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Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 30, 2011 Updated: 2011-11-03 19:41:00 Description: In light of the scriptural expression of tension regarding religious leadership, a reflection on the sexual-abuse scandal in the Catholic Church....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 23, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-24 20:03:00 Description: What is our principle for conducting our lives? We may be stuck in a childhood mode, assuming that "good behavior" or "conformity" is equivalent to living the great commandments, which call for an entrance into relationship when the childhood c...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 2, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-24 20:00:39 Description: The focus is on the word "anxiety" as we find it in Philippians, so we can find our way through the vineyard of life's challenges and appreciate the Savior who willilngly entered it on our behalf....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 25, 2011 Updated: 2011-10-24 19:46:58 Description: The Scriptures today call us to take seriously the need of all of us to undergo ongoing conversion to the God who emptied himself for the sake of our salvation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 18, 2011 Updated: 2011-09-18 21:22:00 Description: There's a lot going on: Catechetical Sunday, Appeal Sunday for our diocesan services assessment, and so on. Only at the end of a litany of "business" did I comment on "the parable that drives everyone crazy." The challenge of this tale of...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 11, 2011 Updated: 2011-09-11 16:59:49 Description: In case we are tempted to harbor resentment on this tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Sirach warns against holding on to an embittered spirit, and Jesus asks us to consider to what extent we act as the unforgiving debtor does....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 4, 2011 Updated: 2011-09-04 22:15:57 Description: We take a look at a geometric figure in order to consider the ways in which we communicate -- or fail to communicate -- about difficult matters....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 28, 2011 Updated: 2011-08-30 20:16:43 Description: What does it mean to be a fulfilled person? Is it enough to have the esteem of others? Do fame, wealth, or accomplishment fulfill us? Jesus bids Peter to look at the Cross and to see that the suffering and death of the chosen one of...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 21, 2011 Updated: 2011-08-30 20:10:00 Description: No homily for the 20th Sunday; it was our Mission Co-op weekend. The Church is not a completed institution but rather a work in progress. We still must strive for the unity Jesus intends for his people, especially since we are in the midst of t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 7, 2011 Updated: 2011-08-30 20:06:16 Description: Something on a computer telling you to turn off the computer? That's exactly what this is. We must move out of a world of distraction and "noise" (and information can be "noise" even if it's silent) and into a sea which the Lord has calme...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 31, 2011 Updated: 2011-08-30 20:01:19 Description: "Nothing can separate us from the love of God." We have this pledge in the Sacrament of the Holy Eucharist. The Son of God becomes our very food and drink....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 24, 2011 Updated: 2011-07-29 00:09:17 Description: The homilist was away on July 17. Solomon's prayer for wisdom in governing could not have come at a more apt time, given the pathetic posturing going on in Washington. We pray that lawmakers will recognize the common good of our country a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 10, 2011 Updated: 2011-07-29 00:05:06 Description: God provides that human freedom is always in play, so that we may accept or reject his invitation to enter into his life. It is easy for us to resist the invitations coming from our God. Let's consider how we can grow and flourish through...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 3, 2011 Updated: 2011-07-09 20:26:31 Description: What does it mean to be "in the flesh"? How can I not be "in the flesh"? We find some answers as we consider how our God wishes to establish peace within us....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Body and Blood of Christ, June 26, 2011 Updated: 2011-07-09 20:25:25 Description: The idea of eating and drinking someone's flesh and blood is utterly offensive. But the anxieties of those who feel they must sacrifice something to God are likewise quite raw. In the Eucharist we encounter a God who pays attention to our...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Holy Trinity, June 19, 2011 Updated: 2011-06-21 17:58:15 Description: "God so loved the world ..." We understand that God, within himself, is relationship, is dynamism. It is in keeping with who God is that he immerses himself in human existence....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pentecost, June 12, 2011 Updated: 2011-06-21 00:22:13 Description: Catholics, obviously, are quite focused on the mystery of "the Church." On the "birthday of the Church," the homilist rambles on for 15 minutes! Presumably we are captivated by our own experience of this mystery!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ascension of the Lord, June 5, 2011 Updated: 2011-06-21 00:17:50 Description: After the Springfield Young Adult Mass on the evening of June 5, a congregant confirmed for me (on the basis of her Holy Land pilgrimage earlier this year) that there are tour guides who point out a "pushing-off" place on the Mount of Olives....