Sanctuary Views

That God made Jesus, the leader to our salvation, perfect through suffering means something for us and for our suffering, too.

Jesus identifies loyalty to him with the loyalty due to God, a loyalty rooted in the hope of the Resurrection, which suggests that the fulfillment of who we are extends beyond the confines of this world. By following Jesus in this way, we become instruments through which hope breaks into a dark and sad world.

God challenges our worldview, not to diminish our lives, but to expand them.

The spirit of our true, American heroes from the past is still alive, but it is in jeopardy...

A brother who sounds stupid, or a spouse that seems deaf to you is an invitation to help them be the best they can be. Homily for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

It was kettles, jugs and beds for the Pharisees. For us, it's face masks, but the temptations seem nearly the same. It's much easier to focus on the exterior than the interior. Homily for the 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time.

St. Paul's teaching reveals the path to meaning, joy and unity, as well as our cultural baggage and skewed way of understanding relationships with one another and with God.

Homily for the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.