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
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“She’s Here.” | Homily for the Immaculate Conception at Mundelein Seminary
Homily for the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary – Solemn Vespers Chapel of the Immaculate Conception – Mundelein Seminary | 7 December 2017 — From 1963, when my mom was 5, until 2007,
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Six Months On: A Credo for an Ordinand
Something very strange is scheduled to happen just under six months from now: after seven years of seminary, and a lifetime of dreaming, I’ll be ordained a priest. It is just now occurring to me
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Esprit de Dieu, Souffle de Vie…
Most of you know by know how big of a Francophile I am, and I was delighted about a month ago to discover that the Emmanuel Community in France produces a daily email series called
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“House of Freedom: 10 Things I’ve Learned” | St. John Vianney Seminary
Here’s the homily I preached on November 11, 2017 at St. John Vianney College Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. Who Do You Think You Are, Anyway? The Only Thing You’re Entitled To Here is Good