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 29, 2011 Updated: 2011-06-21 00:08:51 Description: We consider today's words from the First Letter of Peter about how to witness to our faith -- not by proselytizing, but by being in touch with our own experience and the ways in which God has changed us....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 22, 2011 Updated: 2011-05-22 16:24:17 Description: A bit of housekeeping, having to do with the just-published diocesan pastoral plan. "No one comes to the Father except through me" -- what does this imply for non-Christians?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 15, 2011 Updated: 2011-05-22 16:21:33 Description: The homilist was away from the parish on May 8; therefore, no homily. The sentiments expressed herein were influenced by the strange weather being experienced at that time: cool and rainy and seemingly unending....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday of Easter, May 1, 2011 Updated: 2011-05-01 16:20:32 Description: Thomas speaks for all of us who rely upon the testimony of a few witnesses to the Resurrection of Jesus. Keeping in mind the validity of our own religious experience (as alluded to at Easter), we understand that we are part of the immense major...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Easter Sunday, April 24, 2011 Updated: 2011-05-01 16:16:36 Description: The resurrection accounts in the Gospels differ from the passion narratives; the former emphasize the personal experience of individuals. We can come to understand that our own personal experience of the mysteries of life opens us to encounter ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion, April 17, 2011 Updated: 2011-05-01 16:13:24 Description: "His blood be upon us and upon our children." Can this line from the Passion of St. Matthew be understood as a blessing rather than as a curse?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifth Sunday of Lent, April 10, 2011 Updated: 2011-04-10 22:44:57 Description: God has revealed to us that he intends his people to live forever and glorify him. Jesus, proclaiming this truth in the raising of Lazarus, moves deliberately toward the death which secures human salvation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Lent, April 3, 2011 Updated: 2011-04-09 18:07:52 Description: The themes of "the man born blind" are rather obvious. I took this opportunity to advance our sight into the future, and especially to consider the needs of our worshiping communities to have a presider at Eucharist....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Sunday of Lent, March 27, 2011 Updated: 2011-04-09 18:05:20 Description: Imagine lugging all the water you need for your household purposes. Then consider the woman's longing for a spring to which she did not have to travel. With all who are preparing for baptism, we meditate on water and we recognize that Jes...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday of Lent, March 20, 2011 Updated: 2011-03-26 20:01:59 Description: Life as a journey with a variety of experiences, and our need to make sense of these varied elements in light of our truest identity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First Sunday of Lent, March 13, 2011 Updated: 2011-03-18 01:25:12 Description: The temptations Jesus experienced were real and appealing. He wasn't play-acting; he entered fully into the human experience and the tensions we know all too well....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 27, 2011 Updated: 2011-02-28 15:13:26 Description: Alfred E. Neuman as an example of Christian living? Yes, at least insofar as freedom from worry is concerned. "Seeking first the Kingdom of God" does, however, require some explicit concentration....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 20, 2011 Updated: 2011-02-24 02:59:27 Description: Our Christian faith does not call us to be doormats. Every one of the challenges Jesus describes is an opportunity to stress the reciprocity implied in every social situation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 13, 2011 Updated: 2011-02-24 02:54:44 Description: The church was cold, so we moved to the parish hall -- hence my nostalgia for my childhood worship environments. Today's Gospel gives a good opportunity to consider our feeling life, and how to be at peace in the presence of God as feeling peop...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 6, 2011 Updated: 2011-02-06 22:18:42 Description: Salt and light are familiar substances. As we consider how Jesus is applying these images to ourselves, we may ponder their servant quality. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 30, 2011 Updated: 2011-01-31 18:21:38 Description: What are the qualities of the individuals who make up Christian communion? They are people who are hungry, and who have learned what is worth being hungry for....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 23, 2011 Updated: 2011-01-31 18:19:07 Description: Today's readings suggest an emphasis on the concept of communion: the goal of all members of the Body of Christ; something achieved with difficulty; something far from complete....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 16, 2011 (again!) Updated: 2011-01-22 20:12:24 Description: My message changed a little bit because at this Mass I was particularly moved by the setting of Psalm 40, "Here I Am, Lord," by Rory Cooney....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 16, 2011 Updated: 2011-01-22 20:09:54 Description: Themes of Christmas are restated upon the inaugural of the ministry of Jesus....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Baptism of the Lord, January 9, 2011 Updated: 2011-01-11 15:08:39 Description: Baptism is an immersion into all human concerns. The baptism of Jesus is the promise to us (if his birth does not already signify this!) that, for the sake of our salvation, he does not shy away from any of the griefs of humankind....