HeyJaredMar Abraham Church Sunday Homilies
Homilies given at Mar Abraham Chaldean Catholic Church in Scottsdale, AZ. www.marabrahamcc.org
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Make Use of the Little I Have (opens the original)
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English Homily- Second Sunday of Elijah- Fr. Mark Owdeesh The saguaro cactus holds up to a thousand pounds of water, provides fruit, shelters birds, and nourishes the ecosystem around it — all while standing in one of the driest places on earth. We assume the desert has nothing to offer, and we assume the same about ourselves when we feel empty, wounded, and stretched thin. But it is precisely when we feel most dry that God uses us most. The parable of the seed is not just about soil — it is abo
Climb the Tree (opens the original)
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English Homily- First Sunday of Elijah- Fr. Mark Owdeesh Zacchaeus had every reason to stay hidden — hated by his community, weighed down by guilt, small in stature, and surrounded by a crowd that despised him. Every instinct would have told him to turn back. Instead he climbed a tree, pushed through the shame, and brought himself into the light. Our insecurities work the same way — they feel like real obstacles but are often monsters made of fog, and the simple act of bringing them into the ope
The Worst Sinner You Know (opens the original)
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English Homily- Seventh Sunday of Summer- Fr. Peter Patros To judge someone as the worst sinner, you would need to know their intentions, their circumstances, and their culpability — three things we rarely have access to even about ourselves. The Pharisee in the temple was generous, disciplined, and devout, but he made his goodness relative by standing next to someone else and measuring down. The tax collector could not even lift his eyes, but prayed not as one sinner among many — in the Greek,
Which Way Are You Walking (opens the original)
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English Homily- Sixth Sunday of Summer- Fr. Peter Patros Repentance is not an emotion — it is a direction. The question it asks is not how bad you feel, but which way you are walking. The hardest part is not being told to change, but being told to slow down, because momentum feels like progress even when it is heading somewhere destructive. The ten lepers were healed as they walked, but only one stopped, turned all the way back, and fell at Jesus’ feet in gratitude. That reversal cost him the di
What You Let In (opens the original)
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English Homily- Fifth Sunday of Summer- Fr. Mark Owdeesh The Trojan horse was not a weapon — it was a gift, a proposal, something that looked harmless until it was already inside the walls. Our thoughts work the same way. The Greek church fathers called it the nous — the intellectual part of the soul that receives what enters from the outside world and passes it into the heart. Every sin and habit begins there, nesting and spreading long before we notice. The desert fathers called our task watch
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