Homilies

We all share the same vineyard. Therefore, either we will thrive together, or we will go down together. This is why we must avoid the temptation of trying to cut someone out.

Seeing is more than taking light and color into our eyes. It also involves our minds and our hearts. Seeing includes believing.

In Jesus’ vision, true authority is not the authority of importance. It is the ability to ground and enhance the lives of others.

The parable of the weeds and the wheat tells us that refusing to use violence is not a lesser way or a cowardly way but Christ’s way. When we refuse to use our authority and power to coerce others, we are not settling for second best.

The lives of St. Peter and St. Paul are a model of both discipleship and irony.

Normally we see doubt as the opposite of faith. But there are times doubt can be the companion of faith. Doubt can call faith to deepen and to mature.

Wisdom calls out the generosity and welcome of God, and Liberty calls out the generosity and welcome of this nation.

Is the Parable of the Sower a comedy or a tragedy? It all depends on how you read it. The same is true of our lives.