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Epiphany of the Lord (third time), January 2, 2011 Updated: 2011-01-04 23:59:36 Description: This was the Young Adult Mass in Springfield. In this homily I mention my niece Erin, who is currently doing volunteer work in Guatemala....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Epiphany of the Lord (again), January 2, 2011 Updated: 2011-01-04 23:55:34 Description: "That thing in our brain" -- Why is it that we make such a sharp distinction between "my people" and "not my people"? Recorded at New Berlin....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Epiphany of the Lord, January 2, 2011 Updated: 2011-01-04 22:39:06 Description: Christmas on Saturday followed by Sunday Masses proved too crazy even to do any recording. Today I present three homilies from one day. This first one may suffer from some audio competition. Recorded at Franklin....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 19, 2010 Updated: 2010-12-24 18:03:58 Description: We have three very important but quite difficult Scriptures here. The homily includes comments on the major difficulties to be found when reflecting on each of the readings....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Sunday of Advent, December 12, 2010 Updated: 2010-12-13 15:59:33 Description: It is not only the farmer awaiting the yield of the soil who learns patience. Everyone staring at a computer screen also comes to appreciate the virtue of patience. Patience liberates us to look at our life and its blessings in its fullne...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday of Advent, December 5, 2010 Updated: 2010-12-05 17:22:56 Description: Amazing images of peace assure us that peace can conquer even our own hearts. The call to repentance is an invitation to an astonishing peace....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First Sunday of Advent, November 28, 2010 Updated: 2010-12-04 21:24:51 Description: What is our concept of time? Do we simply find a succession of events without relation or meaning? The coming of the Kingdom of God breaks through the tedium and leads us to a moment of conversion, when things unthought of become possible...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Christ the King (34th and Last Sunday in Ordinary Time), November 21, 2010 Updated: 2010-11-25 17:58:35 Description: How does Christ the King govern? Consider how humbly he tends to his realm: from the throne of the cross....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 14, 2010 Updated: 2010-11-25 17:55:48 Description: On the fourteenth anniversary of the death of Joseph Cardinal Bernardin, we consider how his example accords with the scriptural call to be confident in the face of the "ultimates" of life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 7, 2010 Updated: 2010-11-25 17:50:41 Description: Resurrection is real. If there were no resurrection, God would not be God. As Jesus assures us, God is not a God of the dead but of the living....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 31, 2010 Updated: 2010-11-04 01:01:17 Description: There was no homily for October 24 as I was in Guatemala. A man climbing a tree: an absurd image? Maybe. But maybe also it could be a helpful image as we consider the fundamental experience of the Christian life -- conversion -- and our n...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 17, 2010 Updated: 2010-10-17 22:07:24 Description: Never mind mowing down Amalek with the edge of the sword. The preceding image, of Moses' arms being supported by members of the community, is a beautiful reminder of the ways in which our prayers are enhanced when we are praying together....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 10, 2010 Updated: 2010-10-17 22:02:07 Description: It seems to be a very slow process. How do we expand our concept of God? How do we move beyond the "local gods" that Naaman imagined? How do we get beyond our constant denial that God is the God of all peoples? Good questions....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 3, 2010 Updated: 2010-10-06 21:39:22 Description: We often find our existence to be dreary. We are encouraged by the prophet's words: "The vision still has its time, presses on to fulfillment, and will not disappoint. If it delays, wait for it. It will surely come. It w...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 26, 2010 Updated: 2010-10-06 21:20:25 Description: Each of us wants to be assured that we are properly integrated into the society we believe we are a part of. Such integration, of course, requires that many people know us by name and are willing to have some acquaintance with us. We pre...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 19, 2010 Updated: 2010-09-19 21:25:41 Description: Jesus speaks about a wily business manager who uses initiative to prepare for a decent future, now that his boss is firing him. Apparently what this man is doing -- for which his boss compliments him for resourcefulness -- is lowering the inte...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 12, 2010 Updated: 2010-09-19 21:21:49 Description: It is curious that the word "prodigal" is used in the English language almost exclusively in reference to this parable of Jesus, popularly known as "The Prodigal Son." Many of us have learned the parable without learning the meaning of the wor...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 5, 2010 Updated: 2010-09-06 00:59:04 Description: Hate your family? No -- Jesus is talking about subordinating cherished aspects of our life to the goal of the Kingdom of God. We do have to deliberate carefully about this, as in the examples of the builder and the king....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 29, 2010 Updated: 2010-09-03 00:27:43 Description: "It's good to be humble." There's no subtlety in these readings; they hit you over the head as if with a 2x4. So what is the complete meaning of humility? It has to do with our connection with people we would prefer to overlook....