Grace as Needed

A Homily for Father’s Day and for the Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary time, Year A Jesus sent out these twelve after instructing them thus, “Do not go into pagan territory or enter a Samaritan town.  Go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. –Matthew 10:5-6–   If you

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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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