Teaching and Preaching

A busy Advent

Upcoming Retreats & Days of Reflection

Dec 4 • 

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November 2025

Join me for a New Years Retreat

Making "All Things New" in Christ

Nov 12 • 

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Hope Full of Immortality

Homily for All Souls Day

Nov 3 • 

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What Does Prayer Accomplish?

In the wake of national tragedies, it is customary for public figures to offer their “thoughts and prayers” for those affected.

Nov 1 • 

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September 2025

Doing Good v. Doing no Harm

What the Triumph of the Cross teaches us about love

Sep 14 • 

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Ordinary Lives. Extraordinary Holiness.

Homily for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)

Sep 7 • 

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Eucharistic Adoration

Bearing Witness to the Presence of God Among Us

Sep 1 • 

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August 2025

Being Rich in What Matters

Homily for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)

Aug 3 • 

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July 2025

The Purpose of Prayer

Reflection for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)

Jul 27 • 

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Who am I Neighbor to?

Homily for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)

Jul 13 • 

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June 2025

We Are Witnesses of These Things

Homily for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord

Jun 1 • 

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May 2025

The Eucharist: Offered to God, for Us

Ask most practicing Catholics whether Jesus offers Himself to us in the Eucharist, and I imagine they’d say “yes.” It is true, in a certain sense: Jesus…

May 23 • 

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