03/30/18 Give and Receive
Homily from Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion. It is better to give and receive than to take and reject. Mass Readings from March 30, 2018: Isaiah 52:13—53:12 Psalm 31:2, 6, 12-13, 15-16, [...]
Dealing with an Untimely Death
Thank you so much for writing and asking this question. There are times when “an answer” is not necessarily “the answer” that we need. This might be that time. I know that you asked the [...]
03/25/18 Sign Your Name
Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion. The Passion and death of Christ is so…big. Sometimes it can seem so big that it becomes impersonal. But this event was not anonymous and [...]
#FOMO: Missing the Call to Greatness
I feel like God is going to call me to do something big, but i don't know what. How can I make sure that I don't miss what he will call me to do...and what can I do in the meantime?
03/18/18 The Root: Fruit or Root
Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Lent. Transformation is a part of life. And Lent is all about allowing God to make us into the kind of people He has created and called us to be. And yet, many of [...]
Gossip. Secrets. When to tell, when not.
Remember, gossip (or detraction) is when a person, “without objectively valid reason, discloses another’s faults and failings to persons who did not know them” (CCC 2477). This definition implies [...]
03/11/18 The Root: Radical
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Lent. Many people find it incredibly difficult to be honest…even with themselves. But unless we get past the surface to the root of what is truly in our [...]
Can I just vent?
At its best, gossip is merely a substitute. It is a substitute for real connection. It is a substitute for real processing. And it is a substitute for real action. Rather than addressing the [...]
Teaching Love in a Hostile Culture
First, teach your children how to pray. I have a friend who lamented the fact that, as Catholics, we “have been taught how to repeat, not how to pray”. I don’t know if you are aware of this, [...]