10/26/08 Take A Stand

Homily from the Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Will we ignore evil because of a potential good or are willing to be honest and call a spade a spade?
Readings from October 26, 2008:

Exodus 22: 20-26

1 Thessalonians 1:5-10

Matthew 22:34-40

10/19/08 Be Authentic

Homily from the Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

"He [Jesus] is saying, 'Do not compartmentalize your life! Do not pretend to be one thing at home, to be one thing at Church, and to be another thing in the marketplace, in the voting booth, in the classroom!' He is saying, 'Stop pretending, but be authentic!'"
Readings from October 19, 2008:

Isaiah 45:1, 4-6

1 Thessalonians:1-5b

Matthew 22:15-21

10/12/08 The Need for Hell

Homily from the Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time.

"We are free to love like angels and we are free to destroy like demons. And God respects this choice, because He doesn't want slaves. He wants sons and He wants daughters who love Him."

Readings from October 12, 2008:

Isaiah 25: 6-10

Phillipians 4: 12-14, 19-20

Matthew 22: 1-14

10/05/08 What Are You Focused On?

Homily from the Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time.

"We look at our lives and say, 'Are you kidding me?! '...no anxiety...', there's nothing I can control!' Or is there? We can break the circle of worry, we can break the circle of anxiety by taking control over what we can control."
Readings from October 5th, 2008:

Isaiah 5:1-7

Phillipians 4:6-9

Matthew 21:33-43