Series: Face to Face

What if at Christmas, we met the Lord face to face? How might Advent prepare us for that?

  • 12/25/24 Face to Face: Two Words

    Homily from the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas). The one who has gratitude has enough. At the moment we get to stand before the Lord face to face, what will the automatic and overwhelming response be? Will is be a word of love? Of contrition? Or will it be two words that summarize everything that [...]

  • 12/22/24 Face to Face: Fear to Fiat

    Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Advent. I’m not going to fear what I don’t know, I am going to trust who I do know. We can wait in excitement and joy… we can also wait in fear. We fear the dark and might fear death for the same reason: the unknown. We can fear [...]

  • 12/15/24 Face to Face: Til We Have Faces

    Homily from the Third Sunday of Advent. How can we see the Lord face to face til we have faces? We tell ourselves so many stories. Some of these stories are true and some of them are not. One challenge we have is to tell true stories... about ourselves and about the Lord. In order [...]

  • 12/8/24 Face to Face: Incomplete

    Homily from the Second Sunday of Advent. God will bring the work He has begun to completion. We can do so many things in the Christian life that are important. But if we miss the most important aspect of following Christ, our lives will be incomplete. We are called to love... and yet we do [...]

  • 12/1/24 Face to Face: Couch Cushions

    Homily from the First Sunday of Advent. We are made to see the Lord face to face... but are we ready for that? Advent is a time to prepare to see the Lord face to face. We are preparing to have the ability to stand before the Lord. but we often find ourselves reluctant to [...]