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
Pentecost Sunday 2021
Emotions are interesting things. While there is no scientific consensus on a definition of what an emotion is. But I think all of us know what emotions are simply by experience. However, you want define them, they have the ability to well up inside of us causing us to do things we would never dream… Continue reading Pentecost Sunday 2021
Ascension Sunday 2021
Life is filled hopes and dreams is it not. Look at every stage of your life and probably even now and what do you find. You find that that you hoped for certain things or that you dreamed for certain things and maybe some of those hopes and dreams came true and maybe others didn’t.… Continue reading Ascension Sunday 2021
4th Sunday of Easter
A couple of weeks ago, as is pretty common in my life, I found myself back in the hospital for an ethics consultation with a patient from another parish. He was facing some difficult medical choices and wanted some ethical input and so I was sent to meet with him. I walked into the patient’s… Continue reading 4th Sunday of Easter
2nd Sunday of Easter
I have good news and I have bad news and as is often the case when someone tells you that, the bad news is worse than the good news. The good news is that Catholicism is still the largest religion in our country[1], the bad news is that the second largest religion is fallen away… Continue reading 2nd Sunday of Easter
Good Friday
As we just heard the account of Jesus’ passion and death, I couldn’t help but recall one of Jesus most fundamental teachings; “no one has greater love this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”[1] While we shouted crucify Him, Jesus humbly put His teaching into practice and laid down His life for us.… Continue reading Good Friday
Mass of the Lord’s Supper 2021
At the command of today’s first reading from the book of Exodus, ever year, the Jewish people gather together during the Passover celebrations to share in the Seder meal, which commemorates the deliverance of their ancestors from slavery in Egypt and eventual freedom in the Promised Land during the days of Moses. It was… Continue reading Mass of the Lord’s Supper 2021
Palm Sunday 2021
Today, with the exception of Good Friday, we hear the longest Gospel of the year, but in her wisdom, the Church leaves me explicit instructions that I should only give a brief homily.[1] It is the only time the church tells me how long I am to preach and maybe your definition of brief is… Continue reading Palm Sunday 2021
4th Sunday of Lent Year B
If you ever make it to the Holy Land, I encourage you to go to the Holy Sepulcher early in the morning. The place where Jesus died and rose becomes a zoo after 9 am and while it is a great tourist attraction, if you go after 9, you are not really going to have… Continue reading 4th Sunday of Lent Year B
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
The illness of leprosy, which we hear about so often in the bible, is still around today. We know it as Hansen’s disease, but it was certainly much more prevalent in the time of the scriptures. As a matter of fact, leprosy is mentioned 68 times in the bible (55 times in the Old Testament… Continue reading 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B
