Homily from the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity.

Even when the Bible seems clear, earnest Christians can get it wrong. We need a Church to tell us when we are wrong.

The most important revelation of God is His own identity. From the beginning, Christians have needed more than the words of Sacred Scripture to guide them into all truth. We have needed the Holy Spirit leading the Church through error to know the depths of God's identity.

John 16:12-15

Homily from Pentecost Sunday.

Without an infallible Teacher, an infallible Book is a worthless book.

The Church is messy. But it is also holy. And has been given the ability and the authority of Jesus to teach. Even in the midst of the brokenness of the human element of the Church, the Church is still the Infallible Teacher of Divine Revelation.

John 20:19-23

Homily from the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord.

Jesus didn't give us the Bible. He gave us the Church. And the Church gave us the Bible.

All Christians believe in the 27 books of the New Testament. We all believe these books are the inspired Word of God based on the authority of the Church to recognize this truth and teach it. The same Church has the authority to declare the 46 books of the Old Testament as well.

John 17:20-26