Homilies
In my homily for last Sunday, I used the Impressionist painters as the springboard to discuss the image of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. These French painters responded to the…
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Eighteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time, Year A, Matthew 14:13-21 What do you call the round, flat ceramic object where you put the food that sits right in front of you…
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What are the things in your life that make you humble? What are the circumstances and situations which never fail to make you feel small, like you want to run…
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La Santa Misa se transmitió desde la Iglesia Católica Nuestra Señora del Lago, Lake Ozark, Missouri. Se ha permitido una participación pública limitada en la misa para nuestras parroquias. Lea…
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Read the beginning of the Gospel another time like this: On the evening of that first day of the week, when the doors were locked, where the disciples were, for…
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St. John the Evangelists begins his Gospel with these words: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God. And the Word was God.” There are no…
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Today is the fifteen anniversary of the passing of St. Pope John Paul II. It is fitting that all of us offer a prayer of gratitude to God for raising…
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The 20th Century brought forth into the world incomprehensible tragedy human history and tested the limits of reason and science. One of the more popular slogans that appeared in the…
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(English below) Se sabía que San Juan de Vianne había pasado muchas horas en el confesionario escuchando a la gente decirle sus pecados y ofreciendo penitencia y absolución. Un día,…
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This is the Sunday of Enlightenment as we proclaim Jesus, the Light to the World that shines in the darkness of sin and ignorance. The readings are about seeing: …
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