Embracing the Blessed Trinity June 4th  is Trinity Sunday, the day that we acknowledge and celebrate the central mystery of our faith: a mystery that we can never hope to […]

A Grain of Wheat And Jesus answered them, saying, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain […]

Reconciliation and Divine Mercy The sacrament of Reconciliation is an extension of God’s love and mercy: it is a gift that we especially remember and celebrate each year on Divine Mercy Sunday. […]

The Easter Love Letter If you enter our church between Easter Sunday and Pentecost, you’ll see a very different image above the altar. Instead of the cross with the image of […]

The Woman at the Well One of my favorite Lenten Gospels tells us about Jesus reaching out to a social outcast within a land of social outcasts. The encounter between Jesus […]

The Letter of the Law In the Gospel for February 12thth, the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jesus says to his disciples: “I tell you, unless your righteousness surpasses that of […]

 “All shall be well, all shall be well, all manner of thing shall be well.” Those are the words of Julian of Norwich, 14th century holy woman and Christian mystic. […]

All Saints In the Catholic calendar, November is the month for celebrating saints. On November 1st, we celebrate all the saints, and on November 14th, we recognize all the saints […]

Katie This was a homily I gave on the second Sunday in May 2010. It speaks about our little beagle, Katie, and what a gift from God she was for […]

Our Blessed Mother All my life I have had a deep devotion to Mary. She is known by many names: from Our Blessed Mother, to the Holy Virgin, to Our […]