Homilies

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.

If you receive the Eucharist well, you are what you eat. Be what you see. Receive what you already are.

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.

As followers of Jesus, we are asked to deal with people, not through the labels they bear, but as the people that they are.

Every time we try to shrink the idea of God down to a size that we can understand or control, we create a false god and engage in idolatry.

God is closer to us than we are to ourselves. The enormity of that truth has tremendous power to shape the way that we live.

Easter is a joyful feast. But the beginning of Easter is emptiness. Every gospel writer begins the story of Easter with the empty tomb.

If our faith does not make some impact on the ordinary things we do day in and day out it is doubtful whether that faith is real.

Sheep are dumb animals. Yet if Jesus is the shepherd, we are the sheep. Are they really the best image to describe our role as followers of Jesus?