Sanctuary Views

Blessings & Opportunities For The New Year

Mary gathers us around her Son, the source of blessings, protection and mission in the New Year. Homily for the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God.

Is Your Life Inconceivable Without The Incarnation?

The world as we know it can only be explained by Christmas. What about your own personal life? Homily for the Nativity of Jesus.

Implications of the Incarnation

Our reading from the Letter to the Hebrews seems a little out of place, this close to Christmas and paired as it is with the prophecy of the coming Messiah and its fulfillment in the first reading and the Gospel. But is it really? Homily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent.

Rejoicing In The Midst Of An Anxious And Depressed World

If St. Paul encouraged the Philippians to rejoice, even though he wrote from a prison cell, what did he know that we desperately need to know, too? Homily for the Third Sunday of Advent--Gaudete Sunday.

The Fruit Of Finding What Is Valuable

Where does value come from? What does pursuing the highest value do? What about pursuing something less? Homily for the Second Sunday of Advent.

The Narrative Capable Of Quieting Our Anxious Spirit

Stories help us to understand life, our place in this world and how to live well. More than one story exists, though, and often they compete and clash. In whose story are you living? Homily for Christ the King.

The Vindication of Christ - And Please God, Ours Too

Having been proved true and accepted by the Father, Jesus invites us to a way of life that leads to being vindicated by God, too. Homily for the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time.

Gaining That Which We Lack, By Giving That Which It Seems We Can't Go Without

The strange paradox of the widow. Homily for the 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time.