Drinking, Carousing and What?
Today is the first week of the new liturgical year. There are three and we are entering the third, year C. The main Gospel we will focus...
Homily: Disciples of Christ Have to Live by a Higher Standard
Today is the last Sunday of the Liturgical year. This is the Solemnity of Christ the King. The Gospel brings out an interesting scenario....
Homily: Daniel and the Brilliance of Divine Insight
We are in the month of November and in this month our focus is as always on remembering those who have gone before us and calling to mind...
Homily: The Intense Faith of the Widow
Note: This week I chose to begin preaching off script but based on the written homily. The delivered homily will be different than the...
Homily: The Upcoming Bishops Meeting and Canon 915
Next week there will be a meeting of the US bishops in Washington to discuss among other things whether or not politicians who support...
Synod on Synodality
Over the next several years, the Church around the world will be participating in a process called the Synod on Synodality. The Holy...
Do We Need Healing from Blindness?
There is a profound teaching in today’s Gospel. Obviously, it is the story of Blind Bartimaeus of which we know little except that his...
Jesus Had 2 Natures, So Do We
One of the elements of history I love to teach best is the story of the Copernican Revolution. I taught it the other night in...
Living the Spirit of the Law
Today’s Gospel addresses probably the biggest fight in Christianity outside of faith vs works. In fact, it may be based in the fight...
Suffering and Death in the Catholic Vision
Today’s second reading comes to us from the letter to the Hebrews. The author is unknown. One feature of it is the suffering of Jesus and...
