Sunday Homilies

Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 31, 2021 07.11.2021 9:53 ↓

Law must find its way into our hearts and habits.

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 24, 2021 07.11.2021 8:34 ↓

Jesus is the effective high priest because he shares in humans' weakness.

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 17, 2021 07.11.2021 5:10 ↓

Six months away from the Easter Triduum, we read two Scripture passages associated with Good Friday.

Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 10, 2021 07.11.2021 8:52 ↓

Hebrews: The Word of God penetrates even the spaces within ourselves where there is no space.

Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 3, 2021 07.11.2021 8:58 ↓

No recordings exist for the last three Sundays of September.  -- Take note of the argument of the Letter to the Hebrews, to be presented during the next seven Sundays.

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 5, 2021 07.11.2021 10:45 ↓

As Jesus respects the man he heals, so we must be cognizant of the private and public spheres of everyone's lives.

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 29, 2021 07.11.2021 8:43 ↓

We must credit the ancients with insight into disease, even if they did not have direct knowledge of microorganisms.  Jesus is making a different point: to be concerned, not about what passes through you, but rather about the evil which emerges from you.

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 22, 2021 07.11.2021 8:40 ↓

To whom shall we go?  Our reception of the Holy Eucharist is personal, not conventional.

Assumption of Mary, August 15, 2021 07.11.2021 6:43 ↓

Mary's immaculate conception and assumption follow from our understanding of her as "Mother of God."

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 8, 2021 07.11.2021 6:53 ↓

If one is interested in being an "influencer," Jesus' method is not the way to go about it.

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 1, 2021 02.08.2021 7:05 ↓

Jesus begins to talk with people who did not perceive the "sign" of the Kingdom but simply want some ready source with which to be sated.

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 25, 2021 02.08.2021 7:59 ↓

What good are five loaves and two fish for a crowd of five thousand?  Do we perceive the "sign" in this merciful act of Jesus?

Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 18, 2021 02.08.2021 8:47 ↓

Let us go rest in an out-of-the-way place -- but it's not out of the way if throngs of people come there.

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 11, 2021 02.08.2021 8:21 ↓

Going out on mission: Do we recognize that our not clinging to our property is the sign of the truth of the treasure of the Kingdom?

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 4, 2021 02.08.2021 10:57 ↓

Jesus was not accepted in the place where he grew up.  And the homilist gets lots of pushback when he attempts to state that Americans are in the same sinful state as all other human beings.

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 27, 2021 02.08.2021 6:07 ↓

God did not make death.  Jesus gives life and health to all.

Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 13, 2021 02.08.2021 10:51 ↓

I don't recall why there is no recording for June 6. Take a risk -- it's a small step, like a mustard seed, and you will experience much growth.

The Holy Trinity, May 30, 2021 02.08.2021 6:58 ↓

Love is something shared.  God as Trinity is the height of sharing and loving.

Pentecost, May 23, 2021 23.05.2021 6:56 ↓

The Holy Spirit works with us to repair an atomized human society.

Ascension of the Lord, May 16, 2021 23.05.2021 6:05 ↓

The power of "up" and "down," and "sitting at the right hand," upon our imaginations.

Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 9, 2021 23.05.2021 6:21 ↓

The many dimensions of love.

Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 2, 2021 23.05.2021 7:40 ↓

You can't beat the vine and the branches for clarity.

Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 25, 2021 23.05.2021 7:25 ↓

Deep thoughts on shepherding.

Third Sunday of Easter, April 18, 2021 23.05.2021 8:11 ↓

It is I, myself.  Look, I'm eating.  Do not be afraid of ghosts.

Second Sunday of Easter, April 11, 2021 12.04.2021 7:36 ↓

Faith and love require that we enter more deeply into Christian community.