Hope in the Midst of Suffering through Our Lady, Help of Christians – Jun 27 – Homily – Fr Alan

 

Fr. Alan B. Maria Wharton gives the homily for Saturday of the Twelfth Week in Ordinary Time (June 27, 2026) in a votive Mass in honor of Our Lady, Help of Christians, exploring the profound spiritual challenge of human suffering, explaining how uniting our personal hardships with the redemptive action of Christ transforms our pain into a path of purification and grace.

Drawing pastoral wisdom from the Sacrament of Confession, the trials of Job, and the intercession of Our Lady, Help of Christians, it provides a comforting reminder to hold fast to faith while journeying through this earthly life.

Index
00:00 - Introduction: Christ and the Problem of Suffering
01:31 - The Redemptive Power of United Suffering
02:06 - Our Created Purpose and Earthly Suffering
04:07 - Faith, Doubt, and the Confessional
06:13 - The Sacred Heart and Perfect Charity
07:30 - Mary, Help of Christians, Our Aid in Weakness
08:40 - Union with Christ and Eternal Happiness

Scriptural, Catechetical and Magisterial resources
Matthew 8:17 – Christ bore our infirmities and diseases – https://airmaria.com/go/EA52VR
Colossians 1:24 – Sharing in Christ's sufferings for the Church – https://airmaria.com/go/FSJqNQ
CCC 618 – Christ's free offering for our redemption – https://airmaria.com/go/D9h5Jt
CCC 1508 – Christ's compassion and meaning of human suffering – https://airmaria.com/go/yqjJYA
CCC 969 – Mary's unique cooperation in Christ's redemption – https://airmaria.com/go/Sg5kUT
Pope John Paul II 1984 – Christ redeemed suffering through obedience and loving self-gift for sinners – https://airmaria.com/go/i8SrN9
Pope John Paul II 1984 – Suffering gains meaning through Christ's redeeming Passion and Resurrection – https://airmaria.com/go/wDtT8V
Pope John Paul II 1999 – Sharing Christ's sufferings reveals the meaning as a divine call – https://airmaria.com/go/sRc4Az
Pope John Paul II 1995 – Suffering tests faith leading to salvation of souls – https://airmaria.com/go/5ywW89
Commission – Suffering participates in Christ's redemption completing it for the Church – https://airmaria.com/go/JTgGKz

Ave Maria!

Mass: Saturday 12th Week of Ordinary Time - Wkdy
Readings:  - http://usccb.org/bible/readings/062726.cfm
1st: Lamentations 2:2, 10-14, 18-19 - Lord’s Wrath and Zion’s Ruin
Resp: Psalms 74:1-2, 3-5, 5-7, 20-21 - A Prayer in Time of Disaster
Gsp: Matthew 8:5-17 - Healing of the Centurion's Servant

More on the Readings: https://airmaria.com/r?m=1636

Also on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9otwi_YTMjA