The Rev. Fr. John Reutemann

Ordained a Priest forever on 19 June 2010

My Homilies

Name	Date	Readings	Length * includes Gospel
The Attack on Our Call to Serve: A Response to the HHS Mandate	February 19, 2012 7^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B, 11:30 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Is 43:18-25 Ps 41 2 Cor 1:18-22 Mk 2:1-12	15:29
Rejoicing in Our Undeserved Salvation	December 11, 2011 3^rd Sunday of Advent (Gaudete), Year B, 11:30 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Is 61:1-2a, 10-11 Lk 1:46-54 1 Thes 5:16-24 Jn 1:6-8, 19-28	9:33
The Optative Mood and You	December 8, 2011 Immaculate Conception, 6:30 pm (Vigil), Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Gen 3:9-15, 20 Ps 98 Eph 1:3-6, 11-12 Lk 1:26-38	8:28
How Mary is Blest as Mother, But More Blest as Disciple	November 21, 2011 Presentation of the BVM, 7:15 am, Carmelite Monastery, Port Tobacco, MD	Zec 2:14-17 Lk 1:46-55 Mt 12:46-50	11:26*
“For you and for many,” but not for the Foolish Virgins	November 6, 2011 32^nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, 11:30 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Wis 6:12-16 Ps 65 1 Thes 4:13-18 Mt 25:1-13	12:01
Love as the Greatest Commandment	October 23, 2011 30^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, 11:30 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Ex 22:20-26 Ps 18 1 Thes 1:5c-10 Mt 22:34-40	10:03
Why You’re Unjust If You Don’t Worship God	October 16, 2011 29^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, 11 am, Star of the Sea Parish, Indian Head, MD	Is 45:1, 4-6 Ps 96 1 Thes 1:1-5b Mt 22:15-21	10:29*
Why Some Don’t Want to Go to the Wedding Feast	October 9, 2011 28^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, 11:30 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Is 25:6-10a Ps 23 Phil 4:12-14, 19-20 Mt 22:1-14	11:28
The Grave Responsibilities of the New Israel	October 2, 2011 27^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, 11:30 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Is 5:1-7 Ps 80 Phil 4:6-9 Mt 21:33-43	9:25
Do We All Get the Same Reward?	September 18, 2011 25^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, 9 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Is 55:6-9 Ps 145 Phil 1:20c-24, 27a Mt 20:1-16a	9:40*
Why & How to Forgive	September 11, 2011 24^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, 5 pm (Vigil), Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Sir 27:30 – 28:7 Ps 103 Rom 14:7-9 Mt 18:21-35	10:14
Scriptural Foundations of Fraternal Correction & Excommunication	September 4, 2011 23^rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, 9 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Ez 33:7-9 Ps 95 Rom 13:8-10 Mt 18:15-20	12:05
Our Call to Prophesy About the World to Come	August 28, 2011 22^nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, 8:45 am, St. Ignatius Parish, Hilltop, MD	Jer 20:7-9 Ps 63 Rom 12:1-1 Mt 16:21-27	10:34*
Walking on Water and the Virtue of Faith	August 7, 2011 19^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, 9 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a Ps 85 Rom 9:1-5 Mt 14:22-33	11:43
Sacrifice & Joy	July 24, 2011 17^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, 11:30 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	1 Kgs 3:5, 7-12 Ps 119 Rom 8:28-30 Mt 13:44-52	11:04*
Free Will, Evil, & Hell	July 17, 2011 16^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, 9 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Wis 12:13, 16-19 Ps 85 Rom 8:26-27 Mt 13:24-33	9:31
How to Cultivate Rich Soil Between Sundays	July 10, 2011 15^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, 11:30 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Is 55:10-11 Ps 65 Rom 8:18-23 Mt 13:1-23	13:17
