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March 2021

March 27, 2021

For Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ

Passion, Power, Majesty, Judgment, Authority Mark 14-15 Today in his Gospel, Christ...

March 24, 2021

God Deep as the Nether World, Humankind High as the Sky

How can this be? For the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord....

March 20, 2021

To Hate Life and Live Forever?

Whoever hates his life in this world will preserve it for eternal life. What?...

March 14, 2021

Let There Again Be Light

Light from Light came down from heaven and became as one of us. ...

March 06, 2021

His Zeal for Us Consumes Him

Zeal for His Father’s House, Zeal for His Father’s Children. Exodus 20-1-17, 1...

February 2021

February 27, 2021

The Beginning and the Destiny of Humankind: Let There Be Light

On the readings at Mass for the Second Sunday of Lent. In the...

February 25, 2021

Living Between Ashes and Water

On Ash Wednesday, we took ashes upon us to begin this season that ends...

February 16, 2021

Vulnerability and Intimacy in the Ash Wednesday Gospel

Matthew 6:1-6,16-18 for Ash Wednesday. In this Gospel, Christ says our Father will...

February 13, 2021

God, Maker of Earth: Creator of the Body, Lover of the Body, Savior of the Body

I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, maker of...

February 06, 2021

Zealous in Obedience to God, Zealous in Compassion for Humankind

Everybody is looking for you. Mark 1:29-39 for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary...

February 04, 2021

A Blue-Collar Worker Has a Right to Define the Priesthood

My Dear Brothers in the Catholic Priesthood: Mark 6:7-13, the Gospel reading for...

February 03, 2021

Naming Names: Saint Joseph Did It and So Do Monks

The Patheos "Sick Pilgrim" blog asked me to write about St. Joseph as part...

January 2021

January 23, 2021

Don’t Mend Your Broken Nets! Leave Them Behind!

Broken or not, nets are not what you need to be fishers of men...

January 12, 2021

To Listen to Christ? How Would It Make Us Look?

If we don’t listen to Christ, then we won’t look Christian. The First...

January 10, 2021

Feast of the Baptism of the Lord: First Sunday After the Insurrection

Insurrection is Most Holy God undergoing a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of...

January 03, 2021

God-With-Us, We-Pagans-With-God

We pagans with God, God-With-Us, all of us, prostrate ourselves today in homage to...

December 2020

December 29, 2020

Mary, You Did Not Know?

Mary, there were some things you did not know. Luke 2:22-35 for December...

December 27, 2020

“Holy” Family Life

Family life for Jesus, Mary and Joseph was not the same as for every...

December 25, 2020

Pondering Christmas With Her Whose Heart Holds All the Mysteries of Christ

Pray for us, woman full of grace, your heart full of mysteries! Luke...

December 24, 2020

The Battle Cry and Victory Song of the Army of Angels

Angels we have heard on high, an army of angels. For the Christmas...

December 24, 2020

John: Cut and Named in the Gospel at Mass for the Last Day of Advent

John receives a “cut” of the covenant. Luke 1:67-79 for the morning...

December 21, 2020

Mary Greeted, Elizabeth Heard, John Leaped, the Spirit Filled, Christ Is Already in the World

Through the voice of Mary, the still embryonic Christ started a chain reaction in...

December 19, 2020

Mary Is Closest to Us Precisely Because Her Sinlessness Raises No Barriers

The root of unreality and distance in relationships is sin. A sinless woman brings...

December 16, 2020

The Forgotten Beatitude: Not Taking Offense

The Offensive Savior and the Forgotten Beatitude: And Blessed Is the One Who Takes...

December 13, 2020

I Believe in Light from Light

A man named John was sent from God. John came for testimony, to testify...

December 12, 2020

Dear Juan, Dear Juan Diego, I Am Truly Your Compassionate Mother

Dear Juan, dear Juan Diego.... Know, be sure, my dearest and youngest son, that...

December 11, 2020

Christlike, Namely, “a Glutton and a Drunkard, a Friend of Tax Collectors and Sinners”

The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they said, ‘Look, he is...

December 08, 2020

A Homily for Kids on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary

I preached this at a Mass for a Catholic grade school, and only touched in...

December 07, 2020

Our Father’s Kingdom Will Come Busting Open the Roof of Our World and Our Days

But not finding a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they...

December 05, 2020

Gratification and Repentance

Gratification and the Christmas Tree, Repentance and the Tree of the Cross. For the...