04/25/21 Inclusive Love/Exclusive Claim
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter. To be included is an incredible gift. To be inclusive is powerful. It means more than being “welcome”, it means being radically open and desperately [...]
04/18/21 To Be A Witness
Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter. It is possible to encounter God and go back to the same life. It is possible to live as if the miracle had never happened. It is possible to say “I [...]
04/11/21 Scar Stories
Homily from the Sunday of Divine Mercy. Virtually everyone has scars. And every scar has a story. Scars are reminders of our past…they are reminders that won’t go away. And Jesus has kept [...]
Does God just coerce people into following him?
Q: I have recently been reading the Old Testament and have encountered some things that have troubled me. Among them is the way God talks about blessing those who obey him and cursing those who [...]
04/04/21 Ellipsis
Homily from the Mass of the Resurrection of our Lord. Death is final. The death of Christ was thought to be final. But it wasn’t the end…it was just the beginning. Mass Readings from April [...]
04/02/21 Gallicantu
Homily from Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion. Peter told Jesus that he would die for Him. And he meant it. He just wasn’t ready at the right time. Mass Readings from April 2, 2021: Isaiah [...]
04/01/21 Context Matters
Homily from the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Everything in the Bible leads to the moment of the Last Supper…and leads to every time we are at the Mass. Mass Readings from April 1, [...]