Know - Grow - Go

Holy Trinity Catholic Church

Weekend homilies from Holy Trinity Parish, a vibrant, diverse community located in Beaverton, Oregon. Our mission is to KNOW Jesus more personally, GROW in that relationship, and GO forth into the world and make a positive difference.

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#340
Monday · 8 min
Learn to be merciful
Mercy isn't just about rules; it requires a willingness to change. If we would have God’s life within us, then we, too, must learn to become merciful. Readings at this Mass: Is 55:6–9 | Phil 1:20c–24, 27a | Mt 20:1–16a
#339
September 8 · 7 min
Knowing our gifts and those of others
Many of us have a gift in at least one of the three areas — Goodness, Truth, and Beauty — but focusing on just one should not negate the others. Readings at this Mass: Ez 33:7–9 | Rom 13:8–10 | Mt 18:15–20
#338
August 31 · 8 min
It's All About Love
Love is shown in many ways; those forms of love point towards God and heaven. Our love points to God's love for us. Readings at this Mass: Jer 20:7–9 | Rom 12:1–2 | Mt 16:21–27
#337
August 25 · 9 min
Responding to Jesus with Our Lives
If we truly know who Jesus is, that knowledge cannot remain only in our minds or on our lips. A relationship with Christ inevitably begins to reshape the way we live. Jesus still asks each of us, "Who do you say that I am?" The most powerful answer will not be the one we give with only our lips — or post online — but the one we give with our lives. Readings at this Mass: Is 22:19-23 | Rom 11:33–36 | Mt 16:13–20
#336
August 18 · 8 min
Encounter God in Beauty
Beauty is still one of the most - maybe the most - potent way we have of experiencing and encountering God. It retains this ability to disarm us, to lower our defenses, to capture and captivate us, to invoke a sense of the transcendent. God uses beauty to touch hearts, to lift people out of despair, to soften their cynicism, to lighten their darkness - and He wants to do that for you as well. Readings at this Mass: Rv 11:19a; 12:1–6a, 10ab | 1 Cor 15:20–27 | Lk 1:39–56
#335
August 11 · 9 min
To Walk on Water, Get Out of the Boat
Following Christ requires trust, and trust involves risk. The good news is that, when we follow Jesus, we are never alone; even when we falter, He is there. We may prefer to cling to whatever makes us feel safe — our routines, our plans, our familiar ways of doing things. But sometimes Jesus asks us to let go of those things and trust Him instead. Readings at this Mass: 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11–13a | Rom 9:1–5 | Mt 14:22–33
#334
August 5 · 11 min
Desire Points Us to the Giver
One of our most fundamental desires, whether we recognize it or not, is a hunger for God. Because of our brokenness, however, we often try to satisfy that hunger with created things. Our desires, in their deepest sense, come from God and are meant to lead us back to Him. The key is to keep our hearts directed toward the Giver, not merely toward His gifts. Every daily blessing points beyond themselves to God, who alone can fulfill us. Then we can enjoy created things without making them into idols, and our desires become the very place where we encounter our Lord. Readings at this Mass: Is 55:1–3 | Rom 8:35, 37–39 | Mt 14:13–21
#332
July 28 · 5 min
What are you willing to give?
Christ does not offer us material prosperity or worldly success. Christ offers us true happiness, true fulfillment, true joy, everlasting bliss. And His question to us is, "What are you willing to give – or, unwilling to give – to make that possible?" Readings at this Mass: 1 Kgs 3:5, 7–12 | Rom 8:28–30 | Mt 13:44–52
#331
July 21 · 6 min
Stop trying to pull the weeds
We have a choice whether we are going to be a problem or the solution, whether we will be a weed in the garden or the good wheat that the Master has planted. It is up to us to prepare ourselves. Instead of seeing the outside world as our garden and going around canceling, blocking, or cutting off other people, we must take care of the garden inside ourselves and pull out the internal weeds that get in the way of what God is trying to do in our lives. Readings at this Mass: Wis 12:13, 16–19 | Rom 8:26–27 | Mt 13:24–43
#330
July 14 · 7 min
Faith, FIFA, and Fruit
What fruit is God producing in your life? And through that fruit, what seeds are you scattering into the lives of others? There are parts of our lives where God’s Word has taken deep root and is bearing fruit. There are other parts crowded by anxiety, distracted by the world, or hardened by disappointment and sin. If that’s you, don’t lose hope: God is still in the business of cultivating hearts. Readings at this Mass: Is 55:10–11 | Rom 8:18–23 | Mt 13:1–23
#329
July 7 · 8 min
Resist the scattering
When the world, social media, or certain politicians and podcasters, would have us see one another as enemies, remember that this is demonic in the most basic sense of the word — “demon” from the Greek word meaning to divide or to scatter. As we celebrate 250 years together, my challenge to you is to resist that scattering. Cast out the demonic. There’s a lot of good out there, my friends, if we’re willing to claim it. Readings at this Mass: Is 55:10–11 | Rom 8:18–23 | Mt 13:1–23
