05/30/21 Secret Identity
Homily from The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. What we are is shaped and revealed by what we choose. Who we are is established by relationships. Mass Readings from May 30, 2021: Deuteronomy [...]
05/23/21 Kingdom Gifts
Homily from Pentecost Sunday. At Pentecost, the disciples received the Holy Spirit and the subsequent gifts of the Holy Spirit. These gifts glorify the Father and have changed the world. If we [...]
05/16/21 You Will Be Martyrs
Homily from the Mass of the Ascension of the Lord. Jesus doesn’t call us to simply be “nice people.” Jesus promises to send the Holy Spirit so that we can be more than we are [...]
05/09/21 Spark Joy
Homily from the Sixth Sunday of Easter. We can choose joy only insofar as we can choose the source of our joy. Joy comes as a consequence; it is a fruit. And the depth and permanence of our joy [...]
How do I support my seminarian ex-boyfriend?
Q: I am a young woman who was dating a terrific young man. Things were going along really well for us when he broke up with me because he believed that he needed to enter seminary and discern [...]
05/02/21 Love Limits You
Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter. We find ourselves always moving and never done. We have so many options that we experience decision paralysis and subsequent decision dissatisfaction. But [...]