January 2, 2021

What the Magi Teach Us

“Nations shall walk by your light, and kings by your shining radiance” -Isaiah 60:3
December 27, 2020

Homily: What Makes Families Holy?

“I gave thanks to the Lord that I was separated from my father,” she said. “I was comforted by his absence.”
December 26, 2020

The Holy Family and the Purpose of Ours

This Sunday is the Feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph. Appropriate just after Christmas Day, the Church asks us to contemplate the first Christian family, and to let the light of that Holy Family illumine our families.
December 24, 2020

Homily: God’s Sympathy

It is difficult, I know, at times, to make sense of it.
December 18, 2020

The First Christmas Was Hers

“…and you shall name him Jesus.” (Lk. 1:31)
December 13, 2020

Homily: Joy is Always a Gift

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 […]