Sanctuary Views

What gifts do you have? What do others see in you and call you to achieve? To what is Jesus calling you? Answering these questions well helps us to properly plot our course through this life. Homily for the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time.

In this divisive and derisive time, reflecting the Lamb of God's light to the nations is as needed as ever. Homily for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time.

Forgiveness is a defining characteristic of any Christian community, which is sincerely felt when the mask hiding our shortcomings is removed. Homily for the Baptism of the Lord.

The story of the Magi captures the deepest longings of the human spirit for truth and meaning, which opens up our lives to a great adventure. But this adventure can be compromised through the type of complacency we see in today's Gospel. Homily for the Epiphany.

The Good News of the Incarnation and Birth of Jesus Christ is only comprehensible and compelling when the bad news is understood. Then the Gospel can be more clearly seen for the gift that it is, which is reflected for us at JPII this day in a most marvelous, unexpected and generous way. Merry Christmas!

There's something at work testing your patience. What it is might surprise you. Homily for the Third Sunday of Advent.

There's plenty in this world to drive us to depression and despair, but the antidote has been given us, if only we would draw upon its source. Homily for the 2nd Sunday of Advent.

The Christian life isn't the result of abstract reasoning, but of an encounter with an event, a person, which is a gift that carries responsibilities with it. Homily for the First Sunday of Advent.