Christ
November 27, 2019
As a priest, part of my gig is listening to people tell me their sins.
November 3, 2019
Religion is not in decline, though such are the headlines.
September 1, 2019
No better in our politics than primitives, we still invoke the gods.
August 11, 2019
Rodrigo’s son is Adrian. Adrian is disabled. Rodrigo works three jobs to pay for his care. Rodrigo brought Adrian from Peru to the United States 15 years ago, so he’d receive the best care possible, so he could live. Because Rodrigo loves Adrian, a father and a son.
July 27, 2019
Preaching to children belongs to the work of the priest.
October 25, 2020
Click here to listen to this homily. It was the prophet Jeremiah that was doomed to preach the doom of the kingdom of Judah, a calling to which he was faithful all his bitter life. Preaching to a people too proud of their heritage, too presumptuous and assured of the blessing of God upon them, they […]
November 1, 2020
Click here to listen to this homily. It was on Mount Sinai long ago that God said, “I shall make you a kingdom of priests, a holy nation.”[1]
November 15, 2020
Click here to listen to this homily. Our great state of Texas is, of course, home to the best music in the nation—the best country music, even the best gospel and blues. I’ll honor no objections from any of our visitors from Mississippi, Alabama, or Tennessee. While preaching, I limit myself strictly to facts, you see, […]
November 21, 2020
I’ve told his story before, but I’ll tell it again, of the Roman soldier, Marinus, who was martyred in Palestine in the middle of the third century. He was a good soldier, from a family of soldiers; he was due to be promoted, made a centurion of the Tenth Legion of the Strait, the famous legion […]
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.
December 6, 2020
As many of you know, I grew up around high school athletics.