06/05/22 Given for Some Benefit
Homily from Pentecost Sunday. The Holy Spirit, poured out on the apostles (and the entire Church) at Pentecost would have gone to waste without the most important reality: the disciples made [...]
06/21/20 Fear No One
Homily from the Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Jesus tells us to “fear no one.” Not because there is no danger, but because He is calling us to not be safe. Mass Readings from June [...]
02/09/20 Good…For Nothing?
Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. God trusts us with being His representatives in this world. He has made us His and He has made us good. But to what end? God has made us good for a [...]
The “One, True Church”?
Why be Catholic? Aren’t all religions basically the same? Aren’t Catholics arrogant in thinking that they are the “one, true Church”?
Non-Catholics Receiving the Eucharist
My non-Catholic friend comes with me to Mass, but she insists on receiving the Eucharist. Is that okay?