Month: December 2021

Where is love?

"The child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him."

12/26/2021 Homily
A new creation dawns

"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things came to be through him."

12/25/2021 Homily
Is the birth of Christ an historical event?

"For today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is Christ and Lord."

12/25/2021 Homily
What happened to Christmas?

Scripture Readings Somebody is waging war on Christmas. Who do you think it is? Is it the atheistic humanists who’ve replaced “Merry Christmas” with “Happy Holidays?” Is it the immigrants […]

12/19/2021 Homily
Sacred Scripture has two faces.

“I am baptizing you with water, but one mightier than I is coming. I am not worthy to loosen the thongs of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire."

12/12/2021 Homily
Who was John the Baptist?

"John went throughout the whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.”

12/05/2021 Homily

Reversing Course

May we ever confess to the glory of God the Father, Jesus Christ is Lord.
Is Your Eye Evil?

God doesn’t operate within a merit economy where everyone gets exactly what’s due them. God operates within a grace economy, where everyone receives not only what’s due, but more. The question was never whether the landowner was fair. The question is: is your eye evil because he is good?
Compassion, Love, and Mercy

The debt forgiven was billions; the debt refused was thousands. Jesus’s parable isn’t only about an ungrateful servant — it’s about compassion received and compassion withheld. Failures in compassion are, in the end, failures in gratitude. And the torturers we’re handed over to wear our own face.
Sin and Punishment

Punishment purchases compliance at the cost of resentment. It cannot bring about metanoia. Before we confront someone’s wrong, we have to ask: does it need to be said? Does it need to be said by me? Does it need to be said now? Correction, rightly practiced, seeks conversion, not vengeance.
The Fundamental Option

Give in to the voice that says you’re too weak, not good enough, settle for the easier way — or take up your cross and go through your fears into the life of the Spirit. Karl Rahner called it the fundamental option. For all of us, the choice is the same: death or life. Choose life.
Living with Uncertainty

Peter confesses, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God” — but did he even understand what he was saying? Between Shebna and Eliakim, between Pan and Yahweh, between the good popes and the self-serving ones, Scripture keeps handing us dichotomy rather than clarity. Growth doesn’t come from certainty, but from the willingness to sit with what we don’t fully understand.