Homilies

March 31, 2024

Easter Vigil Homily: Off To a Bad Start

I’m a bit confused by the gospel reading we’ve just heard, this passage from Mark.
March 31, 2024

Easter Sunday Homily: Don’t Be Bad Catholics

Happy Easter, everyone! Welcome to us! I hope you got the seats you wanted!
April 14, 2024

Homily: Repenting of Ignorance

It was a strange and gutsy thing to say, dangerous to interpret: what Peter said.
April 21, 2024

Homily: The World’s Noise and the Voice of the Good Shepherd

You’ve often heard me say how our experience of Christianity, of the Church, is so very different from the Church of the past, from the Christianities of long ago.
April 27, 2024

Homily: What Bearing Fruit Really Means

We must be quite careful how we interpret these words of Jesus. John’s gospel is in every syllable a mystical text, and so one must take care not to read these words superficially or to misread them entirely.
May 12, 2024

Ascension Homily: Tears, Hugs, and Talk of Heaven

A mother was here earlier today. I stood with her, there in front of the altar.