Homily for the 5th Sunday of Lent – 18 March 2018 St. Mary Immaculate Parish – Plainfield, IL Jesus did not come to make bad people good. Jesus came to make dead people live. Jesus
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On Laetare, We Wear [Rose] | Homily for the 4th Sunday of Lent
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“Convert Yo’Self” and Believe | Homily for the First Sunday of Lent 2018
Homily for the First Sunday of Lent – 18 February 2018 St. Mary Immaculate Church – Plainfield, IL Gn. 9:8-15; 1 Pt. 3:18-22; Mk. 1:12-15 — First, a reminder to participate in our Project Passion
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Feast of St. Claude la Colombiere
Today’s the feast of my patron, St. Claude la Colombiere. Here’s one of my favorite prayers from him: “My savior, do I still desire something which is not you? Are you not sufficient for me,
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“Young Man, Arise.” | Funeral Homily for Allen Soppet
Homily for the Funeral Mass of Allen Soppet 6 February 2018 St. Christina Church – Chicago, IL — On February 6, 1989, 29 years ago to the day, members of this family were together just
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Life: One Damn Thing After Another? | Homily for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Homily for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 4 February 2018 Basilica of St. Adalbert – Grand Rapids, MI Jb 7:1-4, 6-7; 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23; Mk 1:29-39 — I’m grateful to Father Dan
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“Come, Follow Me” in a Life-Challenged World | Homily for Respect Life Sunday
Homily for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – 21 January 2018 St. Mary Immaculate Parish – Plainfield, IL Jon 3: 1-5, 10; 1 Cor 7:29-31; Mk 1:14-20 — Tomorrow, January 22, marks the 45th
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From the ‘Words No One Knows’ File: A Homily on Hermeneutics
What’s your hermeneutic? 7:30 is a little early for words like that, I guess. A hermeneutic is a method of teaching, and a lens of learning. It deals with the way we approach certain topics
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Merry? | Christmas Homily 2017
The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us? The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us. How strange. We have the disadvantage of being of this side of the story. For us, we
