Homily for the 1st Sunday of Advent Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus and Sacred Heart Parish 29 November 2020 — As you know, the priests here were in quarantine for the last 3 weeks. It’s
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The Mysterious Man on the Mountain | 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
Homily for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 8 November 2020 Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus — It is hard to believe there are only three more weeks until Advent. For that matter, it’s hard
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O Sacred Banquet, Laid Out Before Me | All Souls’ Day Mass 2020
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
