January 24, 2021
Marinus was a Roman soldier serving in Palestine in the latter half of the third century, a good soldier by all accounts. The trouble began when he was promoted to the rank of centurion.
December 27, 2020
“I gave thanks to the Lord that I was separated from my father,” she said. “I was comforted by his absence.”
December 13, 2020
Click here to listen to this homily. To rejoice, to be joyful, is the apostolic and angelic command, and the message of this Advent. The news is “good” and “of great joy,” the angels declared to the shepherds, half asleep and perhaps imbibed.[1] “Rejoice,” says Paul, “always;” it’s an exhortation, a command.[2] The merriness of our […]
December 6, 2020
As many of you know, I grew up around high school athletics.
November 29, 2020
Click here to listen to this homily. One way to think about Advent—so said St. Bernard of Clairvaux once—is to think about what it’s like to drown.