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 22, 2010 Updated: 2010-08-22 21:10:00 Description: It's not enough to be acquainted with our God; we must enter into the challenge of relationship with the author of our being. The challenge will feel like discipline, so we must be careful to recognize that discipline is for the sake of gr...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sunday, August 15, 2010 Updated: 2010-08-18 16:38:00 Description: It amazes us to think that the strange imagery of Revelation and other apocalyptic literature was part of the purpose of encouraging people! But in fact, this writing is for the sake of comforting people under persecution. They are invite...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Vigil of the Assumption, Saturday, August 14, 2010 Updated: 2010-08-18 16:34:00 Description: The Assumption of the Mother of God calls to mind the presence of the Son of God in this world. Awareness of the presence of God focused, among the people of Israel, upon the Ark of the Covenant. The title "Mother of God" is literally tra...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 8, 2010 Updated: 2010-08-08 17:09:00 Description: A consideration of the concrete experience of faith. This was recorded at the end of my current weekend schedule, at New Berlin St. Mary....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 1, 2010 Updated: 2010-08-01 16:24:00 Description: I recorded this homily at the beginning of my weekend schedule, at Visitation BVM Church in Alexander, an unincorporated community on Old U.S. 36 between Springfield and Jacksonville. We hear from Ecclesiastes the word "vanity," which perhaps f...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 20, 2010 Updated: 2010-06-20 18:32:00 Description: For the last time at Holy Cross, a summary of the strangeness of the Christian faith, and its power to shatter all distinctions among human beings....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 13, 2010 Updated: 2010-06-20 18:26:00 Description: Walking in on the second act of "David and Bathsheba," as we do today, is proof that our appreciation of our worship depends on our taking time to be more familiar with the Bible. The second reading and Gospel make abundantly clear the gratuito...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Body and Blood of Christ, June 6, 2010 Updated: 2010-06-20 18:18:00 Description: When I tried to record this, I failed to turn it off until it had been recording for about four hours. So here's a summary. "Eating helps." This was my discovery in the midst of the pain of facing up to a move. The eternal pri...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Holy Trinity, May 30, 2010 Updated: 2010-05-30 14:27:00 Description: Aspects of God as Trinity may be reflected upon when we say the Profession of Faith. The new English translation highlights the "consubstantiality" of Father and Son, and the incarnation of the eternal Word of God....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pentecost, May 23, 2010 Updated: 2010-05-30 14:25:00 Description: The flesh is not evil. We must understand Saint Paul's use of the term "the flesh." Perhaps a contemporary equivalent is the modern concept of "addiction."...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ascension of the Lord, May 16, 2010 Updated: 2010-05-16 14:56:00 Description: "What's up, Doc?" What is the meaning of "up" when we consider the Ascension of the risen Jesus? Clues may be found in the Hebrews passage, about Jesus' entrance into the heavenly sanctuary, and in the Gospel passage, about the Apostles f...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 9, 2010 Updated: 2010-05-16 14:54:00 Description: Of all the things that promise to unite people, jokes have a lot of promise -- although we have to be careful that the humor is not in mere ridicule but in a common sense of absurdity in human life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 2, 2010 Updated: 2010-05-06 22:55:00 Description: On the occasion of First Holy Communion, a reflection on "love one another" and the fact that we can concretely love one another if we engage in the small act of listening....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 25, 2010 Updated: 2010-05-06 22:50:00 Description: On April 18, the Third Sunday of Easter, I had to catch a plane right after the last Mass, and I just didn't want to mess around with recording. On the Fourth Sunday of Easter, Good Shepherd Sunday, I took a look (again) at the unrelenting afte...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday of Easter, April 11, 2010 Updated: 2010-04-12 18:54:00 Description: Even though I have spoken about the issue of clergy sexual abuse many times in the past, I had a hard time with this homily, and its length (16 minutes plus) reflects my difficulty. My RSS feed of The Tablet has just reported that the Vati...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Easter Sunday, April 4, 2010 Updated: 2010-04-12 18:51:00 Description: The apostles and the other witnesses of Jesus' resurrection found this event to be an inner as well as an outer experience. His resurrection meant that so many things which they did not understand beforehand made sense now....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion, March 28, 2010 Updated: 2010-04-12 18:48:00 Description: Our anxiety about whether "things are going to be OK" hangs on the meaning of the death of the man in whose Passion we participate today....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 21, 2010 Updated: 2010-03-21 14:46:00 Description: On my tenth anniversary in Divernon and Auburn, a consideration of the fact that we would like God and his people to respond to us with mercy rather than harshness....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 14, 2010 (Year A readings) Updated: 2010-03-21 14:44:00 Description: We say we see. Do we have insight as well as sight?