#328
June 30 · 7 min
A Declaration of Dependence
Our true freedom can only come from dependence on God, who has endowed us with the gift of life won through His suffering and death. And that it is only through our humble acceptance of Christ into our lives that we — ourselves and this dearly beloved country of ours — will not perish from the earth, but will truly inherit the freedom of the sons and daughters of God, and will have true and eternal life. Readings at this Mass: 2 Kgs 4:8–11, 14–16a | Rom 6:3–4, 8–11 | Mt 10:37–42
#327
June 23 · 8 min
Patience & Peace
The problem, as we know, is that we don’t get heaven until we get to heaven. There is no human solution to all of our ills and troubles. So here’s the question we all need to sit with: can we find peace living in an imperfect world filled with imperfect people? Can you be patient and trusting with the ups and downs, the insults and injuries, even the tragedies of life, trusting that God will accompany you through them all and, in the end – somehow – draw good from them? Readings at this Mass: Jer 20:10–13 | Rom 5:12–15 | Mt 10:26–33
#326
June 16 · 9 min
God's Unconditional Love Comes First
Sometimes, we slip into the mindset that Catholicism is just a strict recipe: a bunch of rules we must execute perfectly to get God to love us. Many of us still imagine that God operates transactionally. But God's love doesn't react to our behavior — it precedes our very existence. He does not love us only when we finally clean up our lives; we are only capable of changing our lives because He loved us first. Let's obey God's laws not out of a fearful desire to earn His love, but out of a joyful, overflowing gratitude because we are already loved. Readings at this Mass: Ex 19:2–6a | Rom 5:6–11 | Mt 9:36—10:8
#325
June 9 · 29 sec
Bread and Wine
Christ is not inviting us to excess or self-indulgence, but in making Himself bread and wine, He is blessing the ordinary and the extraordinary. Sustenance and celebration. He comes to us through symbols of the fullness of life in every stage and season. And these elements of bread and wine become not only our life-giving food, but much more. When we eat this bread and drink this wine we receive Christ’s life – the life of the Trinity that is self-giving, self-emptying love, a love that gives everything and contains all suffering and sorrow as well as all happiness and joy. Readings at this Mass: Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a | 1 Cor 10:16-17 | Jn 6:51-58
#324
June 2 · 7 min
Love x3
The way to protect our hearts from ever being broken is to seal them off and never take the risk of love; to close ourselves off. And that is the opposite of what the Trinity is. The Trinity is outpouring, complete self-giving. And that means being broken. It means taking a risk. Love means we are going to be hurt, but love doesn't care. Love is willing to take the risk. And love knows that life is better, that everything is better, when we pour ourselves out in love, even though that is painful and difficult. Readings at this Mass: Ex 34:4b–6, 8–9 | 2 Cor 13:11–13 | Jn 3:16–18
#323
May 27 · 7 min
Come, Holy Spirit
Whatever obstacles you feel stand in the way, God has not given up on you. The Spirit placed within you is still there, waiting to be stirred into flame. But if you desire the Holy Spirit to become more alive and active in your life, then you must ask; He won't force Himself on you. Readings at this Mass: Acts 2:1–11 | 1 Cor 12:3b–7, 12–13 | Jn 20:19–23
#322
May 19 · 8 min
The Meaning of the Ascension
Today is the day when Christ wants to be united to us in a more fundamental and definitive way than we could possibly imagine. He wants to invite us to step out of all the small, partisan things we get so fixated on. The disciples were freed from all of that when they received the presence of God. They realized there is a bigger picture. This is not to say these small things don't matter or that we shouldn't care, but rather that we are part of a much bigger mission. Jesus wants to fill us with His life and His joy, and He wants us to go forth from here on fire with the love of God Himself. Readings at this Mass: Acts 1:1–11 | Eph 1:17–23 | Mt 28:16–20
#321
May 12 · 9 min
Orphans No More
Regardless of how one experiences loneliness, abandonment, or loss, it is precisely here in today's Gospel where Jesus assures us, saying, "I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you." We are never alone; we are never orphans. God will never abandon us. He loves us and desires to guide us to a life of abundance. Readings at this Mass: Acts 8:5–8, 14–17 | 1 Pt 3:15–18 | Jn 14:15–21
#320
May 5 · 6 min
Fifth Sunday of Easter (First Communion)
Fr. Bill speaks to the children celebrating their First Communion about how Jesus accompanies us every day, everywhere, through the Eucharist. Readings at this Mass: Acts 6:1–7 | 1 Pt 2:4–9 | Jn 14:1–12

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