Sunday Homilies

Third Sunday of Advent, December 14, 2014 20.02.2015 7:08 ↓

What is the opposite of joy?  Not suffering, but rather,  numbness.

Second Sunday of Advent, December 7, 2014 08.02.2015 4:52 ↓

We yearn for a straight path to the meaning of our life.

First Sunday of Advent, November 30, 2014 08.02.2015 10:58 ↓

Break open the heavens and come down among us, that we might be roused from our dullness.

Christ the King, November 23, 2014 08.02.2015 7:50 ↓

The last judgment is carried out according to criteria which leave us absolutely depending on God's mercy.

Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 16, 2014 22.11.2014 10:28 ↓

The notion of "industry" as a virtue must not obscure the simple fact that even our ability to work is the gift of God.

Dedication of the Lateran Basilica in Rome, November 9, 2014 22.11.2014 11:22 ↓

It's the cathedral of Rome and therefore the mother church of the world!  Popes Innocent III and Leo XIII are buried there.  Father Augustus Tolton of our diocese, a candidate for sainthood, was ordained there in 1886.

The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls), November 2, 2014 22.11.2014 8:23 ↓

The homilist was away throughout the month of October. Bear with the idea of a school having a mausoleum.

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 28, 2014 22.11.2014 11:22 ↓

"Being a Christian" is not a static condition.  It's all about changing and growing.

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 21, 2014 22.11.2014 10:18 ↓

The parable that everyone hates.

Exaltation of the Holy Cross, September 14, 2014 22.11.2014 9:39 ↓

Crucifixion as an act of terror, and Jesus' embrace of his crucifixion as the dispelling of terror for his faithful people.

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 7, 2014 22.11.2014 9:26 ↓

The often exhausting details of living in communion as God's people.

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 31, 2014 22.11.2014 10:23 ↓

The second of two parts on leadership and all that's implied.

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 24, 2014 22.11.2014 7:51 ↓

The first of two parts on leadership.

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 17, 2014 22.11.2014 10:16 ↓

Humor is a form of communication.  We are challenged to hear the humorous banter between Jesus and this woman.

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 10, 2014 10.08.2014 10:09 ↓

We get rattled.  Elijah and Peter are our kinsmen in this sense that life is asking too much of us.  Our God offers us the way to peace.

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 3, 2014 10.08.2014 8:49 ↓

The mystery of the Eucharist, foreshadowed in the multiplication of the loaves and fishes, was cherished by Flannery O'Connor, who died fifty years ago today.

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 27, 2014 10.08.2014 8:23 ↓

We consider the gift of wisdom and the modern prayer about the interplay of serenity, courage, and wisdom.

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 20, 2014 10.08.2014 11:08 ↓

Beware misinterpreting the parable of the weeds and the wheat!  If we see "good people" and "bad people," we do not allow for the fundamental experience of the Christian life: conversion.

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 13, 2014 10.08.2014 6:58 ↓

The abundance of God's gifts assures us that we can never exhaust the gift of love.

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 6, 2014 10.08.2014 9:40 ↓

Is life about "becoming somebody"?  No; from the very beginning, we are already "somebody," because we are loved by God.

Ss. Peter and Paul, June 29, 2014 10.08.2014 8:07 ↓

The homilist did not preach on June 22, the Body and Blood of Christ.  I misspoke, saying "Peter" when I meant to say that Paul died by the sword.

The Holy Trinity, June 15, 2014 21.06.2014 8:39 ↓

When we experience love, we experience God the Trinity.

Pentecost, June 8, 2014 21.06.2014 6:24 ↓

Appreciating our diverse gifts as we are formed by the Holy Spirit into the Body of Christ.

Ascension of the Lord, June 1, 2014 21.06.2014 8:51 ↓

Heaven isn't physically "up."  We need to develop our ability to interpret Scripture so as to understand our kinship with and differences from the people from whose midst Scripture emerged.

Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 25, 2014 21.06.2014 7:48 ↓

How do we witness to the truth of Christianity?  By being genuine, ourselves.