God Made Me This Way?
I don’t know how to respond when someone “explains away” their bad behavior by just saying, “God made me this way”. Is that true?
10/25/15 Ordinary Time: Do It Now
Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time. You have everything you need to be the saint God created you to be. You have all of the potential you need. There is one difference between the [...]
10/18/15 Ordinary Time: No Wonder
Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time. We have an entitlement problem. In order to escape that problem, in order to live lives out of the ordinary, we need to rediscover wonder. [...]
Defining Homosexuality
First, homosexuality is not a sin. The term “homosexuality” refers to the condition of being sexually attracted to members of one’s own gender. An attraction, even a same-sex attraction, is not [...]
10/11/15 Ordinary Time: Drifting
Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time. You need a vision, a plan, and will to live the kind of life that God wants for you. Mass Readings from October 11, 2015: Wisdom 7:7-11 [...]
What’s the Meaning of Suffering?
I’ve been hurting a lot lately, not only physically, but emotionally and spiritually as well. It seems like no matter what I do, nothing changes. If God has been trying to teach me a lesson, I [...]
10/04/15 The Only One
We have a loneliness problem. Each of us can feel like we are the only one who feels alone, unknown, and unloved. God has a plan for our lives, but it is not the elimination of loneliness. It is [...]