Palm Sunday – Nourished and Nourishing

This beautiful liturgy presents us with three readings that emphasize the essential elements of our living…

Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

Homily for the Procession–given after the proclamation of the Gospel of the Lord’s entrance into Jerusalem,…

Palm Sunday – Don’t Keep the Secret

(This is a brief homily for after the Proclamation of the Passion. In my parish I…

5th Sunday of Lent – Our Hours

  The days are coming when I will write my law deep within their hearts. All…

5th Sunday of Lent – The Hour Has Come

I would like to do something a bit different this morning. Rather than develop a homily…

3rd Sunday of Lent – The Wisdom of the Cross

This Sunday’s gospel put Jesus’ knowledge of our human nature so clearly: He really knew what…

1st Sunday of Lent

First Sunday of Lent of Year B Homily Today we have the story of the flood…

6th Sunday of the year – Love Never Fails

           When I was fourteen or fifteen I had to do a book report for…

5th Sunday of the year

Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time: His Touch Demands Our Response Today’s readings from scripture can raise…

4th Sunday of the year – He Spoke with Authority

In today’s Gospel reading the Sacred Writer, the Holy Spirit, speaks about the authority of the…