11/28/21 Abounding Love: No Room
Homily from the First Sunday of Advent. Too often, we want to love the way we have been created to love. But we find ourselves incapable of loving this way. Not because we aren’t willing or [...]
11/21/21 All Over the Place
Homily from the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. The end of the year offers us the chance to recognize the little lords and tingy tyrants in our lives; those things we [...]
11/14/21 Always Forward. Never Back.
Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. When we are in the middle of a journey…or the middle of life…we will encounter obstacles. In that encounter with obstacles, we [...]
11/07/21 Learning to Lose: Practice Dying
Homily from the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time. We will all lose everything. We will lose everything…even to the point of our very lives. Rather than avoid death, we can practice [...]
God has forgiven me; how do I forgive myself?
Q: I messed up in some pretty big ways in my life. I made some decisions that have wrecked relationships and have done significant damage to myself. I’ve been to confession, and I know that God [...]
11/01/21 Your Feast Day
Homily from the Solemnity of All Saints. The Solemnity of All Saints is the day the Church has given us to celebrate and honor what God has done in the lives of the countless people He has [...]
10/31/21 Learning to Lose: All is Lost
Homily from the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. We are called to love God with everything. It is easier to love when we are winning, but are we able to love when we’ve lost? What if [...]