Some thoughts on a familiar parable: Anyone who's been around for a while has seen the dynamics Jesus describes in the Parable of the Sower play out

"Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself..." Saint Francis de Sales

Some thoughts on the readings for Year A, 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time: We burden ourselves with so many things.

Sobering thoughts for a Friday: In my view, many recovery communities better model what the Church needs to become. This is due to the honesty that prevails in those groups.

A short reflection on Sunday's Gospel. No matter how you want to "frame" it, loving Christ first and foremost comes first in the 'ordo amoris.'

My homily for today: Grace cannot be earned. God’s love cannot be earned. There’s no need to earn what you always already have. As we heard in our second reading, the grace of God overflows from the cross of Christ.

Ecumenism is Christians working together to foster communion among all who believe in Christ and are baptized into his death and resurrection.

As Christians, we are not compelled by the Law. Following Christ is not about complying with the checklist of holiness. Rather, as Saint Paul insisted, "For the love of Christ impels us" (2 Cor 5:14).

Some thoughts on a Sunday reading: To be a Christian is to be a grateful recipient of God's mercy given us in Christ

It's interesting being me these days. Of course, there are fundamental theological differences between Catholics and Latter-day Saints.

Corpus Christi: . . . the only truly convincing proof that the bread and the wine become Christ's body and blood are the lives of those who partake of it.

What comes after "No"? In essence, the Church teaches that chastity is "the successful integration of sexuality within the person, ensuring the inner unity of one's bodily and spiritual being" (CCC 2337).

"In a mystery we cannot fathom, God 'empties,' 'loses' Himself in bringing back to Himself His estranged, lost children." Ruth Burrows, OCD

Some thoughts on the Most Holy Trinity

My homily for today: At least according to Jesus, forgiving others “against whom you have a grievance” is necessary for your prayers to be answered.

Pentecost homily: With their Spirit-given ability to speak unknown foreign languages and proclaim salvation through Jesus Christ to all present, the apostles were able to begin God's work uniting humanity.

My homily for today: But the third time the Lord asks Peter, “Do you love me,” He meets Peter where he’s at, so to speak.

My homily for today: Christ ascended so that He could send the Holy Spirit. By means of the Holy Spirit, the Lord can be closer to you than if He had remained bodily. The Holy Spirit is the mode of Christ’s resurrection presence among, in, and through us.

A reflection on today's first reading: Once in Samaria, like Stephen in Jerusalem, Philip "proclaimed Christ to them," that is, proclaimed Jesus as Messiah to the people of Samaria (Acts 8:5).

My homily for this morning: "Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy" Fr M. Louis O.C.S.O.

A short reflection for our Marian celebration this evening: Just like I can’t pass up the opportunity to use the words “penultimate” or “juxtapose,” I can’t do a reflection on our Blessed Mother without at least mentioning 'hyperdulia.'

Both then, in the early Church being persecuted and now even in a comfortable culture, Christ is a 'skandalon.'

Our first reading for today is what the Church, at least since Saint Irenaeus of Lyons, has taken to be the scriptural account of the institution of the diaconate.

Some late thoughts on last Sunday's Gospel: ". . . there is only one Good Shepherd: Jesus Christ."

Homily for today's Memorial of Saint Joseph the Worker: The antiphon for the Invitatory for today’s Memorial is: “Come let us worship Christ the Lord who was honored to be known as the son of a carpenter.”

A homily for this Friday in Easter: Theologically, the two most difficult matters to address are the Blessed Trinity and the Holy Eucharist, perhaps followed by the hypostatic union.

A concentrated reflection on today's Gospel. The story of the road to Emmaus tells the story of the Word becoming flesh and how the Word still becomes flesh.

Homily for this Friday of Easter: The other day, driving down Orchard, I was behind a car that had on its back bumper a sticker that read: “If Jesus had owned a gun, he’d still be alive today.” Talk about an exercise not only in missing the point but in missing the most important point.

A reflection for the Chaplet of Divine Mercy w/ Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: "Evil is real. I am not sure I agree with the assertion that evil is merely a lack. Evil seems to me, at least at times, to have some substance."

My homily for the Second Sunday of Easter: Our Gospel makes very clear that the Risen Lord still bears the wounds of his crucifixion. This is perhaps the best explanation of suffering available to us. It is God telling us he has suffered with us and continues to suffer with and even through us.

Homily for Friday in the Easter Octave: Just as Jesus discovered the price of love was death- though, by His resurrection, He proved love is stronger than death- it wasn’t too long before Peter and John discovered the cost of following Christ.

Homily for Monday in the Octave of Easter Sometimes there is a desire to argue so fervently about the reality of what transubstantiation effects that the only way the bread and wine can make Christ really and truly present is dismissed.

Pope Leo's Easter Urbi et orbi:

My homily for The Lord's Resurrection: It may be easier to comprehend what it means to die with Christ than it is to grasp what it means to live in Him.

Holy Saturday

Reflection on the seventh of Jesus' Seven Last Words: The Christian term for this other is “neighbor.”

Good Friday

Triduum begins:

Homily for Monday of Holy Week: It’s important to note that Jesus’ attitude to His own miracles is ambivalent at best.

Something for the first Gospel:

It's Friday, time for a traditio!

My homily for tonight. Whoa, what readings for a daily Mass! Maybe Jesus wrote “mercy” in the dirt.

My homily for the 5th Sunday of Lent: These passages from Saint John’s Gospel, used by the Church since ancient times for the scrutiny of the Elect, should deeply resonate with us all.

It is through baptism into Christ that the Lord, our God, who is ever faithful, includes you in his merciful covenant.

My homily for today's solemnity: In the words of Saint Paul from our second reading, Saint Joseph is certainly to be numbered among “those who follow the faith of Abraham.”

A reflection on today's readings: To see things clearly requires light. Christ is the Light of World, the One who illuminates this present darkness.

"We, the ordinary people of the streets, believe with all our might that this street, this world, where God has placed us, is our place of holiness" M. Delbrêl

Homily for a Lenten Monday: Too often it is lost on us how unassuming Jesus seemed to most people.

Not only is the liturgy the primary place for encountering Sacred Scripture, it is also prima theologia.

Brief: