Feature Image: “Moses with the Ten Commandments” – Rembrandt Homily for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 29 October 2017 St. Mary Immaculate – Plainfield, IL Ex 20:22-26; 1 Thess 1:5C-10; Mt 22:34-40 —
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Heaven’s Party and Complicated Hearts | Homily for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Homily for the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 15 October 2017 (St. Mary Immaculate, Plainfield and St. Isaac Jogues, Hinsdale) Is. 25:6-10a; Phil. 4:12-14, 19-20; Mt. 22:1-14 — I’m excited this week. Really excited,
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Evil Eyes and Envious Hearts | Homily for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2017
Homily for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 24 September 2017 Is 55:6-8; Phil 1:20-24, 27; Mt 20:1-16 — Si Comprehendis Deus, Non Est Deus How’s your Latin? These words from the great St.
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“Owe Nothing to Anyone” | Homily for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
Homily for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – 10 September 2017 Ez 33:7-9; Rom 13:8-10; Mt 18:15-20 — I suppose both of us -all of you and me- are at a disadvantage when it’s
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God’s Silence and Persistent Faith: Homily for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Homily for the 20th Week in Ordinary Time – 20 August 2017 Is 56:1, 6-7; Rom 11:13-15, 29-32; Mt 15:21-28 — Another exciting week in world news, huh? After a week of watching people trying
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Mary: Hylomorphic Model | Homily for the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary (15 August 2017)
Homily for the Solemnity of the Assumption Rev 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10; 1 Cor 15:20-27; Lk 1:39-56 — Who in here considers themselves to be a “human personâ€? Does the phrase “hylopmorphic compound†mean anything to
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Wherein I Delete Snapchat: Homily for the 19th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Homily for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 13 August 2017 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a; Rom 9:1-5; Mt 14:22-33 — [30 seconds of awkward silence] Our parents told us that “silence is goldenâ€, but
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St. Lawrence and the Most Basic Lesson of All
A very happy feast of St. Lawrence to all! St. Lawrence was a Roman deacon, so it’s been great celebrating this feast day with the whole Church this year as a deacon. The account of
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“Qui Est Jesus?” – Homily for Transfiguration Sunday
Homily for the Feast of the Transfiguration – 6 August 2017 Dn 7:9-10, 13-14; 2 Pt 1:16-19; Mt 17:1-9 — When I was travelling through Luxembourg a couple of years ago, I was able to
