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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Sources of Power and Bridges to Heaven | 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2020
Homily for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 13 September 2020 Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus “Christianity is not a behavior management system, but is a complete transformation unto glory.” Sr. Miriam James, SOLT Listen
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We the People, We the Body | Homily for 9/11
Here’s my homily from Mass this morning commemorating the 19th anniversary of 9/11: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for
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The Embarrassing Distance | 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2020
Homily for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) 6 September 2020 Cathedral of Saint Raymond and Sacred Heart Parish — “You, son of man, I have appointed watchman for the house of Israel.†“If
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The Un-Instagrammable Self and Becoming What We Love – 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time 2020
Homily for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time 23 August 2020 Sacred Heart Parish “Everything of any significance you will do in your life will be done by your un-Instagrammable self.” – Tara Westover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOO1d2yuTp0)
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Gloria Dei Homo Vivens | 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2020
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
