A Homily for the 4th Sunday of Easter "Prejudice cannot survive proximity." What I really like about that slogan is that if we each take a moment and think about it we will realize the truth it expresses from our own lived experience. We can each recall times, I'm sure, when out of fear we … Continue reading Of Proximity & Prejudice

A Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Easter 2024 I am perhaps not the savviest person when it comes to the workings and the technical lingo of social media. I do though have some awareness of one concept I have often overheard and that is "getting ghosted." So, I looked up the definition of "getting … Continue reading Don’t Ghost Your Life!

A Homily for Easter Sunday 2024 We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are. Let me say that again: We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are. This Easter morning we are invited to take part in a foot race alongside Peter and the Beloved … Continue reading What Do You Know by Heart? (Part 3)

A Homily for Holy Thursday 2024 What is this? I mean... what is THIS? We are told in our reading from the Book of Exodus: This day shall be a memorial feast for you. And St. Paul recounts for us the words of Jesus at the Last Supper: This is my body. This is my … Continue reading What Do You Know by Heart? (Part 2)

A Homily for Palm Sunday 2024 What exactly is it that she did that we are called to do in remembrance of her? In Mark's Passion Narrative, which we hear this Palm Sunday, the evangelist includes a vignette about a woman, unnamed and certainly unexpected, and definitely unwelcomed, who arrives at Simon the Leper's house … Continue reading What Do You Know by Heart? (Part 1)

A Homily for the Third Sunday of Lent What kind of world are you creating? If you've been attending at all to "what's what" in the culture these days you know that the name of Oppenheimer has been at the forefront of the cultural consciousness. This is primarily due to a film about J. Robert … Continue reading A Creator of Worlds

A Homily for the 1st Sunday of Lent Today, in your hearing, the scriptures are fulfilled! As a preacher I've always wanted to get up and make that very dramatic declaration just like Jesus in the Gospel of Luke! But of course, I cannot mean it the same way Jesus meant it... but I do … Continue reading The Great Deep

A Homily for the Solemnity of the Epiphany On this Feast of the Epiphany we might ask: "What exactly is being made manifest in the Incarnation? What exactly is being revealed when God comes in the flesh?" I would like to offer the following suggestion for your own reflection and prayer, that perhaps what is being revealed … Continue reading The Ache of Love

A Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family Simeon says to Mary: "And yourself a sword will pierce so that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed." I would like to suggest that this is the very action of the Incarnation itself: The Divine pierces humanity; the light pierces the darkness as the sword … Continue reading In the Piercing

A Homily for the 2nd Week of Advent The season of Advent seems especially fitted for the art of storytelling. And some of my favorite stories come from the ancient tradition of desert spirituality. The great wisdom stories of the Abbas and Ammas, the desert Fathers and Mothers, the Mommas and Poppas, you could say, … Continue reading Why Not Become All Flame?