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:

I was struck today by an aspect of this passage "From the story of the death of the holy martyrs of Carthage" that had never really hit me before

Largely due to U.S. excursions throughout the region, over the past 25 years many ancient Christian communities have been decimated, dismantled, and dispersed. Bad theology kills. It kills Christians. Lest I paint with a broom, Evangelicalism is not all of one piece.

Some Friday musings. Ain't gonna lie. It's been a rough year so far:

When reality is overwhelming, disorienting, bad, or even traumatic, "Why?" is a natural response.

Homily for this evening: Today, the Lord does not comfort us. Rather, He provokes us: “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.”

My homily for today: Being a Christian means to desire holiness. It means being hungry and thirsty to be like Christ, a desire that is strengthened by the Eucharist.

A proper Friday traditio: I do need to be reminded of my hope: Jesus Christ. He is the Gospel. He is the Good News. Above all, He is my friend and Companion, without whom my life would lack both meaning and purpose.

Some thoughts for the "real" start of Lent: What I want to focus on is the fact that Jesus really was tempted.

A late traditio:

My Ash Wednesday homily for this evening: Practically, what it means to repent, to be converted, is to engage in this “campaign of Christian service.” Our engagement in this campaign is, in large part, what constitutes our “battle against spiritual evils.”

My last homily this year prior to the start of Lent: Wisdom is only gained through experience. What Christ wants you to experience, far from making your troubles and worries magically disappear, is how He walks with you on the journey of life.

My homily for the last Sunday before Lent: At root, every sin is a failure to love.

This past week provided me with a great chance to be gentler with myself.

My homily for this evening: While this relatively non-descript Galilean peasant is God in the flesh, He is not recognized as such.

Sometimes short is simple and simple is good. It's easy to oversimplify things and it's also easy to over complicate things.

One thing I learned during the first quarter of this century is to never be so foolish as to think things couldn't get worse.

My homily for tonight's celebration: Both Simeon and Anna recognize in the Holy Infant not only their hope, not only the hope of Israel, but as Simeon’s canticle, known by its Latin name the 'Nunc Dimittis,' points out, the hope of the whole world.

Some thoughts to add to the unbounded commentary on the Beatitudes: Be meek and merciful. Also, be a peacemaker, a protagonist.

Another late traditio:

My homily for today's Memorial: Saint Paul starts his Letter to Titus not by asserting his apostleship, which was frequently challenged, given the highly unique circumstances of his call, but by calling himself “a slave of God” (Titus 1:1).

Some thoughts primarily on today's Gospel: In past years, one of my stock theological sayings was... it wasn't intuitively obvious to the casual observer that this itinerant from Nazareth was the Son of God...

While I've never attained the certainty about most things in life (an acute desire from my 20s thru my 40s), I'm very certain about Christ calling me to be a deacon.

My homily for today: Non-violence requires much more courage than violence.

Sadly, this year Martin Luther King, Human Rights Day needs much more emphasis than any time in the recent past.

My homily for Second Sunday in Ordinary Time: There is no better way to begin this, or any season, than by declaring Jesus as the Christ, our Lord and Savior. This is why, at its most fundamental, Christianity isn’t merely a moral code but a person.

Some Friday thoughts:

My homily as we start in Ordinary Time:

Some thoughts on today's Feast in light of the readings: Baptism makes explicit what is implicit. Hence, your baptism, too, is a revelation!

It's Friday. And so, ...

My homily for today's Memorial:

It's the First Friday of a New Year:

For anyone who might need it: