Articles & Homilies

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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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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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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Here’s a talk I gave at Notre Dame (Clarendon Hills, IL) Parish’s Forming Minds and Hearts night on Monday, April 26. I spoke about the prophets of the Old Testament, and used Abraham Heschel’s book The

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Hi everyone, and a very blessed Divine Mercy Sunday to you all. I hope that the Easter Octave was fruitful and joyful. Here’s my homily from Divine Mercy Sunday at the Cathedral: (if you’re seeing

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Hi everyone! Happy Easter! He is risen, Alleluia!! Jesus our Hope is risen from the dead! Alleluia! This week, I’m sharing my homilies from Holy Thursday and Easter Sunday from the Cathedral of Saint Raymond

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Here’s my homily from Palm Sunday at the Cathedral: Please know of my prayers for a very fruitful Holy Week!

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Is life on earth really just a drudgery, like Job says? One darn thing after another? How did Jesus handle interruptions to his life?   I also preached on this a couple of years ago,

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Homily for the 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus – Joliet, Illinois 31 January 2021 — Watch it here: Let’s talk about the prophets! When we hear the familiar words as

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