Sunday Homilies

Our faith does depend upon the testimony of witnesses.

Understanding is superior to seeing.

The consciousness of Jesus and his self-emptying.

"Christ learned obedience from what he suffered."  This statement from Hebrews may be hard to accept.  But Jesus' experience of suffering allows us to bear our own.

Anger and love can and, very often, do go together.

Anger.

Fasting from words.

Peace is one of the gifts of the season of Lent.

There are many indications in Mark's Gospel of an aspect of Jesus' personality: that he is eager for solitude and quiet.

Each of us is more than what we do.  The same goes for Jesus.

The deacon preached on January 21.  -- Can we appreciate the peace and calm arising from being freed from mental illness?

The touching call of Samuel gives all of us hope that we will hear the call of God, even if many times we mishear it.

Ephesians: The nations beyond the Chosen People inherit the Good News of Jesus' death and resurrection.

On the Fourth Sunday of Advent, I left the recording device behind, and when I remembered it, I said to myself that I would be mad to run home for it on this absolutely crazy weekend, with Christmas on Monday.  -- We'd like to see around the bend, beyond our capacities.  But we remember: "Lord, your words have been fulfilled."

We make many decisions about who we think is impressive and attractive.  We might want to re-think our criteria.

I remember why December 3 did not get recorded.  My recording device had a dead battery.  -- Where are we to find comfort and joy?

"The least" is not Jesus' concept.  It is something we have devised so we can tell ourselves to whom to pay attention.  Jesus confounds our strategies.

I cannot recall why I did not record November 12.  -- There is more to life than being industrious.

A focus on today's psalm, 131, about the peace which all profess to desire.

We must heed St. Paul's words: "Be transformed by the renewal of your mind."