Sanctuary Views

What was not assumed--not taken to Himself--by God was not redeemed. Thus the necessity for the promised King to become one with us, all the way to the grave, which is exactly the basis of our hope. Homily for the Solemnity of Christ the King.

It's about love, mature love. That's what it's about. Homily for the Thirty-third Sunday of Ordinary Time.

What did the earliest Christians identify as essential for receiving vivifying faith and finding answers to the questions of their day? Homily for the Feast of the Dedication of the Basilica of St. John Lateran.

If being united with Christ in the resurrection depends on having grown into union with him through a death like his, as St. Paul said, then what happens when we depart this life with an imperfect union, for which we are at fault? Homily for All Souls Day.

46 years ago a crowd in Warsaw, Poland gathered to make known their desire for God…in their families, their schools, their books and their workplaces. A crowd gathered today with similar sentiments. Homily for the Feast Day of St. John Paul II, our Patron. Celebrated on the grounds of our new Academy, which we blessed on this occasion. What an inspiring experience!!

Fixing our gaze on God and heavenly things is essential to successful spiritual battles. So too is mirroring God's actions. Homily for the 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time.

There is no place to which we can descend that God cannot reach, as long as we want Him there. But this took lots of time and suffering to know. Homily for the 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time.

What if we're troubled, not because of the size of our faith, but because of the object of it? Homily for the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time ~ Respect Life Sunday.