Homilies and Occasional Thoughts

Fifty years ago, John F. Kennedy gave the most-quoted presidential inaugural address since Lincoln. Even those in church today who weren...

Searching For And Maintaining Peace: A Small Treatise On Peace Of Heart , by Father Jacques Philippe has proved a source of strength and co...

I became a fan of Dietrich Bonhoeffer 's when I was barely out of my teens. If we canonized Protestants, he'd be my first choice. Bo...

In the parable of the sower, Jesus tackles one of our greatest hopes and one of our greatest fears. We hope that our lives will take root in...

The post that follows is a letter to parishioners and others who made my 25th anniversary such a joyful celebration. You can also click on t...

Archbishop J. Michael Miller has kindly allowed me to post the text of his homily at the Mass on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi at which we...

On Saturday night we had the formal celebration of my twenty-fifth anniversary of priestly ordination, which occurs this Tuesday, June 28. A...