Latest Homilies
Understanding the signs that God gives us
March 8, 2015
Homily for March 8, 2015 (3rd Sunday of Lent)
Exodus 20:1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1:22-25; John 2:13-25
Five Holy Martyrs Parish, Chicago
This past week, the Church celebrated the memorial of St. Casimir, a Polish prince who...
Sacrificing Human Dignity
March 1, 2015
No matter how many times we have read or heard it, the story of Abraham’s near-sacrifice of Isaac still has the capacity to shock us. It is hard to imagine how a good and loving God could ask or command such a thing...
Lent—our collective annual sojourn to the desert
February 22, 2015
Homily for February 22, 2015 (First Sunday of Lent)
Genesis 9:8-15; Psalm 25; 1 Peter 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15
Rainbows are one of nature’s masterpieces. Can you remember the first time that you beheld that beautiful...
Je suis Charlie / Je suis un lépreux
February 15, 2015
Homily for February 15, 2015
Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-48; Psalm 32; 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1; Mark 1:40-45
The murders of 12 people in the attack on the offices of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo last month shocked the...
Notes from a Journey - Capuchin Friar John Celichowski