Articles & Homilies

Homily for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 26 July 2020 Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus Joliet, Illinois Two Common questions: From those on the outside: “What do you still see in the Church?” From

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Homily from the 5pm Mass at the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet Readings available here: http://usccb.org/bible/readings/071920.cfm  

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Homily for the Solemnity of Pentecost 31 May 2020 Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus — G.K. Chesterton: “what’s wrong with the world?” “I am.” Fr. Presta: “Hey pal, maybe the problem is you.” The famous:

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Homily for Holy Thursday 9 April 2020 Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus — Dear Bishop Pates, my brother priests, Deacon Len, the community of Saint Raymond Nonnatus, brothers and sisters in Christ from the Diocese

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Yeah, you’re at home, and yeah you have more time than ever to relax and pray and do puzzles and eat Swiss Rolls (guilty as charged)…how’s that going for ya? If you’re like me, you’re

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Who needs the transgression when we have the gift??    

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Sorry for the delay in posting. I’ve been having some login issues with WordPress. All fixed! (hopefully…) Below is the audio of the homily I gave on Ash Wednesday at Chesterton Academy of the Holy

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Here is the full audio from my keynote at the 2020 Edith Stein Project Conference on 7 February at the University of Notre Dame, entitled “Authenticity, Communion, and the Defeat of Nihilism in the Digital

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Also, check out this link to a blog post over at The Rabbit Room for a post I found particularly moving about Rembrandt and why he painted two versions of the Presentation in the Temple,

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