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Saint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish4th Sunday of Easter: Father Eseke(April 21, 2024) Father Anthony Eseke highlights elements of Jesus' role as our Good Shepherd. 2024-04-2113 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish3rd Sunday of Easter: Father Eseke(April 14, 2024) Father Anthony Eseke reminds us that we walk by faith and not by sight. 2024-04-1410 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish5th Sunday of Lent: Father Eseke(March 17, 2024) Father Anthony Eseke reflects on today's reading from the Gospel of John 11:1-45.2024-03-1709 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Father Eseke(January 21, 2024) Father Anthony Eseke reflects on the readings from the Book of Johah and stresses that our faith is a call-response relationship in which we enter by the mercy and love of God. 2024-01-2210 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Father Eseke(November 19, 2023) Father Anthony Eseke reflects on spiritual wisdom.2023-11-2010 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish28th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Father Eseke(October 14, 2023) Father Anthony Eseke reminds us that the will of God in the Kingdom of Heaven will rule in unity and peace. As in today's Gospel reading, we all need at least a basic responsibility to transform and dissolve any harmful elements we carry in our hearts and see others as brothers and sisters as God created us. "Let us continue to pray for peace in the world, and for the love of God, to reign and pervade all hearts of men and women," Father Eseke concludes. 2023-10-1513 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish24th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Father Eseke(September 17, 2023) Father Anthony Eseke reflects on the meaning and practice of true forgiveness.2023-09-1713 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Father Eseke(September 2, 2023) Drawing on today's readings, Father Anthony Eseke invites us to recognize our humanity and be aware that there will be times when we may cry. However, it is important how we view our suffering: we must be ready to accept our pain and grow a deep, sacrificial relationship with God. 2023-09-0313 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish20th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Father Eseke(August 20, 2023) Father Anthony Eseke, priest-in-residence at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Church, leads us through the Gospel story of the meeting of a Canaanite woman and Jesus. The story has several levels of meaning; the take-away messages are the importance of our personal relationship with Jesus, God's plan for our salvation, and the power of our faith. 2023-08-2214 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + ParishThe Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity: Father Eseke(June 3, 2023) Father Anthony Eseke, priest-in-residence at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton parish, delivered his homily about the mystery and essence of the Most Holy Trinity. Our human mind and human language are limited in our attempts to fully understand this concept. The Bible reveals the very nature and essence of God, giving us a foretaste of Heaven and asking of us to be active participants in our communion with the Most Holy Trinity. 2023-06-0412 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + ParishPentecost Sunday: Father Eseke(May 27, 2023) On the eve of Pentecost, Father Anthony Eseke invites us to contemplate the five activities of the Holy Sprit as believers to the power to the Spirit: inspiration, recreation, unification, reconciliation, and comfort. 2023-05-2817 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish5th Sunday of Easter: Father Eseke(May 7, 2023) In this morning's homily, Father Anthony Eseke focuses on our broken human condition and the cardinal directions which can bring us to healing. 2023-05-0812 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish3rd Sunday of Easter: Father Eseke(April 23, 2023) Father Anthony Eseke, priest-in-residence at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton parish, reflects on the Gospel of Luke 24 through the lens of the narrative about the two apostles on their way to Emmaus. Father focuses on three elements: walk with Jesus, Holy Scripture, and the breaking of Bread.2023-04-2414 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + ParishThe Resurrection of the Lord (Sunday Mass): Father Eseke(April 9, 2023) "For every Good Friday there is an Easter Sunday. We are now the Resurrection people," are the key takeaways of the homily by Father Anthony Eseke, the priest-in-residence at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish. Please tune in to the podcast on this beautiful and joyful occasion: He is risen!2023-04-0916 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + ParishThe Epiphany of the Lord: Father Eseke(January 7, 2023) Father Anthony Eseke, Priest-in-Residence at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, takes a look into the connection of the Nativity narratives in both the Old Testament and New Testament. Spiritual awareness and recognition is the mindset that recognizes God as the center of your life; God is its root. That life is to be a prayerful walk with the Lord, and the star of the Magi will always point to the way we need to be on. 2023-01-0714 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + ParishThe Solemnity of our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe: Father Eseke(November 19, 2022) Father Anthony Eseke, the priest-in-residence at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton parish, addresses the situation before and after World War 1 and how it relates to the Pope's decision to proclaim today's Feast Day back in 1925."As we are primarily citizens of the City of God, our Lord Jesus Christ is preeminent and He reconciles all of our differences," Father Eseke says, "so that we all can be brothers and sisters." 2022-11-1913 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Father Anthony Eseke(November 13, 2022) Have you ever wondered what "apocalyptical writings" are and why they are so closely related to the notion of how we accept the end-of-life situations? Father Anthony Eseke, the priest-in-residence at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton parish, reminds us that our courage, hope, and assurance our Lord gives us are sufficient to lead us through the times when we face these situations.2022-11-1312 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish31st Sunday in Ordinary Time: Father Eseke(October 30, 2022) Have you ever wondered why Zacchaeus in Luke 19 climbed the tree to see Jesus? Have you ever heard of Father Augustuts Tolton, the first Black Catholic priest in the U. S. ? Father Anthony Eseke, priest-in-residence at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton parish, discusses these two themes.2022-10-3015 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish30th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Father Eseke(October 23, 2022) Have you ever thought of what authentic spirituality is?Father Anthony Eseke, priest-in-residence at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton parish, invites us to follow the true and authentic spirituality: the spirituality that is grounded in reverence and humility; the one that allows us to empty out before God both our failures and successes; the one that allows us to be transparent in our faith. As God makes it possible, this moment of grace-driven spirituality is the start of the renewal in the relationships with each other and in the authentic attitude towards the broader society. 