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Homily from the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. We are preoccupied with “done”, but we are simultaneously addicted to asking “then what?”. The wisdom of Ecclesiastes [...]

Homily from the Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Anything can keep us from Heaven. Anything that we prefer over and over (and anything that we defer putting down over and over) can end up [...]

Homily from the Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The worst days of our life often com after the best days of our life. But even in those “worst days”, you are not done yet. God has [...]

Homily from the Sunday of Divine Mercy. Virtually everyone has scars. And every scar has a story. Scars are reminders of our past…they are reminders that won’t go away. And Jesus has kept [...]

Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. One of the many things that life teaches us is that life is always changing. To grow is to change. There are times that are good and there are times [...]

Homily from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. While no one can predict the future, all of us can learn from the past. While none of us can control when the big moments of our lives are going to [...]

Homily from the Fifth Sunday of Easter. If we are wise, we will think about the future and plan for it. And if we are even wiser, we will be able to let go of those plans when we need to. Mass [...]

Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter. Our lives can be spent wishing for certain outcomes. But a security built on specific outcomes is a conditional and temporary security. We need true hope [...]

Homily from Divine Mercy Sunday. We live in an insecure world, but God’s mercy is stable. Mass Readings from April 19, 2020: Acts 2:42-47 Psalm 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 1 Peter 1:3-9 John 20:19-31

Homily from the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Most of life is made up of unimpressive moments and unimpressive seasons. If we are constantly waiting for the next “peak moment“ we will [...]