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Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Lent. While all of us struggle with different sins and temptations, we all ultimately have the same enemy: pride. Pride is a chameleon and can disguise itself in [...]

Homily from the Third Sunday of Lent. God has freely given so much to us…and we are grateful. But why do we still experience the consequences of slavery? God gives us the chance to grow in trust [...]

Homily from the Second Sunday of Lent. We are in a battle, but our primary enemy is closer than we might like to imagine. In order to gain true freedom and victory, we have to know this enemy and [...]

Homily from Ash Wednesday. For many of us, our default assumption about life is: it’s fine. Even when things are obviously broken, we can pretend that they will “fix themselves.” But Lent reminds [...]

Homily from the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. We often are a mystery…even to ourselves. But Christians must come to a place of self-knowledge so we can present our true self to the true [...]

Homily from the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. Jesus calls us to love our enemies. But how can we do that when we don’t even love the people we like? When we often don’t effectively love [...]

Homily from the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Hope is not a “soft” virtue. It is a fighting virtue. Hope is what enables us to live in the present with strength and conviction. It takes hope to [...]

Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. There are some things in our lives (our decisions, our wounds, our weaknesses) that we wish and pray were gone. God calls you and I in our weakness; [...]

Homily from the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. There are many people who would look remarkably average on paper. Our stats would reveal that we are unqualified for being a part of God’s great [...]

Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. In Christ, your past might not be the thing that prevent you from being a part of God’s great work… It might be the thing that has prepared you. [...]