Pilgrim Priest

Herod has all the king's horses and all the king's men. Joseph has a donkey. Yet Joseph manages to beat Herod the Great. He does not rely on his own strength, wisdom, or abilities, but on God. Joseph is a great father because he is a great son!

Many of us will leave Jesus at church and not take him home with us because he doesn't fit our expectations or our lifestyle choices. But only this gift can save you. Jimmy finds out the hard way what a good gift really looks like.

King Ahaz faces a complicated and difficult political situation. He doesn't need a plan, strategy, or powerful allies because God is with him. The answer to your prayers is not a gift tucked under a Christmas tree; it is Jesus himself, God-with-us.

We can get discouraged when God doesn't act promptly. We might think that God isn't listening or doesn't care. We need to wait in joyful hope for God to act. Our Lady of Guadalupe reminds us that when God acts, it will be worth the wait.

Thanks to original sin, every child is perfect and precious and also rather annoying. And we make things worse with our sinful choices. So when God wanted to send the most perfect gift, he made Mary precious and beautiful and without original sin.

Winter was coming, but were you prepared? Advent was coming, were you ready? Jesus is coming; are you prepared to meet him? Before bedtime, take three simple steps: Gratitude, Contrition, and Resolution.

Jesus is king now, despite the fact that earthly kings, presidents, and CEOs currently appear to have much more power than Jesus. God has picked the eternal king. Decide now to live in his kingdom.

These beautiful buildings dedicated to the worship of God speak to us of our true dignity and vocation. Every Christian is consecrated to the Lord. The church is holy so we can be holy. We should be no less holy than our local Catholic Church!

Baptism starts our journey to God's kingdom. We then spend the rest of our life preparing for our funeral. On the last day, at his Second Coming, Jesus will raise the dead and put Heaven and Earth together again. It's coming quicker than you think.

Holiness is not fundamentally the fruit of hard work. It is a gift from God. In the Beatitudes, Jesus gives us a description of his own face. This is what we look like when we become holy. Let us hasten towards our heavenly Jerusalem!

When you change your own life, you have changed the world! Persistent prayer helps us to grow closer to God in any circumstance. "Lord, show me how you are inviting me to grow closer to you through my Time, Talent and Treasure commitments in 2026."

Naaman encounters love and truth through his obedience to God's will, and experiences wholeness and communion. Being obedient to God leads to healing. Even the sufferings, burdens, and challenges that we face are really gifts from God.

Maybe this title is a little bit of click-bait. But if I told you I was talking about Stewardship and serving God in little ways, you wouldn't have clicked on it. You decide if it was worth listening.

Do we see the world through a lens of competition or cooperation? Jesus has a message for us and our leaders: The winners of today will be the losers of tomorrow, and the losers of today will be the winners of tomorrow.

Anti-venom comes from animals who were poisoned intentionally and survived. Jesus suffers with you and for you. He is the anti-venom. When you suffer, look at the cross!

Marriage only works when both spouses are willing to go "all-in". In a similar way, many of us are trying to follow Jesus as if discipleship were a side-job. When we are willing to go "all-in" as disciples then everything else falls into place.

St. Francis chose poverty because it made him like Jesus. Jesus chose poverty because it made him like us. Deep down we are really poor. And we can respond to our poverty one of two ways.

Discipline is about teaching ourselves, and others, to put first things first. We first discern what is important. Then we train ourselves to say "Yes" to the good and important things and "No" to the bad and less-important things.

Thank you, men, for coming to Mass today. The world tells you that you should be anywhere else but here: fishing, working, having fun, or sleeping off a hangover. But you know that you can only be a good leader for others if you let Jesus lead you.

God is producing a great play, the "Theo-drama", starring Jesus with Mary as Best Supporting Actress. We each have a special and unique roll, which we discover and live when we let the Holy Spirit direct us.

Listen as Logan Shallow shares his testimony. Jesus is real. We can trust him. "Walk with me," Jesus says. You won't regret it!

The only thing in God's wallet is photos of his kids. Lots and lots of photos, because God has lots and lots of kids. The Catholic Church believes that every person has a dignity and value that comes from God himself, and no one can take away.

I had the privilege of listening to Bishop Barron preach on how Jesus is like the Good Samaritan. My favorite part of the homily is that the Catholic Church is kind of like the inn. We are helping those wounded by sin recover from their injuries.

Like the Jews in Babylon or the Christians in Galatia, we live in a secular pagan culture soaked in sex, violence, gluttony, and material excess. Many are tempted to adopt the lifestyle of our neighbors. But God is calling couples to be missionaries.

Three thoughts on my ordination. 1) I am Blessed to be a Blessing to Others. 2) I didn’t turn out to be the Perfect Catholic Priest, but God only needs my daily "yes". 3) Our individual “yeses” are part of a community, a family of faith.