Pastor’s Homilies Archive

I can just imagine the dispute among Jesus’s disciples referenced in today’s Gospel: “I’m the greatest!” “No, I’m the greatest!” “No, I’m the greatest!” It sounds completely absurd, especially considering that it came right after Jesus had taught them that…

Someone recently shared with me an incredible story from a homily given by Fr. Mike Schmitz. He told a story about a Chinese Catholic who along with his parish community had to worship in secret – they were part of…

Many years ago, I worked as a substitute teacher in London, England – actually, I lasted precisely one day doing it. It was a terrible experience. I later learned that I had been placed at one of the rougher schools…

Have you ever been to a restaurant and been unable to decide what you want because there are so many things to choose from? Then the server comes to take the order; you’re still not ready so you say you’ll…

A few years ago, I traveled to Ireland with a priest friend of mine. We were flying out of O’Hare on a direct flight to Dublin. However, after boarding, the pilot came on and told us that due to thunderstorms…

Food is a big part of life – who does not enjoy eating? God has blessed us with an abundance of delicious things to eat. Nowadays food is cheaper and more plentiful and there is more variety available than ever…

Once when I was a kid, a stray dog showed up at our house. We’ll call him Fred. He had superpowers. He was able to climb the fence into our own dog’s kennel and decided to stay there. He slept…

The prophet Amos who we heard from in our first reading came before the Gospel – about 760 years before the birth of Christ. And the news that he brought to the King of Israel was not exactly good news…

Our Gospel reading today has a story within a story, so to speak. Both involve miraculous healing that Jesus performed – well, one of them was more than just a healing; he actually raised one person from the dead, and…