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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...

3rd Sunday of Lent: Living Water

In today's Gospel, a Samaritan woman completely misunderstands Jesus. She is still thinking in terms of the material things around her....

First Sunday in Lent - Deacon Gunther

I confess! I like chocolate. It’s one of my favourite temptations. Which is why the following story resonates with me: A...

7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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...

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Lately, I have noticed that my homilies have taken a real "ethical" turn. Last week, for example, I commented on an article in the...

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Feb. 5th 2023

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...

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Deacon Gunther

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...

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 22, 2023

God Over-delivers We've all experienced small miracles, little coincidences that remind us that God is still with us. But what about the...

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

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...

Epiphany, January 8th

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...

New Years' Day 2023 - Mary, Mother of God

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...

Christmas Homily 2022

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...

December 18 - Five Good Reasons to Trust

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...

December 11 - Deacon Gunther

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...

December 4th, Hope in God

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”...

November 27, 1st Sunday of Advent

Imagine I was at a party once, and one of the guests asked me about marriage preparation. Before I could answer, another guest overheard...

November 20: Christ the King

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...

October 30th - No Regrets!

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...

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