Homilies and Occasional Thoughts

Father Giovanni started his homily on Holy Thursday by saying “On Sundays, I am nervous preaching.” He got a good laugh when he ad...

Were you there when they crucified my Lord?  That haunting question comes from an American spiritual that  was likely composed in the n...

I started to write a homily for Palm Sunday, but decided to take a different approach and ended up preaching without notes. But for thos...

The morning paper has a story about a man who found his dream job. Rob Szpak was dazzled by a police dog when he was a kid, and now he run...

I’m holding in my hand a lovely daily missal. It was printed when I was two years old, but the rite of baptism is exactly the same ri...

I often talk with the music teacher at St. Anthony’s School about getting me a role in a school play.   Ever since I played St. Joseph i...

I’d like to begin this homily with a simple questionnaire. Don’t worry—it’s anonymous! I got it on the internet ! (In fact, I got it fro...