The Narrow Way

A Homily for the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C “Strive to enter through the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter but will not be strong enough.” –Luke 13:24–   If you have heard this story from me prior to 2022, you are probably

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I Know Who You Are

A Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year B Most of us, I dare say, would prefer Mom’s home cooking to fast food, being chauffeured by a close friend to being chauffeured by an Uber driver, recovering from an illness at home among loved ones to undergoing rehabilitation in

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The Bible in a Year

A Homily for the Third Sunday of Easter, Year B 18 April 2021 Then he opened their minds to understand the Scriptures. –Luke 35:45–             Wouldn’t it be nice if you had your own personal guide to help you read and interpret the Bible?  Well, have I got good news

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Stay Aboard

A Homily for the Second Sunday of Lent, Year B Window in the Eucharistic Chapel in the Church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris God patiently waited in the days of Noah during the building of the ark, in which a few persons, eight in all, were saved through water.  This prefigured baptism,

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