Month: January 2022

Fear: The Original Sin

“They rose up, drove him out of the town, and led him to the brow of the hill”

01/30/2022 Homily
Do the Churches Get a Failing Grade?

Scripture Readings What’s going on in today’s gospel reading? Right at the beginning of Jesus’s public ministry, Luke takes us back to Nazareth, where Jesus grew up. Along with all […]

01/23/2022 Homily
Transformations

When the wine ran short, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” And Jesus said to her, “Woman, how does your concern affect me? My hour has not yet come.”

01/16/2022 Homily
Christianity Is Not for Children

"You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased."

01/09/2022 Homily
Epiphany or Apocalypse?

"They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother."

01/02/2022 Homily
Two Liturgies, One Celebration

"And Mary kept all these things, reflecting on them in her heart."

01/01/2022 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.

Month: January 2022

Fear: The Original Sin

Do the Churches Get a Failing Grade?

Transformations

Christianity Is Not for Children

Epiphany or Apocalypse?

Two Liturgies, One Celebration