Made Known

Moved with Pity, He Began to Teach Them

16th Sunday OT

July 21, 2024

When Jesus encounters the vast crowd, his compassion moves Him to teach them.  Being a good shepherd, his teachings guide, feed, and defend us.  

Rules for Life

15th Sunday Ordinary Time

July 14, 2024

We see in the lives of committed disciples that God often breaks them down in order to build them up. He puts them in a situation of utter dependence in order to teach them how to rely on Him.  Hear the story of one such disciple, Cardinal Van Thuan of Vietnam, and the Rules of Life that he discovered through his 13-year imprisonment.

How Jesus meets us in desperation

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

June 30, 2024

Two people in desperate straights come to Jesus: Jairus whose daughter is at the point of death and the hemorrhaging woman who has spent all she had.  How does Jesus encounter them?

The Treasure Buried in the Field: Corpus Christi

Homily from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus

June 2, 2024

Because Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist, the Eucharist contains all the richness of our faith.  The Eucharist is the "treasure buried in a field" that is worth selling all to acquire.

Trinity Sunday: God is near, yet beyond...

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity

May 26, 2024

Reflection on God's immanence and transcendence.  

God is close to us & has revealed Himself to us, and yet is beyond our reach and we can never grasp the fullness of who He is.

Living Pentecost: "Living the Truth in Love"

Homily from Pentecost Sunday, May 19th 2024

The Holy Spirit is the Spirit of Truth

He is also the Love between the Father and the Son, poured out into our hearts.

When we are open to this Holy Spirit, we are able to "live the truth in love" as St. Paul invites us to do.

Going Away, Present, and Coming Towards Us?

The Ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Homily

There is a great mystery surrounding this solemnity and it can be easy to misunderstand its meaning.  

[Largely inspired by Jean Corbon's Wellspring of Worship, The Ascension and the Eternal Liturgy]

God loved us first

Homily

6th Sunday Easter Yr B

Have we merely heard about God's love or actually experienced it?  

God's love for us & election of us.

5th Sunday Easter Yr B

Homily

"Remain in me."

 

Evidence for the Resurrection of Jesus?

Fr. Dave's Homily from Sunday, April 14 (3rd Sunday of Easter)