Who is God’s chief rival for your heart? God promises us joy in abundance. Yet so few Christians experience joy because we allow God to have to scramble for a place in our hearts and in our lives. We tolerate (and even cling to) God’s competitors. We allow God to have rivals.
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 [...]