Living the Christian Life: How It’s Both Easy & Hard	July 3, 2011 14^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, 8 am, Carmelite Monastery Port Tobacco, MD	Zec 9:9-10 Ps 145 Rom 8:9, 11-13 Mt 11:25-30	10:09*
The One Church of Christ: Human, but also Divine	June 29, 2011 Sts. Peter & Paul, Mass During the Day, 12 pm, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Acts 12:1-11 Ps 34 2 Tm 4:6-8, 17-18 Mt 16:13-19	6:41
The Priest Gives Us the Eucharist, and the Eucharist Gives Us God	June 26, 2011 Corpus Christi, Year A, 5 pm, Star of the Sea Parish, Indian Head, MD	Dt 8:2-3, 14b-16a Ps 147 1 Cor 10:16-17 Jn 6:51-58	13:05*
Some of the Less-PC Pro-Life Issues (K of C Pro-Life Mass)	June 22, 2011 Wednesday of the 12^th Week of O.T., Year I, & Mem. of St. Thomas More, 7 pm, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Gen 15:1-12, 17-18 Ps 105 Mt 7:15-20	14:55*
Love Seeks to be Shared	June 19, 2011 Trinity Sunday, Year A, 7 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Ex 34:4b-6, 8-9 Dn 3:52-55 2 Cor 13:11-13 Jn 3:16-18	8:10*
The Pentecostal Destruction of Pride & Babel	June 12, 2011 Pentecost, 5 pm (Vigil), Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Gen 11:1-9 Ps 104 Rom 8:22-27 Jn 7:37-39	10:55
Why You Need the Ascension	June 5, 2011 Ascension, Year A, 8 am, Carmelite Monastery, Port Tobacco, MD	Acts 1:1-11 Ps 47 Eph 1:17-23 Mt 28:16-20	12:28*
The Church as the Instrument of Salvation	May 22, 2011 5^th Sunday of Easter, Year A, 11:30 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Acts 6:1-7 Ps 33 1 Pt 2:4-9 Jn 14:1-12	15:36
Why and How to Hear the Good Shepherd	May 15, 2011 4^th Sunday of Easter, Year A, 9 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Acts 2:14a, 36-41 Ps 23 1 Pt 2:20b-25 Jn 10:1-10	13:45
Recognizing Christ’s Various Modes of Presence in the Liturgy	May 8, 2011 3^rd Sunday of Easter, Year A, 7 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Acts 2:14, 22-33 Ps 16 1 Pt 1:17-21 Lk 24:13-35	14:47*
The Scriptural Foundations of the Sacrament of Confession	May 1, 2011 2^nd Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy), Year A, 11:30 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Acts 2:42-47 Ps 118 1 Pt 1:3-9 Jn 20:19-31	12:38
Narnian Soteriology: the War is Won, Yet Battles Wage On	April 24, 2011 Easter Sunday, Mass During the Day, 11:30 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Acts 10:34a, 37-43 Ps 118 1 Cor 5:6b-8 Jn 20:1-9	12:28
How Christ’s Cross Saves Us, and How Our Crosses Can Help Christ Save Others	April 22, 2011 Good Friday of Our Lord’s Passion, 7 pm, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Is 52:13-53:12 Ps 31 Heb 4:14-16, 5:7-9 Jn 18:1-19:42	9:22
Holy Indifference	April 17, 2011 Palm Sunday of Our Lord’s Passion, Year A, 9 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Is 50:4-7 Ps 22 Phil 2:6-11 Mt 26:14-27:66	6:17
Healing Physical Blindness, and Condemning Spiritual Blindness	April 3, 2011 4^th Sunday of Lent (Laetare), Year A, 11:30 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	1 Sm 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a Ps 23 Eph 5:8-14 Jn 9:1-41	16:15
Are You Just “Safe,” or Are You Trying to Become Like God?	March 20, 2011 2^nd Sunday of Lent, Year A, 9 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Gen 12:1-4a Ps 33 2 Tm 1:8b-10 Mt 17:1-9	10:39
How to Become Perfect (February’s La Résistance)	February 20, 2011 7^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, 10 pm (Vigil), Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Lv 19:1-2, 17-18 Ps 103 1 Cor 3:16-23 Mt 5:38-48	15:57*
