Happy Mother’s Day! Like many of you, over the past several days, I have been thinking a lot about what to get my mom for Mother’s Day. As I was dreading the reality that I might actually have to go shopping, it dawned on me that perhaps I have already given her the best gift… Continue reading 6th Sunday of Easter Year A / Mother’s Day
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5th Sunday of Easter Year A
There are really not many guarantees in the world today, but there is one guarantee for each and every one of us. It is a guarantee many of us don’t want to think about, a guarantee many of us do not want to talk about, a guarantee that many of us don’t want to plan… Continue reading 5th Sunday of Easter Year A
1st Sunday of Advent: Why am I Catholic
Well, here we are at the start of Advent, only 27 days away from Christmas. In just 4 weeks we will gather to celebrate that central point in human history when God Himself crossed the seemingly infinite chasm between heaven and earth to become like us in all things but sin. As we begin this… Continue reading 1st Sunday of Advent: Why am I Catholic
Ascension Sunday 2020 / Memorial Day Homily
Yesterday, I celebrated my 5th anniversary as a priest. While in some ways it feels like just yesterday that I was ordained, when I look back over those 5 years, I am still in awe over how God can use someone like me to be His presence to people in the world. To… Continue reading Ascension Sunday 2020 / Memorial Day Homily
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
I often meet people who tell me they want nothing to do with the Catholic Church because people in the Catholic Church are just as lousy as everyone else. They say that like the rest of the world, Catholics are hypocrites, thieves, liars, gossips, cheats, snobs, ect. Sadly, in some cases this is… Continue reading 8th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Ascension Sunday / Mother’s Day 2019
If you knew you were going to pass away, what would your last words to your loved ones be? Jesus finds Himself in this position in today’s gospel. He has already died and rose from the dead and for 40 days He has appeared to His followers, but now He is preparing to… Continue reading Ascension Sunday / Mother’s Day 2019
Through The Cross To Light 