Homilies

February 27, 2022

Homily: A Ukrainian Lent

As Churchill called it, “the dark, lamentable catalogue of human crime”—new entries are being written in it.[1] Everyday all over the world, we add to it, of course; but not in Europe, not in this way, what we’ve seen this week, for a very long time.
February 20, 2022

Homily: Love, Faith and Guts

The love Jesus is talking about—let’s be clear upfront—will result in suffering and maybe even death; it will lead to unpopularity and scorn and in some instances physical harm.
February 13, 2022

Homily: Blessing or Woe

“There are two Ways: a Way of Life and a Way of Death, and the difference between these two Ways is great.”[1]
February 6, 2022

Homily: But At Your Command

Imprisoned by the Nazis, he didn’t have even a year left to live.
January 23, 2022

Homily: The Spirit, The Prophet, and The Jubilee

Before each session of the Second Vatican Council, the bishops, abbots, cardinals, and theologians as well anyone else involved in the working of the great Council prayed together an ancient prayer, attributed supposedly to Saint Isidore of Seville from the seventh century.
January 16, 2022

Homily: Beginning Heaven Now

Augustine said we shouldn’t be all that impressed.