Homily from the Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time

When comfort is our god, we end up underliving our lives.

Modern life has done a powerful job of reducing stark deprivation. This is a good thing. But one of the results is that many of us have become captive to comfort.

Luke 16:19-31

Homily from the Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Don't let what Jesus did for you end with you.

Jesus is the one Mediator between God and humanity. He has saved us. But God wills that all humans are saved. Because of this, He calls those who have been saved by Him to brings His salvation to everyone else.

Luke 16:1-13

Homily from the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross

The Cross of Jesus is God's answer to our guilt. The Cross of Jesus is God's answer to our lack of trust. The Cross of Jesus is God's answer to evil.

John 3:13-17

Homily from the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Whenever there is something of value that we desire, we have to ask these two questions.

Jesus gives the conditions for discipleship. He gives us the very "cost" of being His disciple. The condition is: He must be FIRST. He must be loved before all others.

Luke 14:25-33

Homily from the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time

Humility is nothing other than acknowledging and living the truth.

Humility is not pretending to be someone other than we are. It is neither pretending to be better nor pretending to be worse than we are. But is the freedom and the joy of living the full truth about ourselves.

Luke 14:1, 7-14

Homily from the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

Discipline isn't the point, but it is the path.

God calls us to develop the potential He has given us by leaning into the discipline He is calling us to. Who is it you want to be? What do you want to be true about you?

Luke 13:22-30

Homily from the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Villains and Heroes are made out of the same stuff.

We are not surrounded by villains and heroes, we are surrounded by ordinary people. And every one of us, by our daily choices, can become a villain or hero.

Luke 12:49-53

Homily from the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

God had no backup plan after Mary.

The Assumption of Mary is the reality that Our Lady was taken up entirely into Heaven. This is, in some ways, the fulfillment of her entire life. Since she belonged totally to God, she was brought totally to God.

Luke 1:39-56