Series: The Place of the Way

This series walks through the heart of Lent, offering powerful weekly reflections that guide listeners from silence to surrender, and from struggle to transformation. Each homily explores a key moment in the Lenten journey—starting with the silence that reveals our hearts, through the deserts that test our trust, and into the valleys where growth takes root. Along the way, you’ll discover how small choices shape a meaningful life and how living in the Presence of the Father changes everything.

  • 4/13/2025 The Place of the Way: Here

    Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion. Thank God ahead of time. We often put off joy and praise and peace. We are tempted to be preoccupied with wanting to be "there" or wanting to be "done" with whatever we are working on or whatever we are doing. Yet, as Catholics, we are called [...]

  • 4/06/2025 The Place of the Way: Dead Ends

    Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Lent. We run out of all hope...and then Jesus. The Dead End is a necessary place of the way. The location where we run out of our own skill and our own strength and find ourselves completely unable to move forward on our own. In the midst of the [...]

  • 3/30/2025 The Place of the Way: Home

    Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Lent. To look like Jesus, we must learn how to live in the Presence of the Father. When it comes to our relationship with the Father, too often it is marked by hiding our hearts or avoiding His gaze. But we must learn how to live like Jesus, who [...]

  • 3/23/2025 The Place of the Way: The Valley

    Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent. We all want peak moments, but growth happens in the Valley. Why do we walk through valleys? What good is life in the valley? Is it only a negative? Is it always a punishment from God? Or could the valley be necessary? Mass Readings from March 23, 2025: [...]

  • 3/16/2025 The Place of the Way: The Crossroads

    Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent. A big life is a series of small crossroads. Life happens at the crossroads. Life is also a series of small crossroads that might seem insignificant, but add up to a life of beauty and meaning...or a life potentially wasted. Mass Readings from March 16, 2025: Genesis 15:5-12, [...]

  • 3/09/2025 The Place of the Way: The Desert

    Homily from the First Sunday of Lent. The only way out is through. As we enter into the desert, the desert takes away the things we tend to trust in...the things we use as comforts and crutches...and we are led through the "training place" to the place of being able to live like Christ. Mass [...]

  • 3/02/2025 The Place of the Way: What Reveals and What Trains

    Homily from the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.  Silence reveals our hearts and silence trains our hearts. As we enter into the place of training, we realize that there are certain things that reveal the condition of our hearts...trial, tribulation, speech, and silence. But we need to consciously enter into these if we are going [...]