Abortion

• Slavery and a Woman’s “Right” to Choose (Abortion)

• When the Supreme Court “Respects Precedent” (Roe vs. Wade)

Anger

• “Jeremiah and Anger at God”

• Habakkuk, Prayer and Anger at God

Apologetics

• Zacchaeus and our Call to Defend the Faith (homily)

• “Is There in Faith No Defense?”

Ascension

• “Work that Must be Done” (The Ascension)

• Ascension – “When Will Jesus Return?”

• “Get to Work!!” (homily)

Annunciation

• “The Tradition of Annunciation”

  • “Tradition of Annunciation” (homily)

  • “Tradition of Annunciation” (homily-audio)

Baptism

• Ephphatha – From the Gospel of Mark to the Rite of Baptism (homily/audio)

• “Removing the Dragon-ness of Fallen Humanity”

• “Baptism into Christ” (homily)

Beatles, the (rock group)

• “All You Need Is Love” (homily)

Catholic Church

• “The Book of Revelation and the Holy Catholic Church” (Rev 21:1-5)

• “Last, Best Hope – The Catholic Family” (homily)

• “Our Divided, Divided Church” (1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17)

• “Unity of Nation and Church” – Inauguration of President Donald Trump (homily)

Catholic Schools

• CATHOLIC SCHOOL SUNDAY

• “I Will Make You Fishers of Men” – The Legacy of Catholic Schools (homily)

• Nobody Does it Better! (Homily)

Christmas

• “One King to Rule Them All” (homily)

• “Slooow Down – Doing Christmas Right” (homily)

• “Emmanuel:  God is With Us” (homily)

Comfort

• “Comfort, With A Catch” (Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11)

Confession, Sacrament

• Resurrection and the Mission to Forgive Sins (homily)

Current Events

• “Tenants in the Vineyard and the Las Vegas Shooting”

Da Vinci Code

• Holy Grail – A Spiritual Quest (Addressing Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code”)

Death

• “Just Behind the Veil…”- Apocalypse of Isaiah (Isaiah 25:6-10a)

Discipleship

• “All You Need Is [Obedience to God’s Commands!]” (homily)

• Hope vs. Hopelessness – (Jairus’ Daughter & Woman with a Hemorrhage)

• “Yes…but Catholics” (Luke 9:51-62)

  • “Yes…but” Catholicism (homily-audio)

  • “Yes…But” Catholicism (homily-audio) 6/2019

• “Work that Must be Done” (The Ascension)

• “Call No Man ‘Father’ – Really? (homily)

• “Did Mary See Her Risen Son?” (homily)

• “Dismay before Comfort” (homily)

• “When Everybody Does It Better” (homily)

• All are NOT Welcome – The Wedding Banquet (homily)

• “No Turning Back” – Workers in the Vineyard (homily)

• “Are You a Critic or a Disciple” (homily)

• “Intensifying the Vigilance against Sin” (homily)

• “Salt on an Open World” – Christianity adds Flavor to a Bland World (homily)

• Setting the Earth on Fire – Luke 12:49-53 (homily-audio)

• Rebellion – Standing Out – Luke 6:27-38

• Dispositions – How Well Do We Receive Those Sent? How Hard Do We Pray For Vocations? (audio) – Luke 10:1-12, 17-20

• Pope or Apostle?  Who Does it Better? (homily)

• Gospel of Shakespeare – “To Thine Own Self Be True” (homily)

• “Hating Father and Mother – Putting Jesus in the Back Seat” (homily)

Disobedience

• “Thy Kingdom Come….My Will Be Done” (Mark 1:40-45)

  • “Responding with Disobedience”

Division

• “Our Divided, Divided Church” (1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17)

Doubt

• St. Thomas and Doubting One’s Faith (homily)

Elections

• Our Lady of Lourdes (homily)

• Who Should Catholics Vote For? (homily)

Eucharist

• “That We May Be One” (Corpus Christi)

• “Perfected by a Perfect Sacrifice” (Corpus Christi)

• Corpus Christi Sunday, 2017 (homily-audio)

• “Flippers and Poppers and Biters – Oh, My!” (homily)

Euthanasia

• “Death With Dignity” (homily-audio)

Family

• “Last, Best Hope – The Catholic Family” (homily)

• Remembering Through Faith (homily-audio)

Fatherhood

• God’s Gift of a Father (homily)

• Father’s Day:  A Day for Dads, NOT for Priests (homily)

Forgiveness

• “Forgiveness – Our Mandate From Christ” (homily)

• The Effect of Mercy & the Folly of Refusing It (homily)

Fraternal Correction

• “Fraternal Correction:  A Call to Judge?– Matthew 18:15-20

  • “Fraternal Correction” (homily)

  • “Are We Called to Judge?” (homily)

Heroes

• The Model of the Popular Hero

History

• “History and the Canaanite Woman” (homily-audio)

• The Impact of Catholicism on Western Civilization and the Founding of the United States (homily)

• Halting the Cancel Culture (homily)

Holy Grail Mythology

• Holy Grail – A Spiritual Quest (Addressing Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code”)

Holy Spirit

• “Holy Spirit:  The Invisible, Uncontrollable Power” (Pentecost)

  • Pentecost – “The Holy Spirit:  An Uncontrollable Force” (homily)

• “The Wind” (homily-audio)

• Symbols of the Holy Spirit – and What They Mean for People of Faith (homily-audio)

Independence Day

• July 1st-3rd:  Ember Days to Independence

• The 4th of July and the Freedom We Celebrate

• God’s Promise to Be With Our Nation (homily)

• PROPHECY IN AMERICA – God’s Voice in the American Experience (homily)

