May 12, 2024. Ascension Sunday homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus' power with us can help us persevere through all things. Jesus is with us in our suffering and desires to raise us to share in His divinity in heaven.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

May 5, 2024. Sixth Sunday of Easter homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God chooses to give us life and love and invites us to make a response of choosing Him. He seeks our greatest happiness and by putting Him first, we encounter the love we were created for.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

April 21, 2024. Fourth Sunday of Easter homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus is the one who brings healing and salvation through all means, including suffering.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

April 14, 2024. Third Sunday of Easter homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus brings something better to our lives and invites us to witness to that something better to the people around us.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

April 7, 2024. Second Sunday of Easter homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus responds to Thomas' desire. Jesus shows Thomas His wounds, letting Thomas know that Jesus was lovingly with him in his sufferings.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

March 31, 2024. Easter Sunday homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how encountering the Risen Jesus changes our lives and compels us to be witnesses of His goodness to the world.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

March 30, 2024. Easter Vigil homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus offers us a way out of the brokenness caused by Original Sin. The gift of His sacraments offers us redemption and new life that can only come from Him.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

March 29, 2024. Good Friday homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how each person has a choice in the face of sin: we can choose to turn away from Christ or toward Him and embrace His cross and find salvation.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

March 24, 2024. Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus chose to feel abandoned because that's where we are. We can choose to abandon how we wish we felt, abandoning ourselves into God's plan and will as Jesus did, knowing that He is with us right here where we are.…

March 17, 2024. Fifth Sunday of Lent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus shares that His glory will be revealed in His upcoming suffering. His disciples are invited to follow Him to the cross and to the glory that will follow.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

March 10, 2024. Fourth Sunday of Lent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus comes to save us from our diseased condition of Original Sin.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

March 3, 2024. Third Sunday of Lent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God is working for our happiness by giving us His law and by continuing to purify us from the inside out.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

February 25, 2024. Second Sunday in Lent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how the disciples are given a glimpse of Jesus' glory to encourage them on their journey. Jesus chooses to be with us in our trials and knowing that gives us the freedom to embrace and recognize the goodness of where we are now on the journey.…

February 18, 2024. First Sunday of Lent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God leads us among the wild beasts to help us grow. He gives us hope in His faithfulness and presence with us.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

February 14, 2024. Ash Wednesday homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how today is the day in which God is working to save us. Our invitation is to do our part to allow Him to save us so that we can experience His happiness.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

February 4, 2024. Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus desires to heal us physically and in even deeper ways for our salvation.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

January 28, 2024. Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how the voice of Jesus has the authority to articulate truth, forgive sins, and bring salvation. Jesus continues to speak His voice through His Body, the Church.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

January 21, 2024. Third Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how every moment is the moment to turn and follow the Lord.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

January 14, 2024. Second Sunday of Ordinary Time homily about how God continues to call to us. He invites us to respond and as we continue to seek Him, we will see Him when He desires.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

January 7, 2024. Epiphany homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how the Magi saw and responded. Jesus draws all people and wants to fulfill their deepest desires.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

December 31, 2023. Holy Family Sunday homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God is faithful to His promises. If we are looking for it and remain faithful, God will allow us to see His salvation and redemption already at work, not just in our world, but in our families.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

December 25, 2023. Christmas homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus chooses to come enter into our poverty and invites us to bring to Him our poverty. He has a plan by His grace to redeem us and raise us to share His glory.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

December 17, 2023. Third Sunday of Advent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Christians always have reason to rejoice because God is with us and is working all things for our good, even if we don't like everything that is happening now.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

December 10, 2023. Second Sunday of Advent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how the one thing God needs us to do to help hasten His coming is to permit Him to come into our lives. We can level the road by inviting Him to remove our sin.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

December 3, 2023. First Sunday of Advent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God comes to us through the good, the bad, and the ugly, inviting us to turn to Him. By seeking Him in every situation we will be watching and ready when He comes again.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

