Homily for the Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B. One of the earliest memories that I have is of my family camping at the Royal Gorge in Colorado. I was about a year and a half old at the time. And for the longest time I thought this memory was just a nightmare until …
Author: Fr. Nick Baumgardner
Reverent Worship & Reception of Holy Communion
Homily for the Solemnity of the Most Blessed Trinity, Year B. A priest once told me in college that, at the end of the day, “You either have a Pope, or you are the Pope.” What he meant by this was you either belonged to a religion, like the Catholic religion, that had a final …
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Patience and Pentecost
Homily for the Solemnity of Pentecost, Year B. Since the day I was ordained, I’ve probably heard a couple thousand confessions. And one of the most common sins I’ve heard confessed is impatience: Impatience with my spouse, my kids, my siblings, my coworkers, other drivers on the road, the person in front of me WHO …
Take a Risk!
Homily for the Solemnity of the Ascension, Year B. I don’t know about you, but for the past week or so, there’s been one team and one man on my mind. This team has sometimes had 12 men on the field, sometimes 11. The man who leads them has been with them for several years. …
Christians or Deists?
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 …