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Sunday of Lent, March 7, 2010 Updated: 2010-03-21 14:41:00 Description: Grow or die. Bear fruit or be rejected. We know that our God is not the rejecting type; nevertheless, we need to be attentive to the spiritual imperative before each of us....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday of Lent, February 28, 2010 Updated: 2010-03-01 18:39:00 Description: It is difficult for us to hold in our minds any thought which would embrace the wholeness of any person. We use mental shorthand and categorize people into "like us" and "not like us." The transfiguration of Jesus is a response to the tre...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First Sunday of Lent, February 21, 2010 Updated: 2010-02-21 15:25:00 Description: This is about a guy who takes a funny-looking stick and hits a tiny little ball and people pay him lots and lots of money for doing this....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 14, 2010 Updated: 2010-02-14 15:46:00 Description: Every one of us has need of God as a tree needs to be rooted in a place with an unfailing supply of water. We must not behave with presumption, as if we could casually postpone a bond with God until the time that suits us....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 7, 2010 Updated: 2010-02-14 15:37:00 Description: Our call from God makes itself felt when we are caught up in wonder and awe. Our sense of awe may well be connected with a sense of unworthiness, as in the case of Isaiah, Paul, and Peter. We are aware of our absolute need for God, and th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 31, 2010 Updated: 2010-01-31 23:14:00 Description: Our feelings, including feelings of love, must become integrated with our sense of values and of relationship to God and the world. We must move from the "childish" reaction of the crowd in Nazareth to a realistic sense of our limits and our ca...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 24, 2010 Updated: 2010-01-24 15:38:00 Description: We consider the strong feelings surrounding the reading from these scrolls in the books of Nehemiah and Luke. Awareness of our feelings keeps us in touch with our full humanity and our relationship with the Creator. Our being subject to our feeling...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 17, 2010 Updated: 2010-01-24 15:36:00 Description: "Jesus approved of marriage" -- this is like saying "Jesus approved of sunshine." In the analogy of the Church as the Body of Christ, all Christians in their various states of life contribute to the well-being of the whole body....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Baptism of the Lord, January 10, 2010 Updated: 2010-01-10 15:16:00 Description: Solidarity with the human race is what Jesus expresses, both in his birth at the beginning of the Christmas season, and in his baptism on its last day. We are called to exercise solidarity with one another as well, for the sake of securing justice....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Epiphany of the Lord, January 3, 2010 Updated: 2010-01-03 15:28:00 Description: Making your child a public figure in infancy is probably not what you want to do. The Christ Child, on the other hand, was a public figure from birth, because of his identity as the unique Savior of all the nations of the earth....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Holy Family, Sunday, December 27, 2009 Updated: 2009-12-30 22:16:00 Description: All of us, by reason of our baptism, are living out our call to holiness. There are some highly visible vocations (e.g. priesthood) which we need to pay special attention to. All of us, living out the universal call, act with freedom so that, with ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 20, 2009 Updated: 2009-12-22 19:18:00 Description: The Christmas Curmudgeon of the 21st century asks: What does it mean when people say, "I can't believe that Christmas is here already!"? It may be a good experience for us to perceive the recurrence of great feast days and to lift our gaze to the et...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First Sunday of Advent, November 29, 2009 Updated: 2009-12-21 14:48:00 Description: "Your redemption is at hand." Instead of denying the fact that each of us faces a moment of ultimate truth before God, we who acknowledge our God as the Lord of all time and history look forward to God's work of fulfilling all of creation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Christ the King, November 22, 2009 Updated: 2009-12-21 14:46:00 Description: "You say I am a king." We are challenged to imagine a different sort of kingship in the Son of God who in ruling us has become the ultimate servant....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 15, 2009 Updated: 2009-11-16 00:26:00 Description: http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/pope0261i.htm The above takes you to the speech of Pope John XXIII which I referenced in today's homily. We all seek meaning in the span of days which is ours. We trust in the one sacrifice of Jesus, as discuss...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 8, 2009 Updated: 2009-11-16 00:23:00 Description: Money is the reward for our personal labors, and we consider the disposition of our money to be quite a personal (and painful!) undertaking. We seek to trust that, if we are devoted to the Kingdom of God, we will discover that God is more devoted to...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD All Saints, November 1, 2009 Updated: 2009-11-02 18:32:00 Description: Human history is loaded with anonymity. Think of your multiple-great grandparents whose names you do not know. Think also of how Christian faith was passed on to you, and realize the greater difficulty of tracing your faith-genealogy. All Saints i...