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March 2012

March 03, 2012

Homily for 2nd Sunday of Lent: “Here I am”

I won't be preaching this weekend -- I'm giving a retreat elsewhere -- but here's...

February 2012

February 25, 2012

Homily for February 26, 2012: 1st Sunday of Lent

[Click here for readings.] Last week, my wife and I went to see one of...

February 21, 2012

Homily for February 22, 2012: Ash Wednesday

[Click here for readings] Click the green tab below to hear this homily as it...

February 21, 2012

“Let us pray to set the world ablaze…”

Almost a year ago, we began the Easter season with a roaring fire at the...

February 18, 2012

Homily for February 19, 2012: 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

[Click here for readings.] Audio: click green arrow to listen. [audio:] His name was Andrew...

February 03, 2012

Homily for February 5, 2012: 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time

[Click here for the readings.] Sixty years ago, in the spring of 1952, Congress was...

January 2012

January 28, 2012

Can’t sleep? Try this: a recording of Sunday’s homily

I got an early start, and preached this weekend's homily at Saturday's 5 pm vigil...

January 28, 2012

Homily for January 29, 2012: 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time

[Click here for readings.] Two years ago, a study at Columbia University found some alarming...

January 14, 2012

Homily for January 15, 2012: 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

[Click here for readings.] “What are you looking for?” That question at the heart of...

December 2011

December 30, 2011

Homily for January 1, 2012: Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God

[Click here for readings] A lot of us had our travel interrupted over the holidays...

December 17, 2011

Homily for December 18, 2011: 4th Sunday of Advent

[Click here for readings] Someone once told me that this event we have just heard...

December 10, 2011

Homily for December 11, 2011: 3rd Sunday of Advent

[Click here for the readings] This weekend in Sacramento, they inducted several people into the...

December 03, 2011

Extreme Makeover: homily edition

[After cobbling together this week's homily -- which is much shorter than usual, because the...

November 2011

November 26, 2011

Homily for November 27, 2011: 1st Sunday of Advent

[Click here for the readings.] If I had to name the most inspiring hour of...

October 2011

October 31, 2011

Homily for November 1, 2011: All Saints Day

If you find yourself in Los Angeles, in between going on tours to see the...

October 28, 2011

Homily for October 30, 2011: World Priest Day

We often say that God writes straight with crooked lines. Few stories could be more...

October 21, 2011

Homily for October 22, 2011: Blessed John Paul II

[Note: my parish is celebrating a special "high" mass Saturday to mark the first Feast...

October 15, 2011

Homily for October 16, 2011: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

For the last several days, we’ve been hearing a lot about the demonstrations being staged...

October 08, 2011

Homily for October 9, 2011: 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

This past Wednesday, the world lost a giant. But I don't mean Steve Jobs. In...

October 01, 2011

Homily for October 2, 2011: 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

[Click here for readings] Since this is Respect Life Sunday, and the beginning of Respect...

September 2011

September 24, 2011

Homily for September 25, 2011: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

[Click here for readings] Here at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs, it’s customary to remember...

September 17, 2011

Homily for September 18, 2011: 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

[Click here for the readings.] This Sunday, we mark Catechetical Sunday – an opportunity to...

September 10, 2011

Homily for September 11, 2011: 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

[Click here for the readings] Anyone who saw the 2002 Super Bowl saw something unforgettable....

September 03, 2011

Homily for September 4, 2011: 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

[Click here for the readings] Not long ago, I read a short essay by a...

August 2011

August 27, 2011

Homily for August 28, 2011: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

You may have heard: we’re about to get a little rain. I’ve been following the...

August 13, 2011

Homily for August 14, 2011: 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Sunday’s gospel is a perfect companion piece to the one we heard last week. ...

August 02, 2011

"When people deride their bishops and priests, they undermine the Church…"

"Bishops, priests, and deacons are too often weak and sinful. They need to be held...

July 2011

July 23, 2011

Homily for July 24, 2011: 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

The gospel we just heard has some surprising comparisons to the Kingdom of God –...

July 09, 2011

Homily for July 10, 2011: 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

“A sower went out to sow…” Those simple words begin one of the most memorable...

July 02, 2011

Homily for July 3, 2011: 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

If you leave St. Patrick’s Cathedral by the front door, on Fifth Avenue, you can’t...