November 27, 2019

Column: Why I’m Thankful for Sinners

As a priest, part of my gig is listening to people tell me their sins.
November 24, 2019

Homily: Killing Kings and Freedom

To listen to this homily click here. The death of the king marked year one in the French Revolution, the beginning of the republic and a new era—an era, of course, of freedom.
November 23, 2019

Meditation: The Small Beginning of Everything

“We receive fuller knowledge from the child.”
November 21, 2019

Praying “Remember Me” in a Good Friday World

The thing is that in the middle of our chaos and violence, our injustice and inhumanity, in the middle of the Good Friday we’ve made of this world, Christ is there.
November 17, 2019

Homily: When Christ Loses the Argument

To listen to this homily click here. I have always been haunted by the fact that Jesus didn’t really win the argument, that he convinced only very few. What I mean is that all along and throughout his ministry, although at times he attracted countless many, his disciples, when all was said and done, were few.
November 15, 2019

When Christianity is Fake

“It will lead to your giving testimony,” Jesus said (Lk 21:13).