Homily Blog

We all have expectations. We have things we want to accomplish. Particularly, as Christmas approaches, we want to meet our expectations....

The Advent voice keeps reminding us that we are made for more in Christ. Recently, I was listening to Leah Darrow’s speech at the...

Open the eyes of my heart, Lord Open the eyes of my heart I want to see You I want to see You To see You high and lifted up Shinin' in...

Each time we celebrate the feast of Christ the King, what comes to my mind is the story of the six-year-old boy who tried to draw and...

The gospel passage that speaks to the theme of this weekend comes from the beatitudes: Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute...

I was literally looking for a theme for the readings of this weekend when Fr. Austin (my pastor) shared this joke with me. At first I...

The story of All Saints is about God’s magnificence; made in God’s image, saved by His grace. On this Feast, the Church celebrates the...

Our impression of an ambush has to do with something negative. Its synonyms are: waylay, ensnare, trap. An ambush is “a surprise attack...

To come to Jesus, you need courage, but whence it happens, you're never the same. The truth is that Jesus constantly invites us to break...

My teammates in my seminary days would be familiar with this phrase, “massive attack, massive defense.” This was the slogan that won our...

This year’s (2022) Thanksgiving is on November 24th and it is usually a huge event in the US. But the question can be asked, What are you...

We hear mostly about the depth of faith and how that comes into action in the readings of this weekend. Like the disciples in the gospel,...