Made Known

Good Friday - the Castaway Cross

Homily from Good Friday

After moving into the neighborhood I found a busted up Crucifix in the garbage heap on the curb.  Though the Cross has been cast off by many, this means we have a unique opportunity for the meaning of the Cross to strike fresh with the same power it did in the 1st Centuries of the Church.  What if we Christians truly lived our lives modeled after what we see in Jesus?  Wouldn't people run to embrace this Cross to find life?

Holy Thursday - Jesus Washes Your Feet

Jesus humbles Himself and gives us great gifts:  the Eucharist, the Priesthood, and the example and Commandment of service.

The Passion and Kingship of Christ

From palm branches to crucifixion, Jesus's Holy Week journey. 

Are You Blind?

Homily 4th Sunday in Lent, Yr A

Jesus cures the man born blind.

His miracle is meant to reveal just physical sight, but spiritual sight.

Triple temptation - triple concupiscence

First Sunday of Lent (Yr A)

Adam and Eve faced three kinds of temptations and fell, Jesus defeats them to give us hope.

 

Jesus, Man of the Beatitudes

Homily 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Good Shepherd Parish 

January 29, 2023

 

Christmas & Myth

Homily from Christmas, 2022 at Good Shepherd Parish, Madison

 

Luke's Gospel presents Jesus as a baby like you and I were.  "God became man so that we might become like God."

Abide in Hope

Advent homily (from 3rd Sunday of Advent - Dec. 11, 2022) about the disciples of Jesus' attitude of abiding in hope, rather than fear, in the midst of change and uncertainty.

Mary and the Spousal Nature of the Church

Homily from The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Mary shows us who the Church is meant to be as the spotless bride without spot or wrinkle.

 

The Eucharist as Pledge of Eternal Life

Fourth and final homily in brief series about the Eucharist

"Truly, I say to you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you have no life in you" (John 6:53).

Following the Catechism of the Catholic Church (paragraphs 1382, 1384-87, 1391-95, 1402-05) we discuss the meaning of communion, worthy reception of Holy Communion, the fruits of receiving the Eucharist, and the Eucharist as the pledge of eternal life.