Here are the readings from this week: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040322-YearC.cfm I also used this passage from JPII’s Redemptoris Missio: The ministry of Jesus is described in the context of his journeys within his homeland. Before Easter, the scope
Just read 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:20 16 [k]Therefore, we are not discouraged;[l] rather, although our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17 For this momentary light affliction is producing for us an
From March 18-26, 2022 I was on pilgrimage with the seniors I teach at Chesterton Academy in Lisle. I preached more than twice, but here are recordings of two of my homilies. Sunday, March 20th
Ash Wednesday Homily 2 March 2022 Ss. Peter and Paul & Chesterton Academy — “You are only as sick as your secrets. Jesus, on the cross, with arms outstretched and offering himself for you in
Homily for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time 21 February 2022 Ss. Peter and Paul, Naperville — Over the last few Sundays, the Church has been bringing us through Luke’s account of the Sermon on
(Photo: Taken last week in the cemetery at Mundelein Seminary) Although the grounds at Mundelein Seminary are visited by thousands of people every year, not many people know that there is a cemetery there, tucked
The readings for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C are some of my favorites of the whole cycle, with the reading from Isaiah 6 being particularly important to me. Despite everything, God has
Office of Readings, 28 January – Memorial of St. Thomas Aquinas, Priest and Doctor From a Conference by St. Thomas Aquinas (Collatio 6 super Credo in Deum) Why did the Son of God have to
This weekend, the 3rd week in Ordinary Time, is known as “Word of God Sunday” since 2019, and is a day on which the whole Church is encouraged to reflect more specifically on the role
