Homilies

  A couple of weeks ago, I was fortunate enough to take a vacation to Hawaii. I don’t think I was prepared for the breathtaking beauty of the place which made the week really wonderful! One of the...

  One of the beautiful themes that runs through today's readings is that God's heart is bigger than anyone expected. Again and again we hear that his desire is not to save one nation, one race, or...

  Like most kids growing up in America, one of the first sports I learned to play was baseball. Every single coach repeated the same instruction over and over again (and you know what that lesson was!

  In today's first reading, God gives Solomon the opportunity of a lifetime; to ask any one thing and he will grant it! No one would have blamed the young king if he asked for power, victory over his...

  Some of the worst villains, when they know they're going to lose, decide they're going to make sure everyone else suffers with them. Think of the Balrog in The Lord of the Rings. Gandalf has stood...