12/01/19 Before Goodbye
Homily from the First Sunday of Advent. Goodbyes can be painful. But what makes goodbyes even more painful is when we are not ready for the leaving or letting go. The goodness of the goodbye [...]
09/15/19 Are You Saved? From What: Fatherlessness
Homily from the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. I was saved at my Baptism. I am being saved. I hope to be saved. The Father has adopted us in Christ. And He cannot take it back. But do we [...]
07/07/19 Declaration
Homily from the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. All of Christianity comes down to one question: does God have permission to love you? Mass Readings from July 07, 2019: Isaiah 66:10-14 Psalm [...]
02/17/19 The Fighting Virtue
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 [...]
Is Heaven Really “heaven” If Even One Person Is Not There?
How could a person in Heaven ever be happy if they know that someone they love is not there or will never be there (is in Hell)?
Will there be animals in Heaven?
Will there be animals in Heaven?Are there animals in Heaven?
What If God Revealed Himself Completely to Us?
In a previous column, you wrote that God doesn’t “send” people to Hell, but that we choose to live without God. I think that, when we die, God reveals Himself so fully and truly that we are so [...]
The Church and Suicide
What does the Catholic Church teach about suicide? Do people who kill themselves automatically go to Hell?