Sunday, November 17th, 2024 – Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time Happy Sunday! November is devoted to praying for the dead, one of the corporal works of mercy. As we approach the end of the liturgical year, we are reminded of the end times. We have all lost people in our…

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…

April 28, 2024 – Fifth Sunday of Easter “Now this is how we shall know that we belong to the truth and reassure our hearts before him in whatever our hearts condemn,for God is greater than our hearts and knows everything.” (1 John, Ch. 3) Dear Friends, The Risen Lord…

March 31st, 2024 – Easter Sunday of the Resurrection of the Lord He is Risen! Alleluia! Alleluia! What a great day! We have spent the last forty days preparing to celebrate. We have fasted, and now it is time to feast, for our Lord and Savior has conquered death—he has…

February 25th, 2024 – Second Sunday of Lent “To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.” (St. John Henry Newman) Dear Friends, The Lenten Gospel of the Transfiguration this Sunday reminds us that in his time with us when he was here on earth,…