Live (An Easter Homily)
Without Easter, without the Holy Spirit, this powerful current coursing through our lives, the Christ-event would have remained just a recording and not a live-stream we continue to receive... Read more
What About Love? (Good Friday)
The people who killed Jesus did so because they couldn't stand too much love. His love crossed the line to the outrageous. The only thing that can stop outrageous... Read more
A Different Perspective (5th Sunday of Lent)
Jesus sees things differently. He sees a child of God who is hurting because of her sin. He sees a lost sheep who can be brought back to the... Read more
The Gift or the Giver? (4th Sunday of Lent)
We lose God when we search for the gift rather than the Giver. This is our modern idolatry. We worship the gift and not the Giver of gifts. Read more
Repent (3rd Sunday of Lent)
Our merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness (Ex 34:6) will never cease in His compassion for us who fall short of... Read more
Tempting Conditions (1st Sunday of Lent)
One might think that temptations are no different from faith or hope, in the sense that these things also require the capacity to imagine other realities. Temptations, however, imagine... Read more
Rend Your Hearts
As we have our foreheads marked with ashes today, let us remind ourselves: More than being deprived of our comforts and conveniences, the season of Lent opens us up... Read more
Trusting In Mercy (Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time)
As we enter the season of Lent in a few days, in this special Jubilee year of mercy, perhaps we are being invited to follow Peter in trusting in... Read more
The Ordinary, the Extraordinary and the Holy (5th Sunday in Ordinary Time)
The Holy breaks through. It breaks through into history and into our lives on its own, startling us, terrifying us, loving us, healing us, then sending us forth in... Read more
Love Knows No Bounds
The Lord’s simple point was that God’s love knew no bounds. In fact, the Father’s love was patient. The Father’s love was kind. It was not jealous or arrogant,... Read more