Homilies

  One of the few sports I enjoy watching, regardless of whether the local team is playing or not, is hockey. For the past couple of months I’ve been catching many of the Stanley Cup playoff games. I...

  I think most of us know what it feels like to have somebody make assumptions about us before getting to know who we are. Maybe that caricature is formed because they hear one or two things about...

  One of the things I’ve noticed as I get older is that there are certain gifts in my life that I appreciate more and more. Not because they are new, but because I finally realize how precious they...

  One of the most privileged parts of priesthood is giving the last rites and being present as someone takes their final breaths. In those moments, all the unimportant stuff falls away. No one...

  Any preacher who dares to get up and speak on Mother’s Day faces at least three dangers. First, the danger of sounding like an “expert” on motherhood. You’ve heard the story of the priest who...