Latest Homilies

Take a look at our currency

September 17, 2016
Homily for September 18, 2016 (25th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Amos 8:4-7; Psalm 113; 1 Timothy 2:1-8; Luke 16:1-13 The prophet Amos in our first reading strongly condemned those who “trample upon the needy” by...

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Grace & Mercy

September 10, 2016
Homily for September 11, 2016 Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14; Psalm 51; 1 Timothy 1:12-17; Luke 15:1-32 When I was in elementary school, my brothers and I were caught shoplifting ice cream treats from the freezer at the Park Place...

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Pause and give thanks

September 3, 2016
Homily for September 4, 2016 (23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, C) Wisdom 9:13-18b; Psalm 90; Philemon 9-10, 12-17; Luke 14:25-33 Many years ago, when I was Pastor at Our Lady Gate of Heaven Parish here in Chicago, I would celebrate...

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We are signs of love and mercy

August 20, 2016
Homily for August 21, 2016 (21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, C) Isaiah 66:18-21; Psalm 117; Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13; Luke 13:22-30 Last year Marvel Studios released a movie entitled Ant Man, the story of a superhero who is able to...

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