Homily for Christmas 2022. You may be surprised to hear this, given that I’m a priest, but from the time I was in sixth grade until I was a sophomore in college, I really didn’t like people a whole lot. Thankfully that’s changed. But if I would have had a moto during those teenage years …
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Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent, Year A. Recently, I visited a family who had just moved. They asked me to come over and bless their new home. As is often the case after a move, many of their possessions were still in boxes, waiting to be unpacked. Many of the things that were …
Homily for the Third Sunday of Advent, Year A. In the year 1223, on his way back from Rome, St. Francis of Assisi stopped in the little Italian town of Greccio. The caves in that town reminded him of another little town—Bethlehem—which Francis had visited several years before. This gave Francis an idea. And so, …
Homily for the Second Sunday of Advent, Year A. If you worked at a PR firm, and were in charge of picking a spokesperson for the Advent season, the last person you’d probably pick is John the Baptist. You might pick St. Nick. You might pick a shepherd. You might pick an angel or a …
Isaiah Forty-Three 