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 25, 2009 Updated: 2009-11-02 18:30:00 Description: James and John last week did not perceive what Bartimaeus this week does perceive: that before one makes elaborate plans for the future, one must make sure of the way that he is traveling....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 18, 2009 Updated: 2009-11-02 18:21:00 Description: Christians must not settle for "generic religion," but must plumb the depths of the shocking, personal nature of faith in Jesus Christ....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Theology of Marriage Updated: 2009-11-02 18:04:00 Description: Fr. Kevin has given this talk dozens of times to engaged couples; it's time he recorded it so he won't have to keep giving it....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 11, 2009 Updated: 2009-10-11 18:59:00 Description: The Word of God cuts through joints and marrow. We are more than naked in the sight of God: our most hidden thoughts and attitudes are known to him. Let us take advantage of this direct and frank relationship, opening ourselves to the help of the o...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 4, 2009 Updated: 2009-10-11 18:50:00 Description: High ideals for marriage are accompanied by the assurance that the Word Made Flesh is pleased to be called our brother....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 27, 2009 Updated: 2009-10-11 18:35:00 Description: Seek consensus and unity, not division. This is a fairly obvious expectation for human collaboration. We have a maddening propensity toward ignoring this expectation, however....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 20, 2009 Updated: 2009-09-21 20:18:00 Description: It is typical of all of us that, when someone brings up a topic we don't want to think about, we change the subject. The Twelve can do this just as well as we can....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Exaltation of the Holy Cross (External Solemnity), September 13, 2009 Updated: 2009-09-21 20:16:00 Description: It is permitted to move a popular solemnity or feast of the Lord to a nearby Sunday. What could be more popular than the parish's own feast day?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 6, 2009 Updated: 2009-09-21 20:14:00 Description: As we hear of Jesus' healing of a deaf and speechless man, we ask how well we are hearing the Church's teaching of the truth about economic matters....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 30, 2009 Updated: 2009-08-30 23:56:00 Description: In the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois, today was set aside for special readings and prayers for a new bishop. The readings were from Isaiah 61, Hebrews 5, and John 17. The podcast includes a few thoughts on the bishop as someone who is first a ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 23, 2009 Updated: 2009-08-23 15:03:00 Description: Our affiliations speak about our life priorities. We are free to join ourselves to God or not. Whether we do or not makes all the difference for the direction and meaning of our lives....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 16, 2009 Updated: 2009-08-16 14:21:00 Description: We open ourselves to wisdom as we acknowledge how little wisdom we have. We develop our hunger and thirst for Jesus. Some thoughts today on health care and the common good, Eunice Kennedy Shriver, and Buzz Aldrin....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 2, 2009 Updated: 2009-08-07 22:46:00 Description: If we speak of something as "merely a symbol," we don't understand symbolism and its power. Some etymologies say that the word "manna" itself means "what is it?" God's people keep on asking for the food that nourishes to eternity. When Jesus said,...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 26, 2009 Updated: 2009-07-29 19:42:00 Description: What can we define as "a lot of food"? Given the insatiable appetites of human beings, it's hard to say that any quantity is a lot. Obviously, our God is calling us to be less concerned about stockpiles and more concerned about our relationship wit...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 19, 2009 Updated: 2009-07-19 15:02:00 Description: There were no homilies the last two weekends, as I was at work camp. Gathering the flock together and making sure that they are fed: these are the responsibilities of the shepherd. Even the shepherd is changed by his interaction with the sheep....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 28, 2009 Updated: 2009-07-01 02:17:00 Description: Evil is not a "force." It is a lack, a deficiency. We find our confidence in knowing that the Author of Life supplies for all the deficiencies we find in ourselves....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 21, 2009 Updated: 2009-07-01 02:13:00 Description: Is there an incident that better captures the humanity and the divinity of Jesus than his calming the sea? He makes short work of the subduing of nature ... because he wants to get back to sleep!...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Body and Blood of Christ, June 14, 2009 Updated: 2009-06-14 17:46:00 Description: On June 3, 2009, Pope Benedict XVI transferred Bishop George Lucas of Springfield in Illinois to the Archdiocese of Omaha. We will be experiencing at least a few months of "sede vacante" and waiting for a new bishop. Life is messy, so why should we...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pentecost, May 31, 2009 Updated: 2009-06-14 17:35:00 Description: The Bible is not the Book of Lists. There are a few lists in the book, and today's celebration highlights a couple of lists: the fruits of the Holy Spirit in Galatians 5 and their antitheses....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD A Wedding Homily Updated: 2009-06-14 17:32:00 Description: This is a big year for weddings for me; I have six scheduled. I thought I might record the homily for my first wedding of the year....