Homily from the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. All of our fears stem from the fact that we are woundable. We care about rejection, inadequacy, and the future because we know that all of those [...]
Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Fear is a gift. It is meant to keep us alive. But it can also keep us from living. There are two sources of fear are our biology and the stories we [...]
Homily from the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. We all need acceptance. It is a basic human requirement. But we also must have the courage and freedom to know who we are and what we are about [...]
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Advent. In order to truly grow in love, there needs to be the willingness to make a commitment. And there needs to be the ability to keep a commitment. Mass [...]
Homily from the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. “The mass of men live lives of quiet desperation.” We do not merely desire, we have inordinate desire driven by fear. We do not [...]
Homily from the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Jesus heals the man who was deaf and mute. In doing this, He was destroying something in the man’s life…his identity. Jesus has to take away [...]
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Lent. The People of Israel were brought into exile. It was imposed from the outside. But after King Cyrus game them a way home, many of them chose to live in [...]
Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Distraction is anything that takes our focus away from where it needs to be. Mass Readings from August 9, 2020: 1 Kings 19:9, 11-13 Psalm [...]
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 [...]
Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter. In a world of insecurity, it is less important to know where one is being led, and more important to know who is doing the leading. Mass Readings from May [...]