Readings: 1 Jn 2:18-21; Ps 96; Jn 1:1-18 ______________ Here we are on the last day of the year, ready to say, “Goodbye” to 2024, for wh...

In the sacristy this morning, a few minutes before Mass, my dear friend, Fr. Glen, in his normal kindly way pretty much insisted I preach. I...

Okay, one of my readers -- and, believe me, she is one among a tiny band of followers -- informed me that I've been entirely too serious...

At this time of year, as we approach its end, we inevitably hear all kinds of odd things from the media. We are subjected to overviews of th...

Note: This isn't a newly written homily. I wrote it some years ago, but tend to use  if I'm called to preach at the  Christmas Vigil...

Readings: Zep 3:14-18a; Phil 4:4-7; Lk 3:10-18 _____________________ Gaudete Sunday – Today, smack in the middle of Advent, in this season ...

Readings: Dan 12:1-3; Ps 16; Heb 10:11-14,18; Mk 13:24-32 About 30 years ago, as a group of us celebrated a friend’s 50 th birthday, her ...

Good evening, everyone…and praise God – praise Father, Son and Holy Spirit. It’s wonderful to see so many here tonight; all open to God’s he...