10/17/21 Learning to Lose: Winner or Witness?
Homily from the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The world sees life as being about winning. And to win is to gain power and influence. If a person wins they get power, and with that power [...]
05/16/21 You Will Be Martyrs
Homily from the Mass of the Ascension of the Lord. Jesus doesn’t call us to simply be “nice people.” Jesus promises to send the Holy Spirit so that we can be more than we are [...]
04/18/21 To Be A Witness
Homily from the Third Sunday of Easter. It is possible to encounter God and go back to the same life. It is possible to live as if the miracle had never happened. It is possible to say “I [...]
02/09/20 Good…For Nothing?
Homily from the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. God trusts us with being His representatives in this world. He has made us His and He has made us good. But to what end? God has made us good for a [...]