Sunday Homilies

You'd think those beholding the healing of a man born blind would rejoice.  Instead, he is a problem.

On the foolishness of God.

Pope Francis in Iraq and the beauty of dialogue.

What does it mean to rise from the dead?

Jesus is entirely like us, having experienced the struggle with temptation.

The man who is healed talks too much.  We need to consider whether we, likewise, talk too much.

A discussion of the mysteries of time, on a recording which I think runs on until almost the Eucharistic Prayer.

On preferring the authority of one's arguments over an argument from authority.

On the "Sunday of the Word of God," we have to consider the context of the Scriptures we hear at Mass.  Jonah was called by God, but he was quite an unwilling prophet!

Sorry, merely a summary on the matter of being called by God.

My response to the desecration which occurred on January 6, 2021.

An irony: We who have been given the good news may, with great strength, resist it.  Thank God for crises.

God establishes the continuity of history.

At first I heard an echo in this recording.  I have, to my great relief, found that the recording was just playing twice on my computer. Joy springs from within.

Does repentance bring comfort?

Considering the meaning of "the end," "it is finished," and so forth, in terms of completion rather than demise.

Are we like goats?  We make a lot of noise, and we will eat anything.

The word "talent" presents difficulties, since it seems to refer to performance.  Our God in fact wants us to go deeper than performance and recognize essential qualities which are not easily subject to observation.

"Stay awake!"  In fact, the point of the parable is the exercise of forethought, as opposed to vigilance.

On sainthood as a process.