It is supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year, but for some people the holidays are some of the most difficult times of the year. Whether it is the busyness of preparing for Christmas that saps our energy, the stress of financial pressures that seem to be highlighted this time… Continue reading 3rd Sunday of Advent Year A
Tag: Sunday Homily
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Did you ever watch the television show Doomsday Preppers? Neither have I, but for some reason Netflix thinks I should watch it because it’s the first thing that pops up when I log in. Apparently it documents these so called preppers, these people who think the end is about to come and so… Continue reading 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
The seminary, where new priests are trained, is intended to be a very grueling period of formation. It’s a program that everyone goes through, but as you go through you are assigned to different formators who are responsible to take that program and craft it directly to you. It is calculated and thoroughly evaluated. The… Continue reading 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C (Stewardship Sunday)
When I was younger, I couldn’t wait to be a grown up. As a kid, it just seemed that life would be better when I was finally an adult and then I hit my 18th birthday and it didn’t really mean anything. I thought well, maybe when I turn 21 then I’ll have made… Continue reading 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C (Stewardship Sunday)
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
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
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
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
6th Sunday of Easter Year C
Love is one of those funny words. It’s found in the lyrics of almost every song, in almost every great work of literature, and every popular novel. Love is one of those words that is found in every culture, in every language, and every age of history. Yet I dare say for as much… Continue reading 6th Sunday of Easter Year C
2nd Sunday of Easter 2019
While Catholicism is by far the largest religion in the United States[1], the second largest religion in our country is sadly fallen away Catholics.[2] The fastest growing religion in our country is a category on the census called the “nones;”[3] people who profess no faith at all. We all know the story. It has… Continue reading 2nd Sunday of Easter 2019
4th Sunday of Lent Year C
Today’s Gospel story of the parable of the Prodigal Son is perhaps one of the most well known stories in the Bible. Yet for as well known and loved as today’s parable is, have you ever stopped to realize just how relevant the story is for our own lives? The so-called… Continue reading 4th Sunday of Lent Year C
Through The Cross To Light 