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ascension of the Lord, May 24, 2009 Updated: 2009-05-24 17:05:00 Description: The Lord Jesus ascended because he descended -- into the depths of the misery humans experience because of the broken, sinful situation we are in. He is on his throne but he has also embedded himself in our anguish....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 17, 2009 Updated: 2009-05-18 19:44:00 Description: How can anyone talk about love? The subject overwhelms any human being. God is love, and we discover who we are in being loved by God....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 10, 2009 Updated: 2009-05-10 14:18:00 Description: Today is the forty-fifth anniversary of my first Communion. I speak about the "Obama-at-Notre-Dame" thing, questioning the outraged response of some Catholics. The unity that St. Paul sought was not immediate when he made his debut as a converted p...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 3, 2009 Updated: 2009-05-10 14:16:00 Description: Profound things are found in each of the readings. "Salvation is in no other name." "We are God's children now. What we shall later be has not yet come to light, but we shall be like him, for we shall see him as he is." "There will be one fold, o...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Sunday of Easter, April 26, 2009 Updated: 2009-04-26 14:17:00 Description: The novel I refer to is The Way of All Flesh by Samuel Butler; I find the lives of Theobald and Ernest to be a caution against the establishment of religion. When religious faith is one with the postal service and internal revenue, what sort of fait...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday of Easter (aka "Divine Mercy Sunday"), April 19, 2009 Updated: 2009-04-19 23:09:00 Description: Your homilist still doesn't understand how a Sunday of Easter can be named for a private devotion....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Easter Sunday, April 12, 2009 Updated: 2009-04-12 17:19:00 Description: Get rid of the old yeast and become unleavened. St. Paul's Passover imagery is applied to the change that comes about when we acknowledge the sense of human dignity that follows from the treasure of the resurrection....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Easter Vigil, Saturday, April 11, 2009 Updated: 2009-04-12 17:17:00 Description: The amazement of the women at the tomb may, very usefully, be compared with the amazement of the brothers of Joseph when they found that one they thought dead was in the position of saving them from starvation....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Good Friday Celebration of the Lord's Passion, April 10, 2009 Updated: 2009-04-12 17:15:00 Description: The Passion of St. John is most emphatic about Jesus "laying down" his life, as opposed to having someone snatch it from him. The calm silence of Jesus unnerves Pontius Pilate....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper, April 9, 2009 Updated: 2009-04-12 17:13:00 Description: This is a homily on "basics" of the sacrament of the Eucharist....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Palm Sunday, April 5, 2009 Updated: 2009-04-06 16:23:00 Description: Was "Eloi, Eloi, lema sabachthani?" a cry of despair? We must consider the source of this expression in order to understand properly why the writer of Mark's Gospel put it on Jesus' lips when he was on the cross....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 29, 2009 Updated: 2009-04-02 17:37:00 Description: The image of the grain of wheat "dying" may not be botanically satisfactory, but we certainly know what Jesus means. Conversion means entering into an existence that cannot be foreseen. It demands abandonment of self so that one's true self can be ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 22, 2009 Updated: 2009-03-22 14:18:00 Description: An extremely important characteristic of our conversion into Jesus Christ is its personal nature. God as Trinity is personal. We come to understand that, as precious as any of our personal relationships is, there is infinite richness in the relatio...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Sunday of Lent, March 15, 2009 Updated: 2009-03-15 17:42:00 Description: Tell a psychiatrist what Jesus does in today's Gospel, and you will get a diagnosis affirming that he is suffering from delusions. That's the scandal of Christianity: we acknowledge that anyone else in this circumstance would be delusional, but in t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday of Lent, March 8, 2009 Updated: 2009-03-08 14:17:00 Description: What sort of God gives a couple a child -- miraculously -- and then says, offer up the child as a sacrifice? The same God who gave his son as the sacrifice which achieves humanity's salvation. Glory is found in the midst of suffering. God is truly...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First Sunday of Lent, March 1, 2009 Updated: 2009-03-06 17:05:00 Description: Conversion means becoming who we really are? Strange as it may seem, this is a very helpful way to look at conversion. Conversion is from sin, which distorts our best and truest self. So the "change" of conversion is not into something alien to us...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 22, 2009 Updated: 2009-02-23 17:35:00 Description: Ah, performance anxiety! I had said exactly what I wanted to say at the 8 am Mass. Regrettably, I had not recorded that one. So at 10:15 I was trying to duplicate the earlier delivery. I was way off. And it is a complicated thing to think about ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 15, 2009, alternate edition Updated: 2009-02-18 19:56:00 Description: This homily is a little different from the other one because of a rite of acceptance for a new catechumen....