Homilies
April 10, 2022
The disciples and followers of Jesus were filled with joy: “Hosanna in the highest!” they shouted as they entered Jerusalem for the Passover.[1]
April 15, 2022
Hadrian, the second century Roman emperor, basically wanted to erase Judaism, Jews too in the long run. The emperor, you see, was a champion of Hellenistic civilization; he thought it best everyone follow his lead, culturally and legally—no matter the culture, no matter the laws of those cultures, no matter the religion.
April 24, 2022
There was a monk, a desert father, named Ammonas. He may have been a bishop. Whatever he was, there’s a story about him I’ve always liked. It’s the story of a monk he once had to deal with, a monk who had a bad reputation; no one liked him, and he probably wasn’t a good monk […]
May 1, 2022
To the House of Commons, Winston Churchill once said, “Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of the Gallup Poll.”