Series: Holding On

Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Anything can keep us from Heaven. Anything that we prefer over and over (and anything that we defer putting down over and over) can end up holding on to us. There are times when we've chosen so often that we no longer have a choice. And there [...]

Homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. We are not yet who we are called to be. Sometimes, in order to become the person we are called to be, we need to stop holding on to what is holding us back. Other time, we need to keep holding on. The ability to make and [...]

Homily from the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. There are things that we need to stop holding on to if we are going to allow Christ to change our lives. Often, we know exactly what those things are. The things that our hands reach for, our eyes look at, and our feet lead us to [...]