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November 2010

November 19, 2010

Magnificat

[from my parish bulletin]As Catholics we often get asked questions about the Virgin Mary. Some...

November 09, 2010

Feast of Saint John Lateran

Today we celebrate the Feast of the Dedication of the Roman Basilica of Saint John...

October 2010

October 20, 2010

Why does the Catholic Bible have 7 more books?

[from my parish bulletin]We always hear the Catholic Old Testament has more books than the...

October 17, 2010

Perseverance

During my second year of seminary I met a religious sister at the liturgical office...

October 10, 2010

Giving Thanks

Doesn’t it happen often that we perform a good deed or a nice thing for...

September 2010

September 19, 2010

Decisions

[The first homily I ever gave at my home parish, Saint Mary on the Hill...

September 01, 2010

Free Will

[from my parish bulletin]Two Sundays ago I visited the youth group to answer questions they...

August 2010

August 29, 2010

Humility

[Homily for the 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, cycle C]Humility is a word that gets...

August 22, 2010

Ave Crux Spes Nostra

I think that sometimes it seems as if the world is conspiring against us and...

August 10, 2010

Saint Lawrence

[Written for the parish bulletin. The image is from the fresco behind the altar of...

August 08, 2010

Faith: The realization of what is hoped for and evidence of things not seen

Much has been written and said throughout the centuries about the faith of Abraham, our...

July 2010

July 16, 2010

Washington Memories

Today I took a road trip to Washington, Georgia in Wilkes County. It's a beautiful...

July 13, 2010

Postmodernism – Our Present Worldview

I wrote this summary of Postmodernism about one year ago. After studying it in a...

July 10, 2010

Good Samaritan Sunday

Doesn’t it feel good to be ‘nice’ to other people?Have you ever wondered though why...

July 08, 2010

Pope Paul VI and President Lyndon Johnson during the Vietnam War

This is a paper I wrote six years ago on the relationship between Pope Paul...

July 04, 2010

Silence

[Written for my parish bulletin]In June I took three days and spent them in silence....

June 2010

June 27, 2010

No Looking Back

Meditating on Jesus' words "No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks...

June 26, 2010

Youth Challenge

[Written for my parish bulletin]Jesus’ words in today’s Gospel may be tough to digest, “no...

June 20, 2010

Christian Unity

[Written for my parish bulletin] At the last supper Jesus fervently prayed for his apostles...

June 18, 2010

Holy Spirit

This is a short paraphrase of a poem written by Amado Nervo, a Mexican poet...

June 11, 2010

The Sky

Every time I gaze up at the sky I am reminded of how little I...

May 2010

May 30, 2010

Trinity Sunday

Written for Sacred Heart Parish Bulletin, Warner RobinsMany priests and seminarians joke that to pass...

April 2010

April 27, 2010

Good Shepherd Sunday

This is an excerpt from my homily on Good Shepherd Sunday on listening to Jesus...

April 11, 2010

Divine Mercy Sunday

On this Divine Mercy Sunday, I'd like to share what I wrote in this weekend's...

April 05, 2010

Christ is Risen, Alleluia!

This image is from the only procession that takes place on Easter Sunday in Seville,...

January 2010

January 28, 2010

Dives in Misericordia

I have always preferred a more traditional architecture for new churches. Before leaving Rome though,...

January 27, 2010

Beautiful Remarks

When we gaze at something beautiful, there is a yearning that hurts inside of us....

June 2009

June 03, 2009

Lachrimae Amantis

This is a beautiful 16th century Spanish poem by Lope de Vega Carpio, translated by...

September 2008

September 22, 2008

Rome

I have been back in Rome for about one week and have kept very busy...

September 07, 2008

Styr River

These two pictures are on the bank of the Styr River in Ukraine, south of...