Latest Homilies

Epiphany of the Lord

January 6, 2024
Isaiah 6:1-6; Psalm 72 (v.v.); Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12 I never thought I’d begin a homily highlighting Taylor Swift, but she’s hard to ignore. She’s Time magazine’s Person of the Year for...

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Feast of the Holy Family

December 30, 2023
Sirach 3:2-6, 12-14; Psalm 128 (v.v.); Colossians 3:12-17; Luke 2:22-40 On December 18, the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith issued Fiducia Supplicans (“The supplicating trust”), its Declaration on the...

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Third Sunday of Advent

December 16, 2023
Isaiah 61:1:1-2a, 10-11; Luke 1:46-50, 53-54; 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24; Jn 1:6-8, 19-28 Norman Higginbotham. I still remember the name of the professor who taught Astronomy at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point more than...

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Second Sunday of Advent

December 9, 2023
Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11; 2 Peter 3:8-14; Mark 1:1-8 In 1919 an ambitious young officer in the U.S. Army was tasked with leading a convoy of more than 80 trucks from the East Coast to the West Coast. Their purpose was to assess our...

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