November 26, 2023. Christ the King Sunday homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus invites us to live like He lived on earth, loving the poor and outcast, so that we can live like Him in heaven, reigning in eternal, justice, love, and peace!Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

November 19, 2023. 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God entrusts us with many gifts and we will need to offer an accounting one day of how we used those gifts. Jesus models how to entrust oneself fully to the Father.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

November 12, 2023. 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus will come back. We can experience His coming now through prayer and be ready with a strong relationship with Him and a life that He works through when He comes.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

November 5, 2023. 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus calls us to be people of integrity in our words and actions. By letting Jesus transform every aspect of our lives, everything about us will communicate His love to the world and make Him known.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

October 29, 2023. 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus exhorts us to love God above all and our neighbor as ourselves. By putting God first, we open ourselves to receive God's love, which we can then share with others.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

October 22, 2023. 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God invites us to make a gift of all that we are (good, bad, and the ugly) to Him. We come from Him, belong to Him, and are destined for eternity with Him.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

October 15, 2023. 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God is doing everything He can to save us, but needs our cooperation. God respects our freedom, yet desires to bless us abundantly with His heavenly banquet.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

October 8, 2023. 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus invites us to be co-laborers in the vineyard of His father. We have freedom to walk away or join Him and produce fruit worthy of eternal life.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

October 1, 2023. 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how we are always free to choose to follow Christ. No matter what happened yesterday, we can now choose to follow the Lord and experience His love and mercy.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

September 24, 2023. 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God continues to seek us out and offer us His generous love. The moment to respond to His invitation is now.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

September 17, 2023. 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time about how God has forgiven us much, much more than we have a need to forgive others. By forgiving others we open ourselves to His infinite mercy and forgiveness.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

September 10, 2023. 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how if you agree to be courageous, you can level up in your friendships. And, if you agree to be open to feedback instead of defensive, we can grow personally and in our friendships.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

September 3, 2023. 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus invites us to take up our cross. We don't have to like the cross offered to us but we can choose to embrace it with love, knowing that Jesus is right there with us.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

August 27, 2023. 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus invites Peter and each of us to answer the question of how He is. He then reveals in His light, who we are and the path He has for us.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

August 20, 2023. 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus highlights the faith and perseverance of the Canaanite woman. We persevere faithfully in prayer, acknowledging Jesus power and goodness to give us what we need at the right moment.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

August 13, 2023. 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how it is in the face of difficulty that Jesus invites us to step out in faith. Jesus draws us through our desire and is with us every step of the way.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

July 30, 2023. 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how putting other things first will always fall flat. Giving up all for Jesus is the most fulfilling and we find that He is the One who gave all for me.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

July 23, 2023. Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how our lives and world are complex, with both weeds and wheat. Acknowledging the weeds allows us to see reality more clearly and be able to receive the goodness of the wheat even more.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

July 9, 2023. Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus invites us to follow Him and accept His yoke whatever it is, knowing He is right there with us.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

June 25, 2023. Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus calls us to be not afraid as we live our faith and persecution.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

June 11, 2023. Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus gives us His living presence in the Eucharist to give us life now and to strengthen us on the journey to eternal life.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

June 4, 2023. Most Holy Trinity homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God reveals the wondrous mystery of who He is to invite us into that eternal communion of love for eternity.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

May 28, 2023. Pentecost homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus sends us out to be His witnesses. God gives us His Spirit to be our strength and is with us every step of the way.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

May 21, 2023. Ascension homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus came to be with us and show us the way to the Father. He, the head, shows us the path to evangelization and doing the Father's will, all the way to the cross but also to the glory of heaven.Oleh Catholic Jacks at NAU Newman Center

May 14, 2023. Sixth Sunday of Easter homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God gives us His Holy Spirit so that He might remain in us. We are given the Spirit in baptism and a fuller outpouring in Confirmation. By seeking the Lord and following His commandments, we can hear the Spirit's movements more easily.…