and a beautiful OCIA moment about a mother's quiet faith through suffering.

Saturday Mass. 8.22.26.
A homily on Mary as our Queen — why she got the title not by grabbing for it, but by saying yes to God. We look at the Queen Mother tradition from King Solomon's court, how pride is the root of just about every sin, and how humility is really the only way through it.

Tuesday Mass. 8.18.26.
A homily on humility and pride — reflecting on a friend's quiet strength in "to dust I am, to dust I shall return," the ancient king who mistook his power for divinity, and how pride roots itself in anger, lust, and even our religious routines. A call to face the mirror and let God, not our own arrogance, guide our lives.

Monday Mass. 8.17.26.
A homily on trusting God even when His ways are hard to understand — reflecting on Ezekiel's loss, the saints who found peace in suffering, and what it means to follow the Lord beyond just keeping the rules.

Sunday Mass. 8.16.26.
A homily on the Canaanite woman from Matthew 15 — her persistence in prayer even when Jesus seems silent. 

Friday Mass. 8.14.26.
In this homily, I share the story of St. Maximilian Kolbe — his zeal for Mary, his work protecting refugees from the Nazis, and his final act of love in Auschwitz, giving his life for a stranger. I reflect on what it means to see our suffering through the lens of Christ rather than the lens of the world, and how every trial, thought, and struggle can be used by God for good.

Wednesday Mass. 8.12.26.
A homily on Matthew 18:15-20 — how Jesus calls us to correct one another not with pride or judgment, but with love, as members of one Body of Christ.

Monday Mass. 8.10.26.
Today we celebrate St. Lawrence, deacon and martyr, who gave everything away to the poor and was cooked alive on a grill—yet still had the humor to tell his executioners to turn him over. In this homily I look at Jesus' words in John's Gospel: "unless a grain of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains just a grain of wheat." I talk about what it means to lose our life for God rather than try to seize it for ourselves, and how that plays out not in dramatic martyrdom but in the small, daily fights of marriage, family, work, and our own hearts.

Sunday Mass. 8.09.26.
In today's homily I reflect on Elijah on the mountain, running from Queen Jezebel, terrified for his life. God tells him to wait, and then comes not in the wind, not in the earthquake, not in the fire — but in a whispering sound. I talk about how faith grows the same way for us: not in the big dramatic moments, but in the little ones, in the time we give to God each day. Even five minutes counts. When we spend time with God, we come to know Him, trust Him, and find the strength to face our fears — not because the fear disappears, but because He's greater than anything we could ever imagine.