Series: Gift and Mystery

Homily from the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. A person cannot be excellent without rest. Human beings are made in God’s image. We are also made for love, for labor, and for leisure. [...]

Homily from the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Does God have permission to say “I want it back?” We are all living on borrowed time. And borrowed gifts…and borrowed [...]

Homily from the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. God can be glorified through our wounds, not merely in spite of them. We all experience brokenness. We all experience God’s love through [...]

Homily from the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The Sacraments are God’s presence and power…do we let them change us? We continually come into contact with the living God in the [...]

Homily from the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Rebellion, Resentment, or Rejoicing. We are called to surrender to God’s will. But how do we surrender? Is it a matter of feeling or is it a [...]

Homily from the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Courage is the willingness to do God’s will on your own accord. We find ourselves in a place where we face uncertainty and difficulty. And [...]

Homily from the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. God can even use a broken world to accomplish His will. What is the point of life? Is it to be happy? To get what you want? Or is the point of life [...]

Homily from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ. Do I not know? Or do I not care? The Eucharist is truly the Body, and Blood, Soul, and Divinity of Jesus Christ. Beyond all of [...]

Homily from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. God wants to spend time with you. The Mystery of the Holy Trinity is the Mystery of God’s identity. The tri-Personal God is more than an [...]

Homily from Pentecost Sunday. The best way to thank the Giver is to use the gift. At Pentecost, the Lord poured out His Holy Spirit upon the disciples and blessed them with His gifts. [...]