Superior Priest

5Jan25 (25cEpiphany). Science and faith are often thought to be opposed in this modern world. That is just not the case. One who seeks truth, seeks Jesus Christ. May we always seek Jesus Christ and know him in the great revelation and security of the Holy Catholic Church.

29Dec24 (24cFamily). Families bring some of the greatest joys and difficulties in life. The Holy Family may be perfect and without sin, but still experiences the conflict of family. Jesus’ response is obedience. Obedience to Mary and Joseph, which is ultimately learning obedience to the Heavenly Father. We learn obedience to God through obedience to our earthly parents and our mother, the Church....

25Dec24 (24Christmas). Family traditions are important to form what is important about the season. My Grandmother also gave our family this beautiful poem about Jesus to meditate. Lastly was born in a manger (feeding trough), born in Bethlehem (House of Bread), He declares He is the Bread of Life, and says that we much eat His Flesh. He came to be present to us and he continues to do so in the Mos...

22Dec24 (24cA4). God wants Obedience out of love and not fear. Mary’s obedience of love brought about salvation to the world. Use the great gift of the Rosary this Christmas time to meditate on Jesus’ life with Mary and learn to love obedience to God with Mary.

15Dec24 (24cA3). We prepare for Christmas and coming of Jesus. The most important preparation is the transformation of our life. We are living in the in between time of already but not yet. Jesus came, He is coming, and He will be coming.

24Nov24 (24bKing). Jesus Christ is Lord of the Universe. Whoever listens to truth listens to Jesus. Let us listen to truth and follow Jesus. The world does not have the truth because God is truth. Jesus Christ endures beyond all these passing things of this world. Viva Christo Rey!!!

17Nov24 (24bO33). We need to prepare for the end of our life. This is not the worst time in history. History is always a bad time. He has a bigger plan that is not overcome by evil in this world, but brings about good in spite of it. He is coming and we need to be ready. Are you ready to die and meet your maker?

27Oct24 (24bO30). We want physical goodness; God wants spiritual goodness. Our physical health can sometimes be a crutch that prevents us from having faith and trust in God. Let us remember the most important things of knowing Jesus Christ and seeing him through the eyes of faith. He just wants me to be with Him.

13Oct24 (24bO28). The rich young man is doing well, but he knows there is more. Hopefully we are doing well, but we want more and God wants more. We want to thrive not just survive. Living all for Jesus allows us to thrive in love which is what we are made for. The rich young man’s wealth is holding him back. What is holding us back?

6Oct24 (24bO27). In the beginning it was not so. God created us to thrive in a specific way but the broken messiness makes us jaded like teenagers. We should be like children who trust our Heavenly Father and seek to live the way God made us. Marriage of one male and one female that is for life. Husbands love your spouses as Jesus loved the Church and gave Himself up for her. If you are married, y...

29Sep24 (24bO26). Disunity is often the fruit of self-righteousness and insecurity. Unity is the fruit of security in Our Father in Heaven. May we be instruments of unity in security of our Heavenly Father.

18Aug24. Sunday Homily at the Men’s Silent Retreat at Sacred Heart Retreat House in Alhambra. I haven’t been this nervous for a homily in many hears. With all the good and holy Religious Sisters in attendance of the Mass it made me want to do a good job. Jesus is the way, there is no other.

18Aug24. Men’s Silent Retreat at Sacred Heart Retreat House in Alhambra. Perseverance is so important for the spiritual life. Life is difficult and the spiritual life is not easy street. Keep to the truth of Jesus Christ and hold on in perseverance of hope and faith.

17Aug24. Men’s Silent Retreat at Sacred Heart Retreat House in Alhambra. How much are we risking and venturing in our faith and trust in God? God is never outdone in generosity. When we invest more we get more.

17Aug24. Men’s Silent Retreat at Sacred Heart Retreat House in Alhambra. Third we finally move to Mission. Our mission must flow from our Relationship and Identity or it will be disordered.

17Aug24. Saturday Homily at Men’s Silent Retreat at Sacred Heart Retreat House in Alhambra. Meditation in Mass on Psalm 51, King David’s beautiful Psalm of contrition.

17Aug24. Men’s Silent Retreat at Sacred Heart Retreat House in Alhambra. Next, we move to Identity. Where does our Identity come from? What we do? Or what God does? God’s action is a much more solid foundation to live in.

16Aug24. Men’s Silent Retreat at Sacred Heart Retreat House in Alhambra. We will go over Relationship Identity Mission (RIM). When we live our spiritual life in that correct order it works. When we get it backwards, it is disordered and goes poorly. First get right with God in relationship through truths you know about Him and what He says in scripture.

21Jul24 (24bO16). The feeding of the five thousand begins the Bread of Life discourse in the Gospel of John. Jesus is the Good Shepherd who wants to care for our physical and spiritual needs. He continues to shepherd and care for us spiritually through all the sacraments of the Church.

14Jul24 (24bO15). We are all called to Mission. Some are called to a Religious Vocation, but all are called to spread the Gospel.

7Jul24 (24bO14). Family is difficult. We don’t always do what we want. We are human and fallen. Even St. Paul struggled with the difficulty of human weakness. God’s grace is sufficient for us for our humility makes us strong in God. St. Maria Goretti gives us a great example of resisting the flesh and being fully free to love.

30Jun24 (24bO13). Why does God heal some and not others? Jesus tells us faith and trust in the power of God. However it is also an important reality to trust in God that even if he doesn’t heal it is for our good and we pray for perseverance. Blood removes the woman from community and makes things unclean, but Jesus makes all clean and holy through his touch.

23Jun24 (24bO12). We often experience the world and our life in a storm. Our natural reaction is fear, but our faithful reaction should be trust. Let our fear and anxiety be handed over to God. God cares about us more than we care about ourselves.

16Jun24 (24bO11). Homily at my home parish of Nativity of Our Lord in Rhinelander while on leave. Our time is not worse than other times. The times are always bad and good. Our hope is not in the perfect world, but in God’s Providence. Let us be faithful and root ourselves in God and His Bride, the Catholic Church.

2Jun24 (24Corpus). Half of Mass is the same every time. Why do we do this. Maybe we don’t fully understand it. There is so much more here than we can fully comprehend.