Indiana Jones

• Holy Grail – A Spiritual Quest (Addressing Dan Brown’s “The Da Vinci Code”)

“Lord of the Rings”

• Hobbits, Birthdays and Treasures in Heaven (homily-audio)

• The Effect of Mercy & the Folly of Refusing It (homily)

Love

• “All You Need Is [Obedience to God’s Commands!]” (homily)

• Jesus’ Teaching on Love – It’s not what you think (“Love One Another”)

• “Love:  The Great Legitimizer” (1 Corinthians 13)

• “All You Need Is Love” (homily)

• “Love – and the Catholic Counter-culture” (homily-audio)

• “Freedom to Love” (homily)

• “Love” as God Intended (Scripture Reflection)

• LOVE is LOVE…or is it? (homily)

• Dante, Mary and a Mother’s Love (homily)

Marriage

• Revenge & Marriage:  Why the Church Will Never “Get With the Times” (homily)

• “When Snakes Have Legs” — Re-defining Marriage (homily)

• “Why I Am Leaving the Catholic Church” (homily)

• “…Let No One Separate” (homily-audio)

• The “End” of Marriage – What did Jesus Say? (homily)

• “Marriage” — It’s a Question of Grammar (homily)

Mary, Blessed Virgin

• 2nd Sunday of Easter, 2018 – “Did Mary See Her Risen Son?”

Mythology

• “The Black Stallion” and the Mythology of Bucephalus

• “Christian ‘Mythology’ of The Good Shepherd” – John 10:27-30

• The Model of the Popular Hero

Obedience

• Giving the Devil the Benefit of Law (homily)

Obligations

• “Are We Worthless Servants” (homily)

Parables

• “The Veiled Language of Parables”

• “The Stone Rejected…” – Parable of the Tenants (Matt 21:33-43)

• “A Spoonful of Sugar…Makes the Seed Grow” (homily)

Persecution

• God’s Promise of Persecution (homily)

Politics & Religion

• “Giving What is Owed – ‘Render to Caesar…‘” (Matt 22:15-21)

• “God’s Anointed?” – Isaiah 45:1, 4-6 (homily)

• Election 2016 and our U.S. Patroness (homily)

• “Political Correctness, “The Art of War” & Christian Discipleship (homily)
  

• “Charity, Politics and the 2016 Election”
  

Prayer

• “Transfiguration and Prayer” (homily)

• Habakkuk, Prayer & Frustration with  God (homily)

• “Lord, teach us to Pray” – Luke 11:1 (homily-audio)

• The Importance of Including Prayer (homily-audio)

• A Prayer for the Church in a Time of Scandal (homily)

• Are You Too Distracted to Pray? (homily-audio)

• Chiefly On Prayer – The Parable of the Unjust Judge (homily)

• Transfiguration of Abraham (homily)

Priesthood

• “Call No Man ‘Father’ – Really? (homily)

Punishment

• “A God Who Punishes” (homily-audio)

Rapture & Tribulation

• “Holding On Until the End”  (Trials & Tribulations – Luke 21:5-19)

• “Reaching Out Into the Darkness” (homily)

Religion

• “Dismay before Comfort” (homily)

Revenge

• “Retribution:  A Daring New Direction” (“Turn the other cheek”)

• Revenge & Marriage:  Why the Church Will Never “Get With the Times” (homily)

Resurrection

• “THE BEST EMPIRICAL DATA” (The Resurrection of Jesus)

• “Resurrection – The Great Cliffhanger” (The Empty Tomb)

• “A Whole New World” (homily)

• Easter Sunday (homily)

• Lazarus, Harry Potter, the Resurrection and the Life (homily)

Sabbath Rest

• “Come Away and Rest” (homily)

Sacrament of Confession

• “Amos, an Unforgetting God and a Year of Mercy” (Prophet Amos)

• “Confession at the Well” (Woman at the Well) (homily)

  • The Confession at the Well (Woman at the Well) (homily)

• Preparing the Way:  Repentance and Confession (homily)

• Does God Ever Forget (homily)

Scandal (Sex Scandal, etc.)

• “Who Has the Moral High Ground?” (homily)

• “Why I Am Leaving the Catholic Church” (homily)

Slavery

• Slavery and a Woman’s “Right” to Choose (Abortion)

• Paul’s Epistle to Philemon & Jesus’ Call to Give up Everything
  

Socialism

• Is Christianity Socialist? – The Bible, Christianity and Socialism (Brett Winterble Show, NewsmaxTV)

Supreme Court of the United States

• When the Supreme Court “Respects Precedent” (Roe vs. Wade)

Temptation

• “The Human Temptations of Our Divine Lord” (Jesus’ Temptation in the Desert)

• “Temptation:  The Strain of Spiritual Exercise” (Luke 4:1-13)

• “Lent and Temptation” (homily)

• Temptation?  Bring It On! (homily)

Ten Commandments, The

• “Ten Commandments – Ten Exceptions“

• Worldly Assault on God’s Divine Law (homily)

Tradition

• Tradition – Under Assault? (homily)

Trinity (Holy Trinity)

• Most Holy Trinity – “Believing in Jesus is Not Enough”

• “I AM” what “I AM” (Trinity Sunday)

• Trinity Sunday, 2017 (homily-audio)

• The God that Jesus Revealed (homily)

Vocations

• “What are We Praying For“…when we Pray for Vocations?

• Why is there a Vocation Crisis?  What can be done? (homily)

“What Would Jesus Do?”

• “What Would Jesus Do?

Wise and Foolish Bridesmaids

• “Be Prepared”

• “Left Behind and Left Out” (homily)