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Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Fear is a gift. It is meant to keep us alive. But it can also keep us from living. There are two sources of fear are our biology and the stories we [...]

Homily from the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. We all need acceptance. It is a basic human requirement. But we also must have the courage and freedom to know who we are and what we are about [...]

Homily from the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. The return of the exiled Jews from Babylon was a great gift. But it also highlighted the reality that many of them did not know why they were [...]

Homily from the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. There are certain things, certain failures, embarrassments, and shames, that could define our lives. There are certain events that could define our [...]

Homily from The Baptism of the Lord. Why was Jesus baptized? Not because He needed it, but because we need it. We need baptism to be saved, to be children of God, and to be in a new and real [...]

Homily from the Epiphany of the Lord. When life is about us, it is not food for the human heart. When we realize that life is about Someone other than us, we are allowed to have a heart that is [...]

Homily from the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. Everyone is part of a family in some way. Be careful with each other. Mass Readings from December 26, 2021: Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14 [...]

Homily from the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Mass). We are so distracted by so many things that we need to look up. But sometimes we need to look lower in order to see where God is in our [...]

Homily from the Fourth Sunday of Advent. In order to truly grow in love, there needs to be the willingness to make a commitment. And there needs to be the ability to keep a commitment. Mass [...]

Homily from the Third Sunday of Advent. Too often, what keeps our heart small is the fact that we do the minimum minimally. What we are called to do, we put the least amount of our heart into it. [...]