Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, Year B. https://youtu.be/HTjfyAj4wrY
5 Reasons for 5 Scars
Homily for the Third Sunday of Easter, Year B. Every scar has a story. Every scar says something about our past. Some scars we’re proud of; some we’re embarrassed or ashamed of; others have become such a part of who we are that we don’t really think about them anymore. Of this third kind of …
Who will roll back the stone?
Homily for the Easter Vigil, Year B. “Who will roll back the stone for us from the entrance to the tomb?” The women came to the tomb to be with Jesus. They wanted to be close to him. But a heavy stone separated them from the one they loved. When we lay a loved one …
The Cross Stands Still
Homily for Good Friday, Year B. Two days after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, a twenty-foot steel cross was discovered amidst the twisted, melted, and charred remains of the World Trade Center. Two days after the catastrophic fire at the Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris on April 15, 2019, a large, golden …
Three Gardens
Homily for Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion, Year B. The Garden of Eden, the Garden of Gethsemane, and the Garden of the Empty Tomb. After Adam disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden, He asked Adam this question: “Where are you?” Naked and afraid, Adam had run away and hid from God. In the …
The Heart of the Matter
Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Year B. When I was a sophomore at UW-Madison, I lived a remarkably unbalanced life. I got really good grades, but that’s because I stayed up studying every day until one-thirty in the morning. At one-thirty, I would put my pencil down, close my notebook, and spend some …
As Sunday Goes, So Goes Everything
Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year B. If someone asked you to write a spiritual autobiography, what sort of stories would you include? What key moments would you focus on? Could you do it in four pages or less? Every year, over the first four Sundays of Lent, the Church offers us a …
46 is the Magic Number
Homily for the Third Sunday of Lent, Year B. Sometimes there’s a single word which brings out the meaning of the gospel. This morning, it’s a single number. And that number in 46. When Jesus says that He could rebuild the Temple in three days, the Jews, flabbergasted by this seemingly outrageous claim, remind Jesus …
10 or 10,000 Commandments?
Homily for the Third Sunday of Lent, Year B. When I was growing up, the Catholic Church was frequently stereotyped as being a Church of rules and commandments. Now that I’m older, and hopefully wiser, I realize that the Catholic Church actually has far fewer rules and commandments than the rest of the world. In …
The Light and Hope of the Transfiguration
Homily for the Second Sunday of Lent, Year B. I distinctly remember my first full week here at St. Charles. And that’s because I actually wasn’t here at St. Charles; I was down in St. Louis with our teens on our summer mission trip. The trip was an amazing experience and I returned with many …
