250 Homilies from Deacon Huber

Subject Index of Reflections
(listed alphabetically by topic keyword)
[click here for chronological listing]


During his time here at Mother Seton, parishioners often wished they could have copies of Deacon Huber's homilies. Fortunately, he typed them (and still does). His homilees both here at Mother Seton Parish and his current parish, St. Hubert's in Langley, Washington, have been collected here for all to enjoy (or enjoy again, as the case may be). More will be added as they become available.



"To preach and teach, we do not have to go to the street corner and scream for people to believe in God and repent their sins." - Deacon Huber, Preaching and Teaching
.(These days, people can use the Internet. ;-)


Deacon Huber

Rev. Mr. Robert Huber

Have a comment for Deacon Huber? Write him at hubwhid@msn.com

Deacon Huber left Mother Seton Parish in 2006. In a letter appearing in the March 11/12, 2006 Parish Bulletin, Deacon Huber wrote that new caeer opportunities required him to relocate to the Pacific Northwest, where he now resides.Click here to read his letter to the parish.


PRAYER REQUEST: During my homily on the memorial of Mother Seton, I referred to a daily prayer for all Christians designed to strengthen their various Christian callings in life. Regardless of our station in life, it reminds us beautifully that we are still called by Jesus to serve Him by the way we treat other human beings. Several parishioners requested a copy.
Deacon Bob

      “Father stir up within us the consciousness that you are ever in our midst. Let us be mindful that you walk and speak to our world through each one of us. Through your wonderful graces, Lord, may we fulfill your commandment that we be the light the world. May this prayer be reflected in our daily lives, we ask this through Christ our Lord, Amen 


Subject Index of Reflections with Document References
Homilies added as of December 22, 2007, are designated as added.

A

Abortion and God's Mercy (hom23)

Accountability (hom4, see also sunhom2)

Accountability (sunhom2, see also hom4)

Little Actions and Big Results (hom3)

Recovering the Meaning of Advent (sunhom48) added

Final Hours of One Season [Advent], First Hours of Another [Christmas] (hom191) added

Aiming High (hom172)

Aints and Saints (hom86)

Ambition to Serve or Ambition to Self? (sunhom15)

When is Anger Justified? (sunhom39)

Those Dumb Animals (sunhom29)

Angels: What's All the Fuss About? (hom13)

Guardian Angels (hom122)

Avoiding Paralysis of Analysis (over Apocalyptic Writing) (hom163)

The Assumptions about the Assumption (sunhom23).

B

Not with a Bang but a Whimper (hom91)

Baptism Sample Homily (baptismhomily)

Count Your Blessings (sunhom22)

Beast of Burden or Bearing Our Burdens? (hom83)

Moving the Boulders of Life (hom132)

C

Calling All Christians (sunhom37)

Callings in Every Age and Every Day (hom96)

It's Mount Carmel, not Mount Caramel (hom137)

Can You Be Catholic and Politically Active? (hom78)

The Chair of St. Peter: One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic (hom61)

Remaining a Child No Matter How Old We Are (hom94)

Our Choices and God's (hom2a)

Essences of the Christian Life (hom73)

Cutting Edge Christianity (sunhom14)

Everyday Christianity (hom76)

Have a Merry Christmas….and A Mary Christmas (sunhom36)

All I Want for Christmas is the Gift of Obedience (hom92)

The Church as One Holy People, Not A Bunch of Buildings (hom51)

Coming Home (hom161)

Quiet Confidence (hom164)

Out of Confusion…Clarity (hom95)

Holding to the Covenant No Matter What Happens (hom151)

What Does it Mean to be a Covenant People? (hom175)

Complicating the Simple (sunhom34)

Conversion: More Hard Work Than Thunderbolts (hom57)

Jesus Loves the Cracked Pots (sunhom1)

The Meaning of the Cross (hom44)

D

Decreasing and Increasing (hom22)

Utter But Joyful Dependence (hom60)

Frustrating the Devil (sunhom26a)

Devotion or Obsession: Knowing the Difference Through the Mass (hom59)

No Doubt About It (hom105)

Not Just Doves, Wind, and Fire (sunhom30)

E

How to Navigate Earth to Reach Heaven (sunhom33)

Ecumenism and the Good Samaritan (hom182) added

The Elijahs of Our Time (hom129)

The Real Meaning of Epiphany (sunhom49) added

The Eternal Word and Recent Events (hom49)

The Enduring and Infinite Meaning of Eucharistic Celebrations (hom148)

Eyes on the Prize, Not on the Lies (hom116).

