Homilies

From the Past Year

  • Behold the Lamb of God
    “Now I have seen and testified that he is the Son of God.”
  • Remembering Our Commitment
    “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.”
  • Do Not Be Afraid
    “Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home.”
  • Old Misconceptions
    “Amen, I say to you, among those born of women there has been none greater than John the Baptist”
  • Most Fully Gifted
    “Hail, full of grace! The Lord is with you.”
  • Three Baptisms
    “John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the desert of Judea and saying, ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!’”
  • The Advent of Mindfulness
    “So too, you also must be prepared, for at an hour you do not expect, the Son of Man will come.”
  • Two Kinds of Death
    “Amen, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise.”
  • Realized Eschatology
    “When you hear of wars and insurrections, do not be terrified; for such things must happen first, but it will not immediately be the end.”
  • Worshipping in God’s Temple
    “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
  • The Day of Yahweh
    “For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who sees the Son and believes in him may have eternal life and I shall raise him on the last day.”
  • Blessed Be the Kingdom
    Solemnity of All Saints Scripture Readings Once again, on this Solemnity of All Saints, I can’t stress more emphatically how badly I believe that traditional Christianity—including our own Roman Catholic Church—has distorted the message of… Read more: Blessed Be the Kingdom
  • Out of Unconsciousness
    “…for whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
  • God, Our Justice
    “I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.”
  • Dispositions toward Prayer
    “Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!” And when he saw them, he said, “Go show yourselves to the priests.”
  • But You Do Not Intervene
    “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you would say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you.”
  • Condemnation or Consolation?
    “If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.”
  • God and Mammon
    “The person who is trustworthy in very small matters is also trustworthy in great ones.”
  • The Cross: Doorway and Key
    “…he humbled himself, becoming obedient to death, even death on a cross.”
  • Conscious Discipleship
    “This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.”
  • God’s Banquet of Love
    “When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet, do not recline at table in the place of honor.”
  • Strive to Enter
    “Strive to enter through the narrow gate.”
  • Transformative Change
    “Do you think that I have come to establish peace on the earth? No, I tell you, but rather division.”
  • Unholy Trinity Antidote
    “Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.”
  • The Unholy Trinity Heresy
    “You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you.”
  • Lord, Teach Us to Pray
    “Lord, teach us to pray just as John taught his disciples.”
  • The Better Part
    “Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.”
  • What Must I Do?
    “And who is my neighbor?”
  • Practical Discipleship
    “At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit.”
  • Unity in Diversity
    “And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.”
  • The Transparent Body of Christ
    Corpus Christi Scripture Readings The universe was never intended to be opaque. As a matter of fact, as long as humans have walked this planet, each society, each culture, has acknowledged the transparency of creation… Read more: The Transparent Body of Christ
  • God of Mystery, God of Reality
    “Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you..”
  • Spirit of Life, Spirit of Love
    “Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.”
  • The Ascension and You
    “As he blessed them he parted from them and was taken up to heaven.”
  • The Unity Prayer
    Sixth Sunday of Easter (First Reading)Sixth Sunday of Easter (Second and Gospel Readings) This morning, we have in our gospel reading the second half of a prayer offered by Jesus himself as quoted by John.… Read more: The Unity Prayer
  • The Glory of God Manifest
    “I give you a new commandment: love one another.”
  • The Shepherd’s Promise
    “My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”
  • A Supplement for the Church
    “So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord.’”
  • 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 parallel to the Prologue that… Read more: Patron Saint of Skeptics
  • 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 slow and painful death? What… Read more: What Do You Do Now?
  • The Empty Tomb
    “Do not be amazed! You seek Jesus of Nazareth, the crucified. He has been raised; he is not here.”
  • Power, The Great Delusion
    “It is finished.”
  • A New Commandment
    “I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.”
  • 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!”
  • Sin and the Law
    “Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.”
  • Why Forgive?
    “But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.”
  • The Forbearance of God
    “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.”
  • Transformational Experience
    “Then from the cloud came a voice that said, ‘This is my chosen Son; listen to him.`”
  • Lead Us Not into Temptation
    “Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil.”
  • Rewards of Penitence
    “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them”
  • Blind Self-Reliance
    “A good tree does not bear rotten fruit, nor does a rotten tree bear good fruit.”
  • Magical Thinking
    “…love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.”