Homily for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ss. Peter and Paul Church – Naperville 4 July 2021 — What an appropriate first reading for my first weekend Masses with all of you: 
”whether they
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Farewell Mass from the Cathedral |19 June 2021
Hi everyone! On Saturday, June 19, we had a going away Mass and celebration as I prepare to move up to Naperville on July 1st. I have to admit that I’m a bit frazzled as
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Behold This Heart | Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart 2021
Homily for the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus St. Patrick Church St. Charles, Illinois 11 June 2021 — Yet, though I stooped to feed my child,
 they did not know that I
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Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound | Final Mass at Sacred Heart
Hey everyone! This weekend was my final Mass at Sacred Heart in Joliet. My time there was incredible! I grew so much from getting to know this small-but-mighty community and I hope I was able
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Act Like It | Corpus Christi 2021
Homily for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Jesus (Corpus Christi) 6 June 2021 Watch it here below: (pretty nice thumbnail, yeah?)
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You Gonna Sit Down or What? | Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity 2021
Homily for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity 30 May 2021 — Watch my homily on YouTube below: The quotes I was reading are from Fire of Mercy, Heart of the Word: Meditations on
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Grey Way, No Way: Come Holy Spirit!
Homily for the Solemnity of Pentecost 
and Confirmation of Wil Kiley 22 May 2021 Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus I, Ezekiel, prophesied as I had been told, and even as I was prophesying I heard
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Why Are You Just Standing There, Staring at the Sky? | Ascension Sunday 2021
Happy Ascension! You can almost picture it: the disciples who had known Jesus and followed him for years – who really thought he was dead forever but were astonished when he appeared again alive in
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Ryan Nonnatus | 6th Sunday of Easter 2021 (Mother’s Day)
Homily for the 6th Sunday of Easter – Mother’s Day – May 9, 2021. What does St. Raymond Nonnatus’ name mean? What would St. Raymond say to the congresswoman who used the phrase “birthing people”.
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The Heart that Condemns You | 5th Sunday of Easter 2021
Second Reading: 1 John 3:18-24 Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. Now this is how we shall know that we belong to the truth and reassure our
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