Homilies and Occasional Thoughts

Pastor Rick Warren, the author of the bestseller The Purpose-Driven Life , has become the go-to guy for a clear message about Christm...

One of my favourite expressions is “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail.” God, as we know, cannot fail. And in case we didn’t kno...

Ever have one of those weeks when everything goes right? When each day's better than the day before? They don't happen to me ve...

When was the last time you were comforted by a homily? I’ll bet you can’t remember. Most of the time, we preachers instruct or challenge r...

The parish welcomed joyfully Fr. Juan Lucca, who had spent a summer with us as a seminarian, to offer Mass here for the first time, and t...

My great-aunt Dorothy lived to be almost a hundred years old by guiding her life according to a mysterious source of wisdom known as ...

We’ve all heard today’s Gospel story before and we think we know the message:  It’s not a good idea to turn down an invitation.  It’s...