Homilies

Homily from the First Sunday of Advent. Advent is a season of preparation. We get ready to celebrate the first coming of Christ into this world. We also get ready for His Second Coming at the end [...]

Homily from the Thirty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Jesus is the one eternal High Priest. He has called certain men to participate in His priesthood in a unique way. But He has also extended a [...]

Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. We have to learn the worship of God in a similar way that we need to learn the Word of God. The more we know What we are doing, Who we are [...]

Homily from the Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time. The temptation to experience worship as hollow or empty is universal. God’s solution for our hearts is the invitation to offer Him our [...]

Homily from the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. The heart of religion is the worship of God. And the heart of worship is always sacrifice; a gift that is poured out on the altar. Where is [...]

Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The voices around us shape us. Some voices shape us more powerfully and more negatively than others. These rival voices fashion a lens through [...]

Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. So much of our lives can be marked by the desire to control…or the fear of losing control. The rival of control can dominate. And the [...]

Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. There is a clear difference between a reason and an excuse. Excuses are not acceptable answers, but there are times when even “good reasons” [...]

Homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. There are only two kinds of relationships that get to a point where it is “all…or nothing“: Romantic relationships and our relationship [...]

Homily from the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The temptation to fall back into measuring greatness according to the standards of the world is powerful. And when we see the good that [...]