Each year, the United Nations develops a suitability report and part of that report is called the World Happiness Study. The study that was released this spring shows that Americans are not happy. It showed that “even as the United States economy improved after the end of the Great Recession in 2009 … happiness… Continue reading 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Category: Homily
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
You don’t even have to turn on the news anymore to know that society seems to be falling apart. It doesn’t matter where you live, who you associate with, it seems like every single day we discover once again, another innocent life taken. There is no doubt there are serious problems in our society… Continue reading 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
A couple of years ago, on the 10th anniversary of my high school graduation I was asked to return to my high school to speak at a mother-son brunch. I’ve had the privilege of speak at a fair number of mother-son or mother-daughter Masses, brunches, etc. And when I do, I always have… Continue reading 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
In addition to my work here at Sacred Heart, I also serve at the Archdiocesan level as the director of continuing formation for priests. It’s my job to make sure the 300 or so priests in the Archdiocese are up to date on theology, best practices in ministry, but even more importantly my… Continue reading 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
We all know the parable of the Good Samaritan. I could walk into the 1st grade classroom in our school and they could tell me all about the parable. If I asked you what Jesus was trying to teach in the parable you would probably tell me that He is calling each and every… Continue reading 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Corpus Christi 2019
I think we all know the reality. All we have to do is look around us and we pretty quickly realize that the majority of Catholics don’t go to church. As a matter of fact, less than 35% of Catholics claim that they go to church regularly.[1] 35%, let’s just be honest, that is… Continue reading Corpus Christi 2019
Ascension Sunday 2019
What do you hope for? I dare say most of us answer that question with very practical things. Most of us would probably would say that we hope for good weather tomorrow, or we hope our boss might give us a raise, or maybe even something more pious like hoping your children will… Continue reading Ascension Sunday 2019
