Turn on the evening news, open the newspaper, go to whatever news website you go to and it is pretty much the same news day in and day out. There is some war somewhere, there is crime all over the place, more people being killed. You can begin to ask yourself, when is this going… Continue reading 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Who do you say that I am? It is certainly the most fundamental question of our faith but is also the most fundamental question of our existence and our own lives. Who do you say that Jesus is? How you answer that question, will determine not only how you practice your faith, but how you… Continue reading 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
At the time of Jesus, the scribes and the pharisees had gone to such extreme lengths that religion had been consumed by just following allot of rules. Do this, do that, wash your hands, do all these things. Religion, was about just about doing things. Today the pendulum has seemed to have swung all the… Continue reading 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
Life is about decisions. Just think about getting to this point today. You’ve made numerous decisions already this morning. Sure, many of these decisions aren’t that complicated, many of these decisions, don’t require really that much sacrifice at all. But there are times in our lives where we have to make very big decisions; decision… Continue reading 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
I rarely listen to music these days and I have talked about this song in a homily here before, so I’m hesitant to do it again. But as I think about today’s Gospel it continues to come up, so here we go. Time will tell if it works or not. It is a 2007 country… Continue reading 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
I lived with a priest, who will remain nameless at this point, who was famous for his social calendar. I’ve never seen someone book so much into one evening. I remember one night in particular, a few nights earlier he had come to me and told me as a courtesy that he was having a… Continue reading 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (4th of July)
Today we celebrate our nation’s 245th birthday. In the history of countries, that is a long time for a country to still be around and relatively unchanged from its founding principles. Yet, despite all of our struggles and all of the political differences that seem to exist in our country and for as much as… Continue reading 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (4th of July)
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
What if your life was just one big dream. What if everything you think you have experienced in this world comes to an end when you wake up and you find yourself in bed realizing what I thought was my entire life was just a dream. Of course, that is a crazy thought, but I… Continue reading 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Corpus Christi 2021
School has been out for a couple of weeks, so I thought we would start with a little quiz. One question, three choices, pass/fail, so you have a 33% chance of getting it right by just guessing. It is a simple question; most Catholics should know the answer to: Which of the following expresses our… Continue reading Corpus Christi 2021
Trinity Sunday 2021
By far the hardest course I’ve ever taken was the course on the Trinity. I remember laughing at the fact that I was going to take an entire course on what the Catechism says in the central mystery of our faith. How am I supposed to understand what the Church says we cannot understand? This… Continue reading Trinity Sunday 2021
Through The Cross To Light 