30 March 2020

Waiting in the Tomb

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Fifth Sunday of Lent     The summer after my first year in college seminary, I worked at St. Thomas Aquinas in East Lansing as a custodian. ...
23 March 2020

Keep Your Head on a Swivel

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Fourth Sunday of Lent     In the Michigan State Police, and in other settings, there’s a phrase often called “tunnel vision,” and it refe...
16 March 2020

Corona and the Well

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Homily for the Third Sunday of Lent     Probably at least in the back of your mind, and very likely in the front of your mind, is COVID-19, ...
02 March 2020

Into the Lenten Desert

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First Sunday of Lent St. Anthony being attacked by demons     St. Anthony of the Desert, also known as St. Anthony of Egypt, is consider...
24 February 2020

Not Giving as Good as we Got

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Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time     When I was around 5 years old, my sister and I were racing up our basement steps on our hands and kne...
10 February 2020

Remember the Poor

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Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time     When it comes to preaching homilies, in seminary we were jokingly (but also a little seriously) told two k...
03 February 2020

A Great Nightly Prayer

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Feast of the Presentation of the Lord     Every night, before a priest goes to bed, he prays the words that we heard in the Gospel today ...
27 January 2020

What Good is the Word?

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Third Sunday in Ordinary Time–Sunday of the Word of God     This year, Pope Francis has inaugurated a new focus for this third Sunday of ...
13 January 2020

What We Are Called

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Feast of the Baptism of the Lord     There are numbers of things that we can be called during our life time, and some of them can even be ...
06 January 2020

Our Gifts for God

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Solemnity of the Epiphany     When it comes to getting my nieces presents for birthdays and Christmas, I will admit that I’m always just ...