08/21/22 You, Strive
Homily from the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. Jesus makes it very clear that our call is to make our pursuit of Heaven exactly that: a pursuit. He is personal and practical when He tells [...]
10/06/19 Are You Saved? From What: Lovelessness
Homily from the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. The saving work of Jesus was accomplished in His life, death, resurrection, and ascension. The saving work of Jesus meets our lives and [...]
09/29/19 Are You Saved? From What: Lifelessness
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 [...]
09/22/19 Are You Saved? From What: Hopelessness
Homily from the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. When we come face to face with our sin, we realize that we owe a debt we cannot pay. When we come face to face with Jesus, we realize that He [...]
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 [...]
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)?
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 [...]