Homily for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B. Sometimes when you’re growing up, you pretend not to hear your mom or dad when they call your name the first time. Perhaps you’re in the basement, perhaps you’re upstairs in the bedroom, but they call you by name and you just pretend not to …
What is Wrong with the World Today?
Homily for the Baptism of the Lord, Year B. Although I haven’t had the privilege of living there, like Fr. Ken or my brother Fr. John, I have had the opportunity to visit Rome several times. And the very first time I visited was during a time of spiritual darkness, when I felt like God …
Mary, the Door of the New Year
Homily for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God. What changes on New Year’s Day? Besides the Calendar, not a whole lot. And yet there’s something magical about it. It almost feels like an enchanted door which, the moment we pass through it, allows us to leave the old year behind and to set out …
Magi-ical Discernment
Homily for the Solemnity of the Epiphany. There are of course far greater tragedies in the modern world, but in my opinion, one of the small but still significant tragedies of modern life is the prevalence of light pollution and our consequent inability to see the stars and other heavenly bodies. If you’ve ever seen …
Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child
One of my greatest joys as a priest is visiting our students in the school. They ask some of the best questions and they say some of the most profound things. They also provide great material for homilies. About a week ago I visited some of our first graders and I asked them, “If you …
Denying Entrance to Christ
https://youtu.be/KyKTpL_YV3o Homily for the Second Sunday of Advent, Year B. Tomorrow is the feast of St. Nicholas, my patron saint. And while St. Nicholas is widely known as having been a generous person and a giver of good gifts, he is less widely known as being a vigorous and even violent opponent of heresy. St. …
Team Sheep vs. Team Goat
https://youtu.be/E1BV_HjkzFo Homily for the Solemnity of Christ the King, Year A. By a show of hands, how many of you want 2020 to be over? Well, I have good news for you: This is the last week of 2020. This Sunday is the Feast of Christ the King, the last Sunday of the liturgical year. …
Bearing the Marks of our Mess
https://youtu.be/9X-4Ro2ZuPY Homily for the Solemnity of All Saints. “Beloved: See what love the Father has bestowed on us that we may be called the children of God. Yet so we are.” Over the past several years I’ve had the privilege of getting to know Mother Mary Catherine. Mother Mary Catherine is the mother superior of …
Homily on Pope Francis’ Recent Remarks
https://youtu.be/YaVO6QotLEw For further reading I'd recommend Pope Francis’s Words on Civil Unions Distorted by Editing by Fr. Matthew P. Schneider, LC.
More than a Souvenir Penny
https://youtu.be/F3HAULmE5PI Homily for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A. Growing up, one of my favorite things to do was to go to the Zoo. And besides seeing the animals themselves, there were two other things which I loved to do there. The first was to ride the train, and the second was to …