F

Faith in Action: A Newness That Never Grows Old (hom66)

Action-Filled Faith (hom6)

Faith About Faith (hom134)

Faith is a Piece of Cake (hom84a)

The Incredible Power of Faith (sunhom44)

Now That is Faith and We Can Have It Too (hom41)

Testaments to Faith: Large and Small (hom187) added

A Faith-Filled Life Has Infinite Possibilities (hom185) added

Family: Pillar of the Christian Life Throughout the Ages (hom52)

Family Ties (hom189) added

Fasting: Why Bother? (homfast)

(Fasting and Abstinence) Do We Really Have to Do This? (sunhom38)

Father's Day Message (hom12a)

Father's Day Message, 2004 (sunhom21)

Father’s Day Message, 2007 (sunhom42)

A Father Who Makes Us All Happy (sunhom31)

To Which Flock Will We Belong? (sunhom40)

Following and Leading (hom16)

Following and Leading, Part II (hom190) added

Catholic Football or Catholic Discipleship? (sumhom8)

Forgiveness (hom27)

Fractured Theology and the End of the World (sunhom17, see also hom89)

Fractured Theology and the End of the World (hom89, see also sunhom17)

Free Will and Real Freedom (hom14)

Fullness Beyond Measure (hom34)

The Fullness of Love-Based Service (hom19)

Funeral Vigil and Mass: Sample Homily (funeralhomily)

G

Catholic Geometry (hom68)

Generosity (hom25)

(Gifts of the Holy Spirit) A Most Underrated Part of Our Faith (hom168)

Giving More than You Get (sunhom6)

God is Here, Where are We? (hom121)

How Intimate a God Do We Want? (hom133)

What is this Good News Stuff Anyway? (hom30)

The Good Samaritan Revisited (sunhom43)

Good Things Come in Unexpected Packages (hom75)

Being Grateful (hom1a)

From Where Should Gratitude Come? (sunhom20a)

From Where Should Gratitude Come? (hom166)

H

Habakkuk's Vision (hom114)

Happy Endings (hom111)

What Will Heaven Be Like? (hom110)

Snapshots of Heaven (hom128).

A Hierarchy of Service (hom106)

The Human Guilty and the Holy Innocents (hom54)

Holy Week: Meaning and Promise (hom29)

Holy Week and the Everlasting Covenant (hom65)

The Three Lessons of Holy Week (sunhom28)

Honesty in a Dishonest World (sunhom24)

Honesty and Humility (hom35)

Does Honesty and Loyalty Disappear with Childhood (hom141)

Human Promises and God's Ultimate Promise (hom43)

Human Rules and God's Love (hom5)

Human Rules and Human Needs (hom80)

I

The Power of Ideas (hom117).

Why the Immaculate Conception? (hom188) added

An Inclusive God (hom107)

Investing in a Loving and Merciful God Who Does Intervene (hom145)

J

Climbing the Ladder by Faith (Jacob's Ladder) (hom173)

Jesus' Ascension and Ours (sunhom41)

Jesus, The Ultimate Gift (sunhom7)

Thank You John For Helping Us Feel the Presence of God So Closely (hom93)

Inner Joy and Peace (hom42)

Joy and the Knowledge of a Tough Act to Follow (sunhom26).

Joy in Loving Others (hom9)

God's Judgment and Human Judgment (hom171)

K

Keep It Simple Christians (hom7)

Keep an Open Mind, but Especially an Open Heart (hom39)

A Kingdom for All of Us (sunhom25)

What is this King Stuff Anyway? (sunhom35)

Don't Fear Knowledge, Love It (hom98)

L

The Blessings of Labor (hom176) added

Laying It on the Line (hom36)

The Simple Message of Lent and Holy Week (hom104)

A Lenten Model: St. Casimir (hom158)

Today's Leprosy and Spiritual Healing (sunhom9)

A Matter of Life and Death (hom120).

Life in the Spirit: Received and Given (hom67)

Living the Truth in Love (sunhom4)

Love: The Antidote to Hatred (hom48, see also sunhom5)

Love: The Antidote to Hatred (sunhom5, see also hom48 )

Embracing Love, Living the Truth (hom112)

The Power of Love (hom97)

Love and Who Gets the Credit (hom8)

Loving Our Enemies: What Does it Mean? (hom160)

M

Making a Difference (hom63)

Marriage Sample Homily (marriagehomily)

The Birth of Mary (hom10)

Mary's Heart and Our Heart (hom108)

Mary, Mother of the Church (hom47)

Mary's New Year's Resolution Can Be Ours (hom130)

Mary Our Mother (hom62)

The Mass: Answer to the Challenges of the Christian Life (sunhom13)

Spiritual Maturity (hom123)

The Many Heroes of Memorial Day (hom169)

God's Active Mercy (sunhom20)

The Catholic Conception of Mercy (sunhom11)

Divine Mercy and Human Ambivalence (hom136)

Mercy and Humility (hom149)

Miracles (hom31)

Miracles, Part II (hom32)

We Can Work Miracles Too (sunhom3)

Mother Theresa and the Joy of the Faith (sunhom16)

Mother's Day Message (sunhom12)

Don't Be a Mugwump (hom150)

N

Needs and Wants: God Knows the Difference, Do We? (hom18)

Nike Christians (hom124).

