Latest Homilies

What will be our responses as people of faith?

Homily for November 13, 2016 (33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time) Malachi 3:19-20a; Psalm 98; 2 Thessalonians 3:7-12; Luke 21:5-19 I began writing this homily on Election Night 2016, sitting in my guestroom at St. Philip Neri Friary...

What God wants for us

Homily for November 6, 2016 (32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time) 2 Maccabees 7:-12, 9-14; Psalm 17; 2 Thessalonians 2:16-3:5; Luke 20:27-38 Very early this morning (2 AM!) we marked the beginning of Daylight Saving Time.  We were...

God’s Grace in Our Lives

Homily for October 30, 2016 (31st Sunday in Ordinary Time) Wisdom 11:22-12:2; Psalm 145; 2 Thessalonians 11:11-2:2; Luke 19:1-10 Our culture and economy encourage upward mobility, particularly in the material sense....

Sinners on their way to becoming saints

Homily for October 23, 2016 (30th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Sirach 35:1-12-14, 16-18; Psalm 34; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-28; Luke 18:9-14               ...