Homilies

November 2, 2019

Homily: Praying for the Dead, Love and Living Memory

We’ve been doing this since the very beginning, honoring and praying for the dead.
October 31, 2019

Homily: The Christian Language of All the Saints

It’s possible only with the English language; it’s the marvelous characteristic of our great transatlantic tongue.
October 6, 2019

Homily: Why It’s a Good Thing to be Unprofitable Servants (Lk 17:5-10)

To listen to this homily click here! The Jewish scholar and rabbi, Naftali Brawer, tells a story I’ve always remembered of the time he visited a synagogue in Jerusalem for the Kabbalat Shabbat service; this is a ceremony with origins in the mystical traditions of medieval Judaism, a ceremony of ritual and song welcoming the Sabbath, […]
September 22, 2019

Homily: Friendships Necessary for Heaven (Lk 16:1-13)

To listen to this homily click here! I used to love watching televangelists, the crazier the better really.
September 8, 2019

Homily: Not Easy, Is It? (Phlm 9-10, 12-17)

About the second reading from Philemon, just to catch you up: Onesimus was a slave in Colossae, and Philemon was his owner.
September 1, 2019

Homily: The Courage of Awkwardness (Lk 14:1, 7-14)

We should accept that it is awkward being a Christian.