Homilies and Occasional Thoughts

  How blessed we’ve been by our assistant pastors! The gentleness of Fr. Xavier Royappan. The reflective wisdom of Fr. Paul Goo. The youth...

  This is a dangerous Gospel—a very dangerous teaching. It’s as solid as the Rock of Gibraltar, but many ships have run aground there. The...

    Son – Grandson – Nephew – Cousin – Friend – Coach – Wheelchair athlete – Colleague – Catechist – Coordinator. Jason Costa was all thes...

  Msgr. Stanley Krempa, author of a fine series of books of homilies, tells a story about a  First Communion  rehearsal. The teacher wanted ...

  At the rehearsal for today’s celebration, I promised the confirmands a homily about sports, mentioning my long history as an athlete. Now ...

  When my mother was living in our parish, I always knew what people were saying! Not that anyone would complain about me directly, but ther...

Not long after I came to the parish, a couple of young men started a social group with some help from me and our hardworking housekeeper. ...