Latest Homilies
What is greatness?
September 20, 2015
Homily for September 20, 2015 (25th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Wisdom 2:12, 17-20; Psalm 54; James 3:16-4:3; Mark 9:30-37
It’s great to be wearing Green and Gold to celebrate with you today. Not only is it liturgically...
Another kind of heroism
September 13, 2015
Homily for September 13, 2015 (24th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Isaiah 50:4c-9a; Psalm 116; James 2:14-18; Mark 8:27-35
Ben was just a Nebraska farm boy when, like thousands of other Americans, he and his brother Fred volunteered...
Harmony-Creating a New World
September 6, 2015
Homily for September 6, 2015 (23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Isaiah 35:4-7a; Psalm 146; James 2:1-5; Mark 7:31-37
Only the Son of God could make spitting and groaning seem almost sacramental!
We all know of Jesus as a powerful...
Inside Job
August 30, 2015
Homily for August 30, 2015 (22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time)
Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8; Psalm 15; James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27; Mark 7:-18, 14-14, 21-23
Inside Job
Several years ago, Dr. Sylvia Boorstein wrote a book entitled, Happiness...
Notes from a Journey - Capuchin Friar John Celichowski