1/28/24 Holy Moments: Present Moment
Homily from the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Holy Moment is the present moment. When we live lives of distraction we cannot live lives of wonder or joy or holiness. Distraction steals life [...]
1/21/24 Holy Moments: Ordinary Moments
Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Holy moments are ordinary moments reconsidered. An ordinary life is not an obstacle to a holy life. In fact, every extraordinary life is made up of [...]
1/14/24 Claimed and Called
Homily from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. God has a claim on your life…and God has a call for your life. We can often be hesitant to make decisions in life. Not only because we do not [...]
1/7/24 Worship is the Only Proper Response
Homily from the Epiphany of the Lord. We give God our best, our heart, and what He has asked for. As we know, the heart of religion is worship. But we need to put our hearts into worship. We give [...]
Why do we struggle to pause and reflect?
Q: With the start of every new “thing” (new year, new season, new stage in life), I find it very difficult to stop and consider the previous “thing” (the previous year, the previous season, or [...]
12/31/23 Family Life
Homily from the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph The Holy Family was holy, but not without struggles. Jesus entered into this broken world by entering into the reality that all [...]
12/25/23 The Amateur
Homily from the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas). The reality is that God is not a professional. He is an amateur. There are many things in life where we merely like the “idea” of [...]
12/24/23 Main Character: No Small Parts
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Whatever You ask of me, the answer is yes. One of the more challenging reminders of this series is that God is the point of all of this. He is not only [...]