O

Ordinary Time and an Extraordinary Faith (hom53)

Don't Be Overwhelmed (hom100)

P

Who are these People and Why Do We Care? (hom17)

Avoiding Mediocrity, Pursuing Perfection (hom101)

Perfection … A Little Bit at a Time, Every Day (hom64)

Persistence (hom12)

Persistence, Part II (hom88)

Pharisees in Every Age (hom147)

Being Pierced (hom20)

Poverty of Spirit vs. Poverty of Possessions (hom38)

The Guiding Power of Prayer (hom126).

The Value of Prayer (hom2)

Success in Prayer: Submission to God and Service to Others (hom155)

How Prayers Are Answered (hom77)

Preaching and Teaching (hom15)

Feeling the Presence of God (hom180) added

Pride and Humility (hom55)

Justified Pride (hom177) added

Challenges to the Common and Ministerial Priesthood (sunhom46) added

God's Roles and Ours in the Prodigal Son Parable (hom26)

Prodigal Son Parable: What Else Can Be Said? (hom102)

Promises, Promises (hom71)

R

Receiving and Giving (hom186) added

What is the Rock on Which the Church is Built? (sunhom32)

S

Reflections on the Sacramental Life (hom157)

Patron Saints (hom146)

Saints Are Not Made of Plaster (hom109)

St. Agnes: A Lamb of God (hom153)

What's Love Got to Do with It? Everything Says Saint Bernard (hom142)

We Need More Policy Advisors like St. Bridget of Sweden (hom138)

The Lasting Impact of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (sunhom19)

The Power of Persistence and Faith: St. Frances Xavier Cabrini (hom127)

The Extraordinary Missionary Work of St. Francis Xavier (hom152)

The Wisdom of St. James (hom156)

Dealing with Disasters: St. Gregory the Great's Example of Leadership (hom144)

Remembering St. Ignatius Loyola (hom113)

St. John Neumann: the Tiny Giant of American Catholic Education (hom193) added

Apostle to Ordinary People: St. John Vianney (hom174)

(St.) Luke and the Good Fight of the Faith (hom84)

Loving Jesus:  The Example of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (hom184) added

St. Matthew (hom45)

St. Matthias and Us: A Newness That Never Grows Old (hom167)

Saints in Our Own Time: St. Maximilian Kolbe (hom115)

The Challenges and Joys of Being a Woman: The Example of St. Monica (hom143)

St. Nicholas and the Giver of All Gifts (hom90)

St. Patrick's Day: The Real Meaning (hom28)

Preaching Like St. Peter Chrysologus (hom139)

(St,) Paul's Brothers and Sisters Today (hom87)

(Sts.) Peter, Paul, and Us (hom37)

St. Stephen: The Model of Christian Faith for All That Followed Him (hom192) added

Surrendering Ourselves to God: The Model of St. Teresa of Jesus (hom183) added

Loving God Above All Else: The Example of St. Therese of Lisieux (hom179) added

Faith: Understanding, Knowing, Living (St. Thomas Aquinas) (hom154)

Unsung Saints (hom165)

What is Salvation History and What Does it Mean for Us? (hom159)

[Reaching Salvation] Which of the Wolves Will We Feed? (hom181) added

Scriptural Déjà vu (hom40)

Enduring September 11 (hom11)

The Memory of 9/11 and the Eucharist (hom119).

Sin and Reconciliation (hom131)

[Social Justice Teaching] Spiritual Inspiration, Temporal Perspiration (sunhom45) added

The Triumph of the Spirit Over Suffering (hom85)

Stewardship, Like Conversion, is a Lifelong Process (sunhom47[1]) added

Jesus Calms the Storms of Life (hom58)

There are No Strangers to Jesus (hom79)

Suffering and Love (hom170)

Suffering and Unpopularity (hom1)

Sympathy and Empathy (sunhom27)

T

Thank You to a Gospel People (hom118)

Things are Not What They Seem (hom56)

Jesus' Transfiguration and Ours (sunhom10)

Transfigurations at Mother Seton (hom140)

The Truth about Truth (hom99)

The Proof is in the Trying...and the Succeeding (hom135)

U

Jesus and the Life of the Christian Underdog (sunhom18)

Unsung Heroes (hom74)

Unsung Heroes, Part II (hom103)

V

Just Visiting? (hom69)

Voting for Our Souls (hom125)

W

Walking the Walk (hom21)

Walking the Walk, Part II (hom82)

When People Don't Get it Right (hom72)

Which Seed Will We Be? (hom81)

Why are We Catholics? (hom162)

Winners (hom24)

With God, We Can All Be Winners (hom50)

Gifts of the Holy Spirit: Wisdom (hom33)

The Wisdom of Qoheleth (hom46)

Witnesses to an Abundant Life (hom70)
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