Homily Archive

My topic today is grace and how grace is sometimes found in the midst of sinful situations. Why? Because God is the God of Surprises....

My key word for today is “Witness” and in the Bible Witness means reporting the truth. But first, a little story that leads into my...

I will begin with my conclusion: Keep yourself focused on God. 850 years before Jesus was born, Elijah was the leading prophet for the...

Today I want to talk about a break in. Not a robbery but the Kingdom of God breaking into the secular kingdom of this earth. One good...

I wish to talk about Care for God’s Creation. For two reasons: 1. Because today’s Gospel contains nature parables, and 2. ...

Today I want to talk about three people who were like weeds that were growing in the midst of the wheat: Saint Peter, Saint Paul and...

Humility will be my topic today and I will talk about people who are humble. In Rome there is a centuries old tradition that says that...

I begin with this question? How did the Crosiers come to Onamia and Wahkon and Hillman and McGrath and other parishes in this area? ...

Recently I heard about a country that has a lot of shoreline; and at one point there are two lighthouses to warn the sailors of dangerous...

My goal for this Corpus Christi liturgy is to tell the story of the Mass. Most of this story will be quite familiar. But some parts of...

Sometimes my homily has three parts to it; and today is one of those days. I want to talk about the First Creation, the Second Creation...

The key word for today’s Mass is JOURNEY. By journey I don’t mean physical travel from one town to another. By journey I’m thinking...

My topic today is hopefulness, and I will enter into the topic with a short story. About thirty years ago Dennis Logan was teaching art...

Several years ago, I heard a speech on a Christian radio station. The speaker was Jack Rushton. Jack had been a teacher until the...

Since today is Good Shepherd Sunday I wish to take a close look at the work of the shepherds in the first century. In the time of Christ,...

My key word today is glimpse. Picture yourself driving at night in a rainstorm. Your headlights allow you to see the road but that is...

Since today’s gospel was longer than usual, my homily will be shorter than usual. We just heard the story of the Passion that took place...

Today I will talk about the God of Surprises and I will begin with a true story. In 1998, the Associated Press published a story which...

I have three stories today. Three stories about having a compassionate heart. In 1807 in northern Virginia, James Wilson, an elderly...

I went to the ordination liturgy at the cathedral on Tuesday and joined a very large crowd in praying for Father Patrick Neary as...