2022-10-2213 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish25th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Father Eseke(September 18, 2022) Are you making an effort to sustain meaningful and nourishing relationships in your life, many of which are usually just a phone call away? Do you cultivate a sense of detachment from worldly things? "God has provided you with the means; what more good can you do with your material possessions?"These are the questions that Father Anthony Eseke, Priest-in-Residence at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, asks us to ponder introspectively as we listen to today's readings. 2022-09-1712 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Father Eseke(August 27, 2022) Father Anthony Eseke, Priest-In-Residence at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, invites us to make Christ the center of our lives. 2022-08-2808 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish5th Sunday of Easter: Father Eseke(Mary 15, 2022) "Love is at the core of our Christian vocation; the command of Christ is to love one another," said Father Anthony Eseke, Priest-in-Residence at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, in his homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter. When we reflect on our love relationships, Father said important questions to ask are: "How do you see one another? What is your level of emotional agility? What is your level of firm flexibility?" Challenge yourself and grow in your love and your faith, Father said. "God's grace will embrace you and heal you," 2022-05-1411 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + ParishEaster Sunday: Father Eseke(April 17, 2022) EASTER HOMILY FROM FATHER ANTHONY ESEKE, Priest in Residence at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish. Father Eseke asks us to ponder three things this Easter: First, Jesus Christ is Lord. Second, "the Shalom," the gift of peace, the greeting that Jesus gives us after his Resurrection. And finally: we are now Alleluia people.2022-04-1712 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish4th Sunday of Lent: Father Eseke(March 27, 2022) Father Anthony Eseke, Priest-in-Residence at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, drew a parallel between a conventional five-step "hero's journey" and our own Lenten journey. Going though all the steps, Father Eseke emphasized that our heavenly Father always awaits us with His arms outstretched, asking us to "make a change."Our prayer, then, shall be that our Lord will bless us on our spiritual journey, Father Eseke said, "and that our good Lord will give us the grace, and the strength to say ito ourselves: This time, grant us Lord the grace to change." 2022-03-2611 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish7th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Father Eseke(February 20, 2022) When you hate your enemies, what do you see? When you love your enemies, which image comes to your mind? Father Anthony Eseke, Priest-in-Residence at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, reminded us of the concept of Imago Dei: seeing the image of God in that person. "Love, forgive, and reconcile" are the three things we can be in control when in the conflict with others, Father Eseke said. We are all God's anointed people through the waters of our baptism; love others the way our God loves you.2022-03-1412 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish2nd Sunday of Advent: Father Eseke (December 5, 2021) Priest in Residence at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, Father Anthony Eseke, reminded us that, both in the Book of Baruch and in the Luke’s Gospel, we can sense a liberation: the days of sadness and pain are over, and the coming of our Lord is near. The crux of the message from these two readings is the discernment of what is of value. Preparing our spiritual lives this Christmas season, let us take a step back and re-think of what is truly of value in our lives. Father Eseke summed in up as the “three...2021-12-0408 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Father Eseke(November 7, 2021) Father Anthony Eseke, priest in resident at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, explores the difference between giving when we expect something in return, and sacrificial giving, which we see demonstrated in the readings in today's Mass. Father describes three special ways that we can practice sacrificial giving in our own lives in response to the grace of God.2021-11-0712 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish30th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Father Eseke(October 24, 2021) In our journeys of life, we may have dark places of frustration and brokenness, like Bartimaeus in today's gospel, says Father Anthony Eseke. We can learn three lessons from Bartimaeus's story: First, we have Jesus, who is ready to help and heal our dark places. Second, we have to have the faith and the courage to call out. And finally, faith is not what we do when we need something from Jesus; faith is what we do as a sign of gratitude for all the great things God has done for us.2021-10-2409 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish26th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Father Eseke (September 26, 2021) Have you ever thought of “pew-and-pulpit synchrony”? Father Anthony Eseke, priest-in-residence at Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Parish, introduces us to the concept.It relates to the theological and spiritual diversity that is at the heart of the three Scripture readings for today. “The Lord is the one, Who gives his Spirit freely . . . and the Spirit blows wherever it wills.” “How can we today ask for the grace to enhance our tolerance?” Father Eseke asks. It is two-fold. The first one is “through the ‘dialogue of life’ . . . that binds all of us together, regardless of the ways we interpre...2021-09-2614 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + Parish21st Sunday in Ordinary Time: Father Eseke(August 22, 2021) Whatever may come in life, Father Anthony Eseke said, if we have made our decision for Christ, Christ never disappoints. If we decide to follow Him, His goodness, His joy, His sustenance, His protection, His blessing, will always be abundant in our lives.2021-08-2209 minSaint + Elizabeth + Ann + Seton + ParishHomily for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Father Eseke)(August 9, 2020) Why were the disciples terrified by the sight of Jesus walking on the water? Father Anthony Eseke analyzes this weekend's Gospel by looking at the storm, Peter, and Jesus Himself.2020-08-0915 min