Homilies and Occasional Thoughts

Saturday, July 18, 2020

God is Kind, and Asks the Same of Us (16.A)

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“This is our time to be kind, to be calm, and to be safe.” Kind, calm, and safe. We find Dr. Bonnie Henry’s catchphrase on T-shir...
Saturday, July 11, 2020

Parents, Teacher, Priests, Evangelizers: We Sow, but God Grants the Growth (15.A)

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T he delightful Danish comedian and musician  Victor Borge decided to buy a chicken farm. “But you don’t know anything about breeding ...
Saturday, July 4, 2020

Don't Let the Yoke Become a Burden (14.A)

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I get annoyed when someone knocks priestly celibacy by saying an unmarried man can’t know anything much about marriage. That’s silly. ...
Sunday, June 28, 2020

A Welcoming Parish! (13.A)

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Back in those happy days of full churches, a man came to Mass wearing a hat. The ushers asked him to take it off, but he refused. Several fo...
Friday, June 19, 2020

Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

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O ur parish is blessed this summer by the presence of Joseph McDaniel, a seminarian with the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales. A gifted teach...
Sunday, June 14, 2020

Did You Miss Me? (Jesus Asks Us) Corpus Christi 2020

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"I'm back! Did you miss me?" When your spouse, parent, child or friend asks that question after returning from a trip, th...
Sunday, May 31, 2020

#churchneverstops A Rich Harvest at Pentecost!

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I have been pastor of this parish for twelve years, four months and twenty-seven days. During that time we celebrated the parish’s 25 ...
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