Homily from the Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. If God has a vision for life, we have to grow that vision. We have to cultivate it and use it. But we also have to care for God’s vision for our lives. We have to protect and guard it. Above [...]

Our lives are marked by sacrifice. In many ways, Christian sacrifice is taking ordinary things and making them sacred by offering them to God. But if we only offer God our surplus, then the only things in our lives that get transformed are our [...]

Homily from the Solemnity of All Saints. Winning in the Christian life is also called “being a saint”. Winning is possible. Being a saint means willing what God wills. It means allowing every moment to be a holy moment by asking God to be [...]

Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time. You have everything you need to be the saint God created you to be. You have all of the potential you need. There is one difference between the saints and the rest of us: when it comes to doing [...]

Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time. We have an entitlement problem. In order to escape that problem, in order to live lives out of the ordinary, we need to rediscover wonder. Mass Readings from October 18, 2015: Isaiah 53:10-11 [...]

Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time. You need a vision, a plan, and will to live the kind of life that God wants for you. Mass Readings from October 11, 2015: Wisdom 7:7-11 Hebrews 4:12-13 Mark 10:17-30 To see where you fit in [...]