January 26, 2025 – Third Sunday in Ordinary Time Dear friends, This week is CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK here at the parishes and also in the country. This week, we give thanks to God in a more intentional way for the gift of Catholic Education and for those who make it…

Sunday, December 29th, 2024 – Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph Dear friends, This weekend, as we thank God for the gift of Christ’s Word and Real Presence in the Eucharist, we also gather to give thanks to the Lord for the year 2024 which will…

Sunday, November 24th, 2024 – The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe Dear Sisters and Brothers, Today, we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King, the last Sunday of the 2024 liturgical year. We will begin a new Church year next weekend when we enter the…

October 27th, 2024 – Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sisters & Brothers, I cannot speak for others who preach homilies, but I realize that I seldom offer reflections on the responsorial psalms we pray after the first reading at every Mass. In light of that, I would like to reflect…

September 29th, 2024 – Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Dear Sisters & Brothers, Calling all pet owners! This coming Friday is the Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi. Stories from Francis’ life demonstrate that he loved animals. (Look up the stories of the Wolf of Gubbio and Francis preaching to…

August 25th, 2024 – Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time “As a result of this, many of the disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied Jesus. He then said to the Twelve, “Do you also want to leave?”(Gospel of St. John, Ch. 6) Dear Friends, My…

July 28th, 2024 – Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time “Have the people recline.”(Gospel of St. John, ch.6) Dear Friends, So reads the Gospel this Sunday, when Jesus reacts to a large, starving crowd, in anticipation of multiplying a small amount of food to feed the 5,000. I probably would have…

June 30, 2024 – Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time “In the prison of his days, teach the free man how to praise.” Inscription on Memorial stone for W.H. Auden in Westminster Abbey, from his poem, “In Memory of W.B. Yeats”. Dear Friends, Our Gospel today from St. Mark shows the…

May 26th, 2024 – The Most Holy Trinity Dear friends, This weekend we celebrate the solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity. Who is God? Three divine persons, one God? As I enter my fifth year of priesthood, I realize that I know less about God now than my first year…