Month: April 2025

Patron Saint of Skeptics

Second Sunday of Easter Scripture Readings These few verses, encompassing two appearances of the risen Jesus to his disciples, were meant to be the conclusion of John’s Gospel and a […]

04/27/2025 Homily
What Do You Do Now?

Easter Sunday Scripture Readings The tomb is empty. What do you do now? What do you do after life mocked your life-long hopes and dreams and condemned them to a […]

04/20/2025 Homily
The Empty Tomb

“Do not be amazed! You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not here.”

04/20/2025 Homily
Power, The Great Delusion

"It is finished."

04/18/2025 Homily
A New Commandment

“I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.”

04/18/2025 Homily
My Thoughts Are Not Your Thoughts

“Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the kingdom of our father David that is to come! Hosanna in the highest!”

04/13/2025 Homily
Sin and the Law

“Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”

04/06/2025 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.