audio Two Worlds: Homily for Thursday, August 14, 2025 Reason and Faith. For a Catholic, these two worlds are integrated. Reason…
audio Regular Observance and Sacred Preaching: Homily for Sunday, August 10, 2025 What does it mean to be a parish staffed by Dominicans? Regular Observance and…
audio Are we vigilant? Are we preparing ourselves? That is always a good question, and maybe we are especially focusing on this time of year.
audio Not all at once: Homily for Thursday, August 7, 2025 Spiritual growth or regression does not happen all at once. In today's first…
text “Let your loins be girded and your lamps burning.” In a small article buried in the business section of the Minnesota Star…
audio The Work the Needs Doing For 4 August 2025, Monday of week 18 in Ordinary Time, based on Numbers 11:4b…
audio Vanity of vanities, all is vanity Well, what's that mean for you? What is truly important in our lives?
text “Chicken Today, Feathers Tomorrow.” Upon closer inspection, the tattoo on the patient’s chest read: “Gallina…
audio We need friends: Homily for Tuesday, July 29, 2025 We need friends. We heard not too long ago about Martha that was so busy about…
audio ¿Qué es la justicia?: Homilía para el domingo 27 de julio de 2025 Qué es la justicia? ¿Y cuál es la diferencia entre justicia y equidad? Abraham,…
audio What is Justice? Homily for Sunday, July 27, 2025 What is justice? And what is the difference between justice and fairness?…
audio For what, how and why do we pray? Let us ask, seek, and knock, not just expecting God to provide answers, but ready to be the hands and feet through which God's will is fulfilled…
audio Saint Sharbel Makhlūf: Homily for Thursday, July 24, 2025 Today we celebrate Saint Sharbel Makhlūf, the "miracle monk of Lebanon. Living…
text “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that really matter.” Seeming to predict his own death, Martin Luther King, Jr., a pivotal figure…
audio Mary Magdalen, Apostle to the Apostles For 22 July 2025, The Feast of St. Mary Magdalen, based on John 20:11-18
audio Actions that arise from prayer: Homily for Sunday, July 20, 2025 Today's readings emphasize two encounters. Abraham is visited by three men…
audio Wondering about Signs For 21 July 2025, Monday of week 16 in Ordinary Time, based on Exodus 14:5-18 …
text “Are you the person God has put in my life to help me better understand myself?” After dinner, I took a walk in the neighborhood. Anticipating the heat of the…