Did You Know It Is Possible to Mortally Sin by Thought?	February 13, 2011 6^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, 7 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Sir 15:15-20 Ps 119 1 Cor 2:6-10 Mt 5:17-37	8:50
Why I’m an Independent	January 23, 2011 3^rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, 11:30 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Is 8:23 – 9:3 Ps 27 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17 Mt 4:12-17	10:23
Kick-off of “La Résistance” (our new young adult ministry!)	January 16, 2011 2^nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year A, 10 pm (Vigil), Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Is 49:3, 5-6 Ps 40 1 Cor 1:1-3 Jn 1:29-34	9:39
What’s Our Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh?	January 2, 2011 Epiphany, 9 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Is 60:1-6 Ps 72 Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6 Mt 2:1-12	8:07
How Mary is the Mother of God	January 1, 2011 Mary, Mother of God, 10 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Nm 6:22-27 Ps 67 Gal 4:4-7 Lk 2:16-21	9:48
Why God Became a Baby	December 25, 2010 Christmas, Mass During the Day, 10 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Is 52:7-10 Ps 98 Heb 1:1-6 Jn 1:1-18	8:43
Fulfilling the Davidic Covenant	December 19, 2010 4^th Sunday of Advent, Year A, 11:30 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Is 7:10-14 Ps 24 Rom 1:1-7 Mt 1:18-24	9:13
God is Coming to Save Us, but in Ways We Might Not Expect	December 12, 2010 3^rd Sunday of Advent (Gaudete), Year A, 7 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Is 35:1-6a, 10 Ps 146 Jas 5:7-10 Mt 11:2-11	11:51
Being Mothers of Christ	December 8, 2010 Immaculate Conception, 8 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Gen 3:9-15, 20 Ps 98 Eph 1:3-6, 11-12 Lk 1:26-38	8:46
You are Royalty	November 21, 2010 Christ the King, Year C, 11:30 am, O.L. Help of Christians Parish, St. Charles, MD	2 Sm 5:1-3 Ps 122 Col 1:12-20 Lk 23:35-43	8:36
The Universal Call to Holiness	November 1, 2010 All Saints, 7 pm, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Rv 7:2-4, 9-14 Ps 24 1 Jn 3:1-3 Mt 5:1-12a	7:21
Confirmation: An Ordination to the Lay Apostolate	October 3, 2010 27^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C, 9 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Hb 1:2-3; 2:2-4 Ps 95 2 Tm 1:6-8, 13-14 Lk 17:5-10	13:12
How to Go to Hell: Ignore Lazarus	September 26, 2010 26^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C, 11:30 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Am 6:1a, 4-7 Ps 146 1 Tm 6:11-16 Lk 16:19-31	14:36*
False Prudence	September 19, 2010 25^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C, 4 pm (Vigil), IHM Parish, Lexington Park, MD	Am 8:4-7 Ps 113 1 Tm 2:1-8 Lk 16:1-13	13:31*
“Hating” our Family & Friends	September 5, 2010 23^rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C, 11:30 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Wis 9:13-18b Ps 90 Phlm 9-10, 12-17 Lk 14:25-33	15:19*
Salvation by Faith Shown through Good Works	August 22, 2010 21^st Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C, 10:30 am, St. Catherine Parish, McConchie, MD	Is 66:18-21 Ps 117 Heb 12:5-7, 11-13 Lk 13:22-30	13:24*
Mary’s Assumption & Our Glorification	August 15, 2010 Assumption, Mass During the Day, 9 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Rv 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab Ps 45 1 Cor 15:20-27 Lk 1:39-56	11:54
Being Ready by Storing Up the Fruit of Doing God’s Will	August 1, 2010 18^th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C, 9 am, Sacred Heart Parish, La Plata, MD	Ecc 1:2; 2:21-2 Ps 90 Col 3:1-5, 9-11 Lk 12:13-21	16:53*

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