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Deacon Matthew Newsome is a deacon of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte and campus minister at Western Carolina University.
Deacon Matthew Newsome hosts Teaching & Preaching: Deacon Matt's homilies & podcasts, a religion show with 134 episodes published.
Is the Mass a communal meal, or a sacrifice? The Church's answer is that it is both. What do sacrificial offerings have to do with meals, and what does this teach us about the Eucharist? Homily preached on the Solemnity
A catechetical homily on the importance and meaning of the sacrament of Confirmation, preached for the 6th Sunday of Easter (Year A). "Now when the apostles in Jerusalem heard that Samaria had accepted the word of God, t
God’s perspective is so much greater than our own — infinitely greater than our own. He sees things we can’t see. He knows things we cannot know. Of course we know this intellectually. God is eternal. He is omnipotent. O
Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family, preached at St. Mary Mother of God Roman Catholic Church on December 28, 2025. "Put on, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentlenes
"On that day, a shoot shall sprout from the stump of Jesse, and from his roots a bud shall blossom" (Is 11:1). Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Advent (Year A), preached at St. Mary Mother of God Roman Catholic Church on 12/
Homily for All Souls Day preached on Nov. 2, 2025, at St. Mary Mother of God Roman Catholic Church. "A final purification from sin is necessary for most of us after death because heaven is not for unrighteous souls who h
Homily for the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year C), preached on Sept. 7, 2025, the day of the canonization of Saints Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis. "When I think about the examples of St. Pier Giorgio and St.
Homily for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C). God has given us many good things, but not to use solely for our own pleasure, but to use for the good of others. In other words, material wealth is only a means to a
We know God commands us to love our neighbor. So one of the oldest, time-honored excuses is to say, “that person isn’t really my neighbor.” It’s a wonderful way to rationalize our selfishness. So the question becomes, wh
Homily for the Solemnity of the Ascension preached on June 1, 2025.
Peter looms large in the readings for today, which is fitting, given that Peter — or the successor of Peter — looms large in the public conscience at the moment, as the Church stands poised to elect the next pope, the 26
Across all cultures and times, light has been used as a symbol of knowledge and truth. It’s easy to see how this makes sense. Human beings are very sight-oriented. We have many senses, but the one that provides us with t
So often we get this idea in our heads that our sin makes us unlovable to God, that we have to earn God’s affection by our good behavior. God’s not like that. God never stops loving us. So God provides a remedy for when
Homily for the 1st Sunday of Lent (Year C), preached March 9, 2025. Those of us who are already baptized don’t need to be baptized again, but we do need to remember what our baptism means for us, to renew our rejection o
At the heart of our faith is the theological truth that at the beginning of all things was a word — the Word, in fact, through whom all things were spoken into being. And in the fullness of time, that same Word took on h
The Church teaches that we all have a universal call to holiness. We are all called to be like God. That means we are all called to love, to give ourselves in some way for the good of others. We are all called to carry o
On the 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, we begin to look at the public ministry of Jesus, which begins, as we find recorded in Luke’s gospel, with the public proclamation of the scripture. In fact both our Old Testament read
Because hope is a virtue that looks forward, you could say it is like a pilgrimage; a journey toward something greater. And today we celebrate the very first Christian pilgrimage — the journey of the magi to pay homage t
In the gospel for the 1st Sunday of Advent, Jesus does not say we should pray to escape tribulations, but rather we should pray for the strength to escape tribulations. That’s because the way we escape them is the same w
Homily for the 31st Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year B), preached at St. Mary Mother of God Roman Catholic Church by Deacon Matthew Newsome on Sunday, November 3, 2024. Christ shows us the mind and heart of the Father in th
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