Homily from Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion. In our culture today, we are able to avoid thinking of death. But death is the inevitable reality of living. Still, the fact that we will all [...]
Homily from the Solemnity of Christ the King. We have a destination: to be who we are and to be that well. We have a Roadmap and a Rule of Life. What remains is one last question: Is there any [...]
Homily from the Solemnity of All Saints. No two saints are the same. There is no “cookie-cutter” path to holiness. While there are certain givens that must be present, each person has to assess [...]
Homily from the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Our lives will magnify (or highlight) something. Will they be so full of nice things that they will miss the most excellent things? Or will [...]
Homily from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. Human worth is rooted in our deepest identity. And our deepest identity comes from being made in God’s image and likeness. And God’s deepest [...]
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 [...]
Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. There are seasons of silence, and hiddenness, and brokenness in all of our lives. These times are not just useful, they are necessary for us to [...]
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 Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. God’s grace is the cause of our salvation. God’s free gift is what gives us the power to even choose Him or choose to do good works. We do [...]
Homily from the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. In our lives, we continually divide ourselves and divide our hearts by giving away our small “yesses”. Jesus calls us to experience freedom, [...]