Growing up the son of a surgeon certainly has its perks. I never had to wait to get a doctor’s appointment, prescriptions for simple antibiotics were never a big deal, heck my dad even sewed my brother’s head back together on the living room couch after I hit him in the head with… Continue reading 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
There is a tradition in the Catholic Church that a priest’s parents give him a chalice, the cup that is used to hold the precious blood at Mass, as an ordination gift. While it is possible to find cheap chalices, if you want one truly worthy of its sacred task, it is going… Continue reading 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time
17th Sunday of Ordinary Time
There is an old adage in business called the rule of 7 which says a potential customer needs to hear about a product at least 7 times before buying it. While I’m not sure I need to hear something 7 times to be convinced of its importance, it is certainly true that the… Continue reading 17th Sunday of Ordinary Time
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
I rarely listen to music, but every year a few songs catch my attention and stick with me for a while. One of those songs, is Scotty McCreery’s 2017 hit, Five More Minutes. While his song never broke the top 40 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, there was something about his… Continue reading 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
When I first started seriously thinking about being a priest, I became paralyzed by a fear that I would be lonely. Little did I know that the priesthood is perhaps the least lonely profession in the world. As a parish priest, my calendar is filled with invitations to parishioner’s homes for dinner, parties,… Continue reading 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Living 2,000 years after Jesus, knowing the whole story about His passion, death, and resurrection, it can be easy for us to wonder how so many people rejected Jesus. While all of us would like to think that if we were in their shoes we would follow Christ, I can’t help… Continue reading 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
4th of July
All of us are familiar with of how our country was founded, yet, I think we often forget that the founding of our country was a struggle that came at the price of great personal sacrifice for the founding fathers. The founding fathers were certainly aware of those risks when they introduced a… Continue reading 4th of July
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
On Wednesday, we will celebrate our nation’s 242nd birthday. Living in a country founded on the ideals of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness it can be very easy for us to take our freedoms for granted. The freedoms we enjoy are truly a great blessing from God, yet we can… Continue reading 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
QAS Farewell Homily
Over the past couple of weeks as I have packed up and prepared to move I have found myself frequently thinking back over these past 3 years and the many lessons I learned in that time. There is no doubt, I am the person and the priest I am today because of these past… Continue reading QAS Farewell Homily
Fathers Day 2018 Homily
I’m not much of a music listener, but it seems every year there are a few songs which seem to catch my attention and stick with me for years to come. One of those songs is country artist Rodney Atkin’s 2006 hit song Watching You. Rodney wrote this song, which portrays two different… Continue reading Fathers Day 2018 Homily
Through The Cross To Light 