4th Sunday of Lent - Has Morality Changed?
2023-03-19 I was watching a disturbing documentary on Amazon Prime about the sexual abuse crisis in the Amish community ("Sins of the...
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2023-03-19 I was watching a disturbing documentary on Amazon Prime about the sexual abuse crisis in the Amish community ("Sins of the...
In today's Gospel, a Samaritan woman completely misunderstands Jesus. She is still thinking in terms of the material things around her....
I confess! I like chocolate. It’s one of my favourite temptations. Which is why the following story resonates with me: A...
Life after delivery. I want to begin today by sharing with you some of the greatest teaching the world has ever seen - moments in the...
Lately, I have noticed that my homilies have taken a real "ethical" turn. Last week, for example, I commented on an article in the...
My homily today is organized around four quotations that I heard in the last few weeks that I found very moving, as I'm sure you will as...
A long time ago, Moses went up a mountain and received the Ten Commandments. Note that back then, when Moses went up the mountain no one...
God Over-delivers We've all experienced small miracles, little coincidences that remind us that God is still with us. But what about the...
Do you even wonder why you're here (in Church on Sunday morning)? Are there not other things that we could be doing? Does any of this...
Where do we see the face of Jesus today? I want to begin by sharing two recent experiences. First, just before Christmas, I read an...
A few months ago, a child at one of our children’s Masses asked, “what would the world be like if Jesus Hadn’t been born?” What a great...
The Light of Christ Sometimes the world seems very dark. I came across a headline in the paper yesterday, “We live in a society that has...
I'd like to begin my homily by reminding us of the level of trust that Joseph and Mary must have had. They must have trusted God very...
This 3rd Sunday of Advent is meant to remind us of the joy that the world experienced at the birth of Jesus, as well as the joy that we...
Hope and repentance I want to begin my homily with a story about a man, Bill Wilson, who was well-known as a somewhat “difficult”...
Imagine I was at a party once, and one of the guests asked me about marriage preparation. Before I could answer, another guest overheard...
I have a confession to make, well, several. First of all, I love action movies, all kinds of action movies! They don't even have to be...
Top 10 things that surprise you about heaven I’ve thought a lot about our wonderful cloud of witnesses, the saints. Technically, a saint...
I've been told that it would have been very difficult to meet Jesus if we went back in time, 2000 years because he was so famous. He was...