Homily for the Twenty-Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A)
Central Idea: The call to have the mind of Christ is the call to love in our own particular situations and places, not in vague, general terms. Have in you the same attitude that [...]
Homily for the Twenty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time (A)
Central Idea: Our Lord challenges us to find appropriate and life-giving ways to confront injustice and sin. “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. [...]
Homily for the Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A)
Central Idea: God’s grace helps us see beyond the differences, to welcome those who are different and alien. The foreigners who join themselves to the LORD…I will bring to my holy mountain and make [...]
Homily for the Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A)
Central Idea: The Lord holds us up as we face the fears and storms of our lives. It was a Sunday morning, just like so many Sunday mornings before. As was their custom, the [...]
Homily for the Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A)
Central Idea: It is when we realize how poor and hungry we are, that God can come and supply our need. “When Jesus heard of the death of John the Baptist, he withdrew in [...]
Homily for the Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A)
Central Idea: The gaining of wisdom may be our most important task in life. "Ask something of me and I will give it to you." There was once a little boy who lived in [...]
Homily for the Sixteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A)
Central Idea: We need to accept both the weeds and the wheat of our lives in order to become a full, compassionate person. This is a true story. The only memory she had of [...]
Homily for the Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A)
Central Idea: As we celebrate our country’s birth this weekend, we pray for those who gave the ultimate sacrifice for our freedoms, that they may find rest. His name was Clarence Calkins. We all [...]
Homily for the Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (A)
Central Idea: The call to hospitality calls us to be people of faith willing to live out our baptism. The world is a dangerous, fearful place. I saw a post from one of my former [...]
Homily for the Solemnity of Corpus Christi
Central Idea: In order to become the Body of Christ, we need reconciliation, community and hope. “Wylie, are you done yet?” “Almost, Mr. Royce!” SPOILER ALERT!!! If you have never seen the Academy Award [...]
Homily for the Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord 2020
Central Idea: What we leave behind us may be greater than we ever know. Today I would like to speak about hope. Bob Hope, that is. As incredible as it may sound to some [...]
Homily for the Sixth Sunday of Easter
Central Idea: God will not leave us orphans, He promises to comfort us in our fear and loneliness.Trivia question for you: What do the following people have in common? Musician Louis Armstrong, Hall of Fame [...]
Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter
Central Idea: Christ calls us to follow him, the Way, avoiding the rough places of sin, bitterness, rage and hatred. I am the way, and the truth and the life. I know its dangerous [...]
Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Easter
Central Idea: To think of others, even in a desperate situation is the essence of what we are called to as followers of Christ. If you are patient when you suffer for doing what [...]
Homily for the Third Sunday of Easter
Central Idea: It is OK to let our hearts burn, it is OK not to have everything figured out, for it is that precise moment that we encounter the risen Christ. Then they said [...]
Homily Reflections for Easter Sunday 2020
Central Idea: With the Resurrection, God says “Yes” to all creation and calls us to say “yes” to life. I would like to give you all a homework assignment. I want you, this week, [...]
Homily Reflections for Good Friday
Central Idea: In the midst of sadness and death, there are individuals who are towers of strength and love. Remember way back in the middle of March when we thought to ourselves: OK, this [...]
Homily Reflections for Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper
Central Idea: When we share the Lord’s meal, we find the strength to deal with our failings, our losses and those things that divide us. One of my favorite short stories is called A [...]
Homily Reflections for April 5th, 2020
Central Idea: Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to transform it into glory. “I have set my face like flint.” It is the moment when we are most [...]
Homily Reflections for March 29th, 2020
Central Idea: The shortest verse in the Sacred Scriptures speaks to us about Jesus’ humanity, his compassion and his power over death. John chapter 11, verse 35. It is one of the most beloved, [...]
Homily Reflections for March 22nd, 2020
Central Idea: We must allow Jesus to come and touch our blindness. Close your eyes. Try to imagine what it might be like to be born blind. Imagine never having seen shapes or colors. [...]
Homily Reflections for March 15th, 2020
Central Idea: Jesus comes to give us “living water” so we do not have to struggle so much to be freed of the thirst of life. A woman of Samaria came to draw water. [...]
Homily Reflections for March 8th, 2020
Central Idea: The Lord often calls us from the familiar and comfortable to change so that we may be a blessing for the world. Go forth from the land of your kinsfolk and from [...]
Homily Reflections for March 1st, 2020
Central Idea: Though careless and reckless sin has marred the masterpieces of our hearts, God can restore us through this holy season. For if, by the transgression of the one, death came to reign [...]
Homily Reflections for February 26th, 2020
Central Idea: Lent is a time for God to coax our spirits out of the cage, to get busy living. Get busy living, or get busy dying. I saw a documentary once about a [...]