Homilies and Occasional Thoughts

My father and his sister both played the piano, and from time to time they would do a four-hand duet at family gatherings. As far as I r...

We start most Alpha evenings start with a lighthearted video—a great way to make our guests relax, and to remind them that Christiani...

On Tuesday, our grade two students celebrated the Sacrament of Penance for the first time. Some had the usual first Confession jit...

“Man does not live by bread alone.” And that’s a good thing, since I gave up bread for Lent! (Well, after breakfast, anyway.) Of...

When the going gets tough, the tough get going. We’ve all heard that saying, from our coaches, bosses or teachers. Today we hear i...

Let me ask you respectfully: why are you here? Why have you gathered in this church this morning? I recognize there are many di...

At the end of my homily at one of the Sunday Masses, I quoted extensively from an article I read many years ago. I'd kept a yellowed ...