Sanctuary Views

The purple cloths veiling statues at this time point to something profound. Homily for Passion Sunday.

Homily for the 5th Sunday of Lent.

What does the celebration of Passover, the eating of the Promised Land's produce and the cessation of the manna have to do with the Parable of the Prodigal Son, forgiveness, feasting and music? Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent.

Like today's first reading, many Old Testament stories seem so foreign, if not problematic. Yet, they do disclose something about humanity and how God accommodates Himself to us with an apparent goal in mind. Homily for the Second Sunday of Lent.

The Temptations of Jesus are so very relevant. Homily for the first Sunday of Lent.

Ash Wednesday Homily.

That which underlies the tyrannical use of force in Ukraine is not all that far removed from our home in the United States. Sermon for the 8th Sunday of Ordinary Time.

According to St. Paul, Jesus is the last Man--the end or goal of humanity--which reveals what makes for a life not lived in vain. Homily for the 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time.