Sunday Homily, March 22, 2026
“I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die..."
Fr. Phil Paxton, CP
Fr. Phil Paxton, CP, is the Pastor of Holy Family Parish in Birmingham, and St. Mary’s Parish in Fairfield, Alabama. He is the Local Superior of the Passionist Community in Birmingham, Alabama.
El P. Phil Paxton, C.P., es párroco de Holy Family en Birmingham y de St. Mary’s en Fairfield, Alabama. También es Superior Local de la Comunidad Pasionista en Birmingham.
Sunday Homily, March 15, 2026
Oh Lord, give us the grace to acknowledge our blindness. Give us the grace to encounter You and let You open our minds and our hearts and our souls so that we can really see.
Sunday Homily, March 8, 2026
The world needs us to witness to God’s love by sharing Good News and loving each other; by working for justice and making peace.
Del consumo a la comunión
Así como Jesús fue tentado a transformar las piedras para saciar su hambre, nosotros somos tentados a transformar y consumir lo creado para satisfacer nuestros deseos.
From Consumption to Communion
Just as Jesus was tempted to alter the stones to satisfy his hunger, we are tempted to alter and consume creation to satisfy our desires, we are tempted to see people and others only in terms of what we can get from them.
Sunday Homily, March 1, 2026
May we open ourselves to transfiguration, and let God use us to help transfigure the world.
Escritura Diaria, 23 de Febrero 2026
«Ama a tu prójimo como a ti mismo. Yo soy el Señor».
Daily Scripture, February 23, 2026
“Love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.”
Sunday Homily, February 22, 2026
Thanks be to God, Jesus resisted these temptations. But these same temptations are still put before us
Sunday Homily, February 15, 2026
If our perception of the “other” is causing us to sin, we need to throw it away no matter how attached we are to it, and listen to what Jesus says!