May 29, 2022

Homily: The Wicked Walk in Circles

I keep thinking of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, what he said once, that, “The wicked walk round in circles.”[1]
May 25, 2022

Column: The Hellish Loop of Gun Violence

May 22, 2022

Homily: The Thing, The Point, The Grace

May 21, 2022

A Baccalaureate Homily: To Find the Song

I have long been a reader and have learned much from Julia Kristeva, a profound thinker, a philosopher, a literary critic, a poststructuralist, and a feminist in somewhat the French style. It is her work and writing as a psychoanalyst, however, that’s had the most influence on me.
May 8, 2022

Homily: The Voice

“My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”[1] Every parent in here knows exactly what Jesus is talking about.
May 1, 2022

Homily: Mine Not Thine

To the House of Commons, Winston Churchill once said, “Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of the Gallup Poll.”