Homilies and Occasional Thoughts
Monday, July 29, 2019
Philip and Angie: Wedding Homily
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On Saturday, I officiated at the wedding of Angie Scandale and Philip O'Reilly. The celebration would have been memorable for the mu...
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Sunday, July 21, 2019
Suffering (16.C)
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Today’s readings offered two subjects for my homily. On one, I’m an expert. About the other, I know almost nothing. I’m an expert on hos...
Sunday, June 30, 2019
Summertime Ideas for Intentional Discipleship (13.C)
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I celebrated thirty three years of priesthood on Friday. Every one of them has been happy, but none happier than the years I have spent a...
Sunday, June 23, 2019
I believe; help my unbelief: the Real Presence (Corpus Christi.C)
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Our young adults had a barbecue last night. They fed me one hamburger, one hot dog, and one homily. Today’s homily. Before I’d e...
Sunday, June 16, 2019
Thinking About God the Father on Trinity Sunday
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When Trinity Sunday falls on Father’s Day, priests and deacons breathe a sigh of relief. The doctrine of the Trinity is, on the one hand...
Sunday, June 9, 2019
Pentecost: The Second Mountain
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David Brooks is a regular columnist in the New York Times. Twice a week he swims upstream as he writes about ethics and morality. I’ve jus...
Sunday, June 2, 2019
Ascension: Why Aren't We "Engaged"?
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The parish council met yesterday, and on the agenda were the results of the ME 25 engagement survey that I already talked about and p...
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