Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Advent, Gaudete Sunday! Recorded at the Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus, Joliet Watch my homily from this weekend below!
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Love Desires to See God | Sermon by St. Peter Chrysologus
From a sermon by St. Peter Chrysologus, bishop (Sermo 147: PL 52, 594-595); Liturgy of the Hours: Thursday, 2nd Week of Advent — When God saw the world falling to ruin because of fear, he
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Hearing Voices and the “Awakness” of Everything | 2nd Sunday of Advent 2020
Homily for the Second Sunday of Advent 7 December 2020 Cathedral of Saint Raymond (Joliet) and St. Patrick Parish (St. Charles) — While I was on quarantine, I was able to get A LOT of
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Desire for the Vision of God | St. Anselm in the Office of Readings
Everyday, all ordained men, as well as many religious women and men and countless lay faithful pray the Liturgy of the Hours, commonly called the “Breviary”. The breviary consists of five “hours”, or times, of
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Looking for Fire, Longing for Christ | 1st Sunday of Advent 2020
Homily for the 1st Sunday of Advent Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus and Sacred Heart Parish 29 November 2020 — As you know, the priests here were in quarantine for the last 3 weeks. It’s
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The Mysterious Man on the Mountain | 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
Homily for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 8 November 2020 Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus — It is hard to believe there are only three more weeks until Advent. For that matter, it’s hard
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O Sacred Banquet, Laid Out Before Me | All Souls’ Day Mass 2020
Holy Mass for the Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus 2 November 2020 — Image credit: “New Jerusalem” by Thom Green This year, we learned more about the statistics of
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Trump’s Not Coming to Your Birthday Party (and neither is Biden) | 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2020
Homily from the Cathedral of Saint Raymond, Joliet Readings: Exodus 22:20-26; 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10; Matthew 22:34-40 — Listen here: Wherein: Jesus beats the Pharisees, Sadducees, and (last week) the Herodians at their own game; We
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Caesar and God | 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2020
Give to Caesar what belongs to Caesar, and to God what belongs to God…but only give everything back to the one who’s given you everything to begin with. Between God and Caesar, only one of
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That’s Chiastic! | 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2020
Listen here: Have in you the same attitude that is also in Christ Jesus: Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he
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