Made Known

Predicting the Passion

Homily from Sept 22, 2024 (25th Sunday OT B)

Faith, Works, and the Cross

Homily Sept 15th, 2024; 24th Sunday OT Yr B

A few personal examples where I slid away from a right understanding of the relationship between faith and works.  The best way is expressed simply in Jesus' invitation for us to take up our Cross and follow Him.

Jesus Meets the Deaf-Mute : The Senses of Scriptures

Homily Sept 8, 2024, 23rd Sun OT Yr B

How the Scriptures are opened up to us through exploring the various layers of meaning.

Both And

Sunday Homily

XXII Sunday OT Yr B

It's great to be Catholic and have the advantage of the "both and."

Scripture and Tradition

Faith and Works

Hard Sayings... But To Whom Shall We Go?

Sunday Homily - XXI Sunday OT Yr B

Focused on Ephesians 5 and the mutual subordination of spouses

When What You Love Most Is Mocked...

July 28, 2024

Homily - 17th Sunday Yr B

The Church enters into a few week meditation on John 6 - The Multiplication of the Loaves and the Bread of Life Discourse. 

Meanwhile, at the opening ceremony of the Olympics the Last Supper is parodied.  For those who love the "True Food and True Drink" that is the Eucharist, how do we respond?  By deepening our love for Jesus in the Eucharist.

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.