A Homily for Epiphany May all kings bow before him, all nations serve him. –Psalm 72:11– When I was growing up, our family would unwrap our Christmas gifts on Christmas morning. My siblings and I would have only a few hours to enjoy our booty, but then, sure enough, sometime
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Jesus came to his native place and taught the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and mighty deeds? Is he not the carpenter’s son? Is not his mother named Mary and his brothers James, Joseph, Simon, and Judas? Are not
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Herodias’s own daughter came in and performed a dance that delighted Herod and his guests. The king said to the girl, “Ask of me whatever you wish and I will grant it to you.” He even swore [many things] to her, “I will grant you whatever you ask of me,
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Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done. –Proverbs 19:17– Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow me.”
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A Homily for the Twenty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C The most powerful weapon to conquer the devil is humility. For as he does not know at all how to employ it, neither does he know how to defend himself from it.[1] –Saint Vincent de Paul– Not too
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A Homily for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C When the days for his being taken up were fulfilled, he [i.e. Jesus] resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem, and he sent messengers ahead of him. On the way they entered a Samaritan village to prepare for his reception
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A Homily for Pentecost My friend Rose bakes one awesome blueberry pie. It’s her mother-in-law’s recipe, and she follows it to the “T.” This is, no doubt, because the pie is quite delicious, but it is also, in no small measure, because Rose has a great deal of love
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A Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Year C My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me. –John 10:27– I’ve said this often before: My tough Slovak mother hated when her kids would whine. As a trained nurse, Mom had a great deal of
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“I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent
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A Homily for Ascension Thursday [Christ] ascended, not to distance himself from our lowly state but that we, his members, might be confident of following where he, our Head and Founder, has gone before. –Preface I of the Ascension of the Lord– When I was in college, years before
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