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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 [...]

Homily from the Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. When someone else being honored or loved more than we are meets our insecurity, we are tempted to tell stories…about them and about [...]

Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Comparison is the desire to be “more” than another. At the heart of that desire is fear. Vulnerability breaks through that fear. Mass Readings [...]

Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Continuing to walk in the midst of failure, rejection, and imperfection is a sign of a great life. In your life, you will take hundreds of [...]

Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The first step is the most difficult…but it is also the most important. Mass Readings from October 13, 2019: 2 Kings 5:14-17 Psalm 98:1-4 2 [...]

Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Easter. Failure is not final and failure is not fatal. As long as we don’t stop, and as long as we are willing to learn from our failures, they have no power to [...]

Homily from Divine Mercy Sunday. Many people battle with perfectionism. God’s mercy in the midst of failure is His remedy for the fear that failure is the end. Mass Readings from April 28, 2019: [...]

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” [...]