Homilies and Occasional Thoughts

A year or so after she joined our parish, my mother said to me “Dear, you really should tell people what you’re doing when you’re away.  ...

Our young adults have been among my greatest joys during the ten years I have been pastor at Christ the Redeemer. The young men and w...

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...