Resources & Articles

Seeking the Kingdom: Homily for Pentecost XIV
Seeking the Kingdom: Homily for Pentecost XIV
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Matthew 6.24-33 Anxiety and confidence. These are two masters because they can take control of our day, our heart rate, our mood, our way of seeing things. Anxiety runs us... Read more...
Needing Help
Needing Help
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Here is a truth that I’ve seen played out many, many times during my 30 years of ministry: the poor, the marginalized, the despised, the discriminated against, the unwelcomed and... Read more...
Hearing & Speaking: Pentecost 11 homily
Hearing & Speaking: Pentecost 11 homily
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Mark 7.31-37 Dearly beloved: Let us understand why the Lord God, in His wisdom, gave us ears to hear and mouths to speak. For if we do not know why... Read more...
One Thing Needful: An Assumption Homily
One Thing Needful: An Assumption Homily
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The one thing needful is not to despise or resist, but to welcome, cultivate, ponder, hold onto for dear life, and constantly live in the saving Word of God Who... Read more...
Living as Children of the Light: Pentecost VIII homily
Living as Children of the Light: Pentecost VIII homily
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When we say “Our Father”—or, as St Paul says it, when we say “Abba Father”—when we say those words, we are stating that we are children. Actually, infants and toddlers.... Read more...
Seeing the Goal
Seeing the Goal
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The goal is attaining the kingdom of heaven. Not just individually—for that is quite selfish. But together; in families; with loved ones; and with all those who have been baptized... Read more...
Receiving God’s Justice
Receiving God’s Justice
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When the 4000 men together with their wives and children went out into the wilderness, they were not exercising their rights. Rights are within the realm of power and threats.... Read more...
Fighting the Inner Scribe, the Inner Pharisee
Fighting the Inner Scribe, the Inner Pharisee
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The words you just heard are from the Sermon on the Mount. A sermon Jesus gives to His disciples, which others get to listen to. A sermon that begins with... Read more...
Facing the Lord: Pentecost IV homily
Facing the Lord: Pentecost IV homily
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When we stand before the holy God, when we are confronted with the superabundance of His mercy and love, then everything that we think matters so much everything that we... Read more...
The Heart of Love: A Homily
The Heart of Love: A Homily
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Blood poured from the Most Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ. That blood was shed not to validate my truth or your truth; for these versions of truth participate... Read more...
Loving Enemies
Loving Enemies
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Love your enemies. That statement by Jesus is unique to Christianity. What is even more unique is how that statement is lived. We see ‘love your enemies’ when we look... Read more...
Enjoy This Blessing!
Enjoy This Blessing!
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We are, right now, in the kingdom of God; and Christ is in our midst, speaking to us, inviting us to partake of a great banquet, a great feast! So... Read more...