God has the ability to bring good out of evil. You already know this. You know the story of how God was able to use to evil of Joseph’s brothers selling him into slavery to bring about the good [...]
Homily from the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Not all of us can have influence, but we can all be an example. Mass Readings from May 6, 2018: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48 Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 1 John [...]
We believe in the Communion of Saints. That the Church exists on three “planes”: Earth, Heaven, and Purgatory. I recently heard it said, “the manifestation of ghosts is when the Church [...]
Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter. It is one thing to have confidence when a person has power and knowledge. There is another kind of confidence that is necessary when a person is powerless [...]
Pope Benedict XVI described biblical sacrifice like this: “In all religions sacrifice is at the heart of worship. But this is a concept that has been buried under the debris of endless [...]
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter. In calling us to what’s next, God doesn’t necessarily take anything away, but He gives us something. He doesn’t necessarily take away the danger or the [...]
When we apologize, we are acknowledging the price someone else has paid for our error or weakness. We are taking responsibility for what we have “cost” the other person. I am sure that we are [...]
Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter. Being convinced by Christ is one thing, being convicted to take action is another. The call is to be converted…to be changed…to be like Christ. This can [...]
You’ve spoken about God’s love before, and how it is important to know that God will never stop loving us. But my issue is that I teach young people who seem to think that, since God loves them, [...]
Homily from the Second Sunday of Easter. The early Church was filled with men and women who lived in uncertainty. The current Church is filled with men and women who live in uncertainty. The key [...]