01/28/18 Discipleship 101: Free to be Held
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Following Jesus is not merely a matter of behaving or “being good”. It ultimately rests on whether or not we will allow the Father to get [...]
Running away to start over. Let’s go?
What you are describing is one of the seven deadly sins. That may be alarming, but let me clarify what a deadly sin is. A deadly sin is not always, in and of itself, grave matter. The deadly [...]
01/21/18 Discipleship 101: New Not Nice
Homily from the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time. Nothing that has happened from the moment of your conception up until this moment is wasted. Jesus called those first disciples to follow him and [...]
How Do You Ask God For Help?
So why do we do it? In a strange way, I believe that we think we are beating someone else to the punch. If I can punish myself, then no one else will. We think that we are sparing ourselves [...]
01/14/18 Life Demands Courage
Homily from the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time. We can have our whole lives be about God: being in His presence, serving His people, learning His Word. But what happens when God’s response to [...]
Why is the Church Dragging Me Down?
God approves of so much joy! God approves of so much good! He made a good world and then sets His beloved humans in the midst of this world and bids us to enjoy it! Our problem is not [...]
Life is Worth Living?
Think of any great story. Every one of them is built upon this premise. If they weren’t, there is no real conflict; instead of fighting courageously when one encounters overwhelming odds or faces [...]
Intruding Family Members
For the first time in history, we exist in a society that has reduced human life to the individual. While this movement has a grain of truth and goodness to it (the human person truly does have [...]
Trying. Trying. And Failing.
In his book, “The Power of Habit”, Charles Duhigg points out that we often adopt a “habit loop”. It consists of three parts: the cue, the routine, and the reward. Virtually every habit we have [...]