01 December 2025

Advent: A Time of Conversion

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First Sunday of Advent     [In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen].  One of the many duties with which I ...
24 November 2025

Preparing for the End

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Last Sunday after Pentecost     In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  No small number of people spend n...

Not the King We Expected

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Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe     A bishop I know once had a meeting when he was a priest with his diocesan bisho...
17 November 2025

Treasuring the Word of God

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Twenty-third Sunday after Pentecost     In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  Earlier this week I was s...

Same Event, Different Experience

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Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time     It was fun last Sunday to see the Detroit Lions dominate the game offensively.  No matter what Wash...
10 November 2025

Busting Myths

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Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran     [In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.] ...
03 November 2025

Fighting Our True Enemy

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Twenty-first Sunday after Pentecost     In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  One of the struggles in m...

The Catholic Sense of Death

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Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed     While we, as Catholics, are used to the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, more comm...
31 October 2025

Yes to One King

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Feast of Christ the King     In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen.  As I prepared for this homily, it st...

Making Room for God

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Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time     One of the challenges, primarily for kids for also for adults, is what to get and what to leave at Tha...