Feature Image: Vincent the Sower, Vincent Van Gogh (1888) Homily for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 15 July 2017 Is 55:10-11; Rom 8:18-23; Mt 13:1-23 — Does anyone remember the opening prayer from Mass
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Homily for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time: “A Caste of Men to Say, ‘Come To Me.'”
Homily for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Zec. 9:9-10; Rom. 8:9, 11-13; Mt. 11:25-30 — As many of you know, I recently spent nine weeks in the Holy Land to pray and study with
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Wonder, Desire, and Human Longing | Theology on Tap for the Archdiocese of St. Louis
Theology on Tap for the Archdiocese of St. Louis on June 27, 2017 at Kirkwood Station Brewing Company, Kirkwood, MO. Videography by LuxianFilms.
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Homily for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Homily for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 2, 2017 – St. Mary Immaculate Parish — The Gospel today is one of the passages that is full of paradoxes, including what seems to have
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“Infinite Togetherness”: Homily for Trinity Sunday
Notoriously, this is one of the hardest Sundays of the year to preach on. Today is Holy Trinity Sunday, and perhaps no concept, no doctrine throughout the history of Christianity has been the subject
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“Will It Be Him?” – Homily from St. Isaac Jogues Faith Rally
In her Magnificat (Luke 1:46-55), Mary proclaims, “My soul magnifies the Lord!” If someone were to look at the center of my heart, who or what would they find glorified there? Myself, money, job, others’
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“The Cross Has the Final Word”: Pardon me, what?
I love Kari Jobe. Her music is great, very prayerful. Her ministry, both as a worship pastor in Texas and as a travelling musician/worship leader have no doubt borne fruit in the hearts and lives
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Ending Lent: Don’t Go Back To Slavery
Ideally, we spent Lent trying to live differently. We “gave stuff up” or added something new, but all for the purpose of living differently and in a new way. Lent is not a time of
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On Diaconate Ordination and the Fear of Missing Out
As ol’ Jimmy loves pointing out, today marks 38 days until the 8 of us from Joliet are ordained deacons. (Click here for the details) It’s pretty crazy to think that in just over
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“Don’t Worry” – Yeah, Easy for Jesus to Say (The Litany of Trust)
I struggle with trust. People who struggle with trust usually also are pretty good at nervous breakdowns. I have to be perfect. I have to do everything by myself. I will fix myself. I will
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