April 28, 2019 Second Sunday of Easter Homily
The prayer Jesus I trust in you is the heart of the Divine Mercy devotion. The mercy of God is our only hope – and every day, as we walk the various paths of life, we learn to whisper over and over again, deep down in our hearts: Jesus, I...
April 21, 2019 Easter Sunday Homily
When Adam and Eve turned from God they turned also from their own inner self as well as from each other. We could say they found themselves in dis-grace. Their destiny to return to God could now no longer be accomplished. They, and we, were doomed to live in a...
April 20, 2019 Easter Vigil Homily
The truths of our faith are as startling as they are simple. What, for example, is there not to understand about the foundational truth: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth or: God fashioned man of dust from the soil? Theologians may debate the finer details and...
April 18, 2019 Holy Thursday Homily
Our celebration tonight is very joyful. We remember the Last Supper in a particular way and we remember Jesus giving us the Eucharist during the Last Supper, his Body and Blood, and giving us the priesthood during the Last Supper so that we can continue to have Jesus present in...
April 14, 2019 Palm Sunday Homily
In today’s world there is suffering everywhere, especially on our TV screens, and we have learned to close our senses to most of it. Our hearts remain unmoved by all but the tiny proportion, which occasionally manages to get under our guard. Isaiah, the prophet, on the other hand, describes...
April 7, 2019 Fifth Sunday of Lent Homily
Who remembers last Sunday’s Gospel? Of course, you do, it was the parable of the prodigal son. This week’s Gospel is remarkably similar, the story of a woman caught in the act of adultery. Each Gospel presents a sinner – a bad sinner. A son who insults his father by...