The article, “Others Do Not Create Problems for Us; Others Make Us Aware of the Problems We Have”, an interview with Fr. Julian Carron, is quoted often in this homily. Homily for the Third Sunday of
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Glory, Grief, and Summer Lightning | Homily for the Joliet Divorced & Widowed Conference
Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Lent Divorced and Widowed Conference Blanchette Catholic Center – Crest Hill, IL — The birth of glory is received in grief, and the worst kind of grief comes after
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Give Up Something That Will Shake Up Your Day | First Sunday of Lent
Homily promoting the Lenten Parish Mission, “Facing Mercy”, at Notre Dame Parish in Clarendon Hills, IL.
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“We Need a Lent” | School Mass Homily for Ash Wednesday
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The Birth of Glory is Received in Grief: Loving, Losing, and Being Beloved | Edith Stein Project Conference
Edith Stein Project Closing Banquet Address 16 February 2019 University of Notre Dame — I am grateful to IDND and everyone involved with the Edith Stein Project and this conference for the invitation to address
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Not Willing to be Purified = Not Willing to be a Disciple | 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Homily for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time 10 February 2019 Cathedral of St. Raymond and Sacred Heart — Around Thanksgiving, I was sitting in my room in the rectory when I heard a loud
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It Hurts Father’s Feelings When You Call Him Fat: A Case Study in Being Beloved
Homily for the Baptism of the Lord 13 January 2019 Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus — Heaven was opened, and the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from
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“Is it You, Lord?”| Homily for Epiphany Sunday 2018
“Search diligently for the child.” Sometimes I wish I lived in the time of Jesus’ birth. Now, for better or worse, there is a certain baggage that comes along with the name of Jesus that
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Mrs. Maisel and the Glory Days
I’ve been watching (binging) a show on Amazon Prime called “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” It’s about a Jewish woman on the upper East Side of Manhattan in the 1950’s whose husband leaves her and she
