From 2020.... In ancient Jewish practice, there was something called the Year of Jubilee. The Year of Jubilee would take place every 49 years and during that year anyone who was in debt would...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-jubilee-gaudete-sunday.html
This is such a beautiful Solemnity, such a wonderful celebration! But what is it that we celebrate today? We hear it in Gabriel the Archangel's greeting to Mary. He doesn't say, "Hello, Mar...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-immaculate-conception-2023.html
In February of next year, I will be leading a pilgrimage to the Holy Land . You are invited. A pilgrimage is a very blessed time and a special opportunity of grace. When I went to the Holy...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/08/a-confessors-confession-homily-for-21st.html
Several years ago, during my seventh year of priesthood, I started to develop an anxiety disorder and depression. It runs in my family and I thought that, as I was in my mid-thirties and not show...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/07/finding-rest-in-mental-illness-14th.html
You are worth more than many sparrows. So there are many apps for your phone out there. Some interesting and productive; others not at all. Recently, I was introduced to Merlin. Merlin is an ap...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/06/sparrows-12th-sunday-in-ot-a.html
When I was little, I loved being at church. It was a delight to the senses. When the people said the creed, it reminded me of thunder. When the older priest spoke in his deep but calm voice, I th...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/06/corpus-christi-2023.html
As we venture past the Easter Season, the Gospels this week have been rather striking to me; for the past three weeks, we have been walking with Jesus from the Upper Room and into Gethsemane, lis...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/06/in-octave-of-pentecost-2023.html
A very blessed Pentecost Sunday to you! I have a question for you that I want you to walk around in this week. The question is this: Where do you find your comfort? What gives you peace? ...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-comforter-best-pentecost-2023.html
In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. On the night before He died, when Jesus at the Last Supper inaugurated the Most Holy Eucharist, that is, when He offer...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/05/homily-for-father-deters-first-holy-mass.html
When was the last time you had your head in the clouds? I can hear my grade-school teacher telling me, "Anthony, get your head out of the clouds." The turn of phrase meant to daydream, to be di...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/05/head-in-clouds-ascension-2023.html
This morning, Jesus promises to send the "Spirit of Truth." This is God, the Holy Spirit, and He will "lead us to all truth" -- and that truth will set us free. It is God the Holy Spirit who sp...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-spirit-of-truth-in-sixth-week-of.html
When I was eleven, my parents divorced. Not exactly the cheerful start to a Mother's Day homily. But life isn't always pleasant. It has diapers, screaming infants, screaming teenagers, and a swir...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/05/mothers-6th-sunday-of-easter-mothers-day.html
Throughout this Easter Season, our Gospel passages have placed us with Jesus in the Upper Room at the Last Supper -- the same Upper Room where He would appear on Easter Sunday night and make Hi...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/05/your-joy-will-be-complete-jn-1511.html
Yesterday, we noted that the Father's plan for us is not only to save us, but also to sanctify us. The Father longs to make us holy. And so He sends His Son to save us and then the Holy Spirit ...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/05/you-would-rejoice-jn-1428-tuesday-in.html
I love my Protestant brothers and sisters. I love their zeal and their energy. Of course, I also want them in the Catholic Church -- and not because I'm trying to be arrogant, but because they ...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/05/is-saved-enough-monday-in-fifth-week-of.html
I've said it before, but when I was young, I wasn't very impressed by the Holy Spirit. Whether as a fluffy dove, or as someone that I had to "leave room for" on the dance floor, He didn't really ...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/05/the-spiritual-physics-fifth-sunday-of.html
One of the great gifts that I have received is the gift of faith. And one of the great graces I have received is the knowledge that not everyone has the gift of faith. It may be odd to say that...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-gift-of-faith-wednesday-3rd-week-of.html
What is stable in your life? If there is one thing that humans all look for in life, it is stability – something we can hang our hat on or build our life upon: a good job, a steady relation...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-gift-of-stability-3rd-sunday-in.html
He is Risen! (He is Risen indeed!) I'm sure you want to get more out of Easter, more joy, more spiritual depth. To do that, I want to start today with a question for reflection. Here's the quest...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-gift-of-touch-divine-mercy-sunday.html
I know you want to "get more" out of Easter. And there is a two-sided key that will help with that. One the one side, you will see that we are constantly referring back to the Resurrection and se...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/04/stay-with-us-lord-wednesday-in-easter.html
"Do not touch me." These are very odd words from Jesus. Mary Magdalene is overjoyed! -- her Jesus is alive! How could she not touch Him (and hug Him and tackle Him to the ground)?! It is suc...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/04/do-not-touch-me-tuesday-in-easter-octave.html
+ In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. We live in a very mystical world. I often look at the things of nature and wonder why thing...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-mystery-and-devotion-easter-sunday.html
It is pretty moving, isn't it? -- hearing about an innocent man condemned to death, abandoned, abused -- praised one moment, cursed the next. I don't want to be cold like Pontius Pilate, thinki...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/04/the-friend-palm-sunday.html
"My deliverer... you saved me..." These words from the entrance antiphon set the theme for the Holy Mass today: Jesus is our deliverer. He is the Son of Man in the first reading who saves Sha...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/03/my-deliverer-wednesday-5th-week-in-lent.html
We have an absolutely stunning crucifix here at Incarnate Word in Chesterfield. It is larger than life size and it is so easy to just sit in the pew and gaze upon it. It is truly a great blessi...
http://fathergerber.blogspot.com/2023/03/the-power-tuesday-5th-week-of-lent.html