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 15, 2009 Updated: 2009-02-18 19:55:00 Description: Hear the word "leper," think the word "leopard"? I do....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 8, 2009 Updated: 2009-02-14 20:24:00 Description: "Thou shalt not whine." Is it possible to live according to this commandment?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 1, 2009 Updated: 2009-02-14 20:23:00 Description: What might I have talked about on this weekend? You'll have to listen to find out....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 25, 2009 Updated: 2009-02-14 20:20:00 Description: Today is the 50th anniversary of Pope John XXIII's call for an ecumenical council....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 18, 2009 Updated: 2009-02-14 20:18:00 Description: I do recall that I made mention of the historic character of Barack Obama's assumption of the Presidency....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Baptism of the Lord, January 11, 2009 Updated: 2009-02-14 20:16:00 Description: Again, I am uploading this on 2/14/09 and I do not recollect the substance of this homily....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Holy Family, December 28, 2008 Updated: 2009-02-14 20:13:00 Description: Once again, this homily has disappeared into the mists of history, at least as far as my own mind is concerned. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 21, 2008 Updated: 2009-02-14 18:24:00 Description: Hello, Fr. Kevin is back in business. The other six will upload shortly. I have to run. I'm sorry I can't remember exactly what I was talking about on this occasion....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Sunday of Advent, December 14, 2008 Updated: 2008-12-15 20:46:00 Description: It may seem insignificant that John the Baptist answered "no" to the question, "Are you the Christ?" In fact, his "no" shines a light on our tendency to say "yes" and to act as if we are our own saviors....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday of Advent, December 7, 2008 Updated: 2008-12-07 15:45:00 Description: Can we hold together the words "comfort" and "repent" in the same thought? If not, we need to open ourselves to the chastening received by God's people when they returned from the Babylonian Captivity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First Sunday of Advent, November 30, 2008 Updated: 2008-12-07 15:44:00 Description: See November 16....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Christ the King, November 23, 2008 Updated: 2008-12-07 15:43:00 Description: See November 16....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 16, 2008 Updated: 2008-12-07 15:41:00 Description: For four weeks I failed to get my software to recognize my hardware. This morning, at last, it worked. Off the top of my head, I can't remember exactly what I was talking about in these earlier ones....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Dedication of St. John Lateran, November 9, 2008 Updated: 2008-11-09 15:19:00 Description: Why does all the world celebrate the dedication of a church near a subway station on the southeast side of Rome?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD All Souls, November 2, 2008 Updated: 2008-11-09 15:15:00 Description: How many schools have their own mausoleum, and must one assume that such schools are pretty tough?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 26, 2008 Updated: 2008-11-01 20:03:00 Description: It isn't wrong because it's forbidden; it's forbidden because it's wrong. It isn't right because it's commanded; it's commanded because it's right....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 12, 2008 Updated: 2008-11-01 20:01:00 Description: I can't remember what I preached about....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 5, 2008 Updated: 2008-10-05 14:18:00 Description: Today is "Vineyard III." Am I coming across as genuine? Why be preoccupied with whether people perceive us as "good people"? We need to free ourselves from maintaining our image, and let God change us. Conversion -- a dynamic process -- is the fu...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 21, 2008 Updated: 2008-10-05 14:10:00 Description: Somebody said economics is the "dismal science." And I can't help sounding less than peppy when trying to talk about economics, even in the light of the Gospel. Of course, we have to stress that the parable of the workers in the vineyard has nothin...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Sunday, September 14, 2008 Updated: 2008-09-14 18:28:00 Description: This feast also happens to be our parish feast day. Consider the inconsistency: The people of Israel were not to make a golden calf, but Moses was instructed to make a bronze serpent....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 31, 2008 Updated: 2008-09-03 18:56:00 Description: The calendar cycles have aligned ... to provide a recollection of what I was doing 33 years ago, the weekend I entered the seminary. It is amazing how the very Scriptures I read at my last Mass at home have grown in significance -- especially Paul's...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 24, 2008 Updated: 2008-09-03 18:49:00 Description: We are all familiar with abuses of authority. Christians are called to a counter-intuitive sort of authority, modeled for us in Jesus himself, who came among us as one who serves....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 17, 2008 Updated: 2008-08-17 14:39:00 Description: When he speaks of throwing the food of the children to the dogs, Jesus lays bare a nativism which we carefully hide from ourselves. The fact of a child's illness breaks through the barriers we erect so we can create for ourselves that "comfort zone"...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 10, 2008 Updated: 2008-08-10 19:00:00 Description: I love the Olympics. I always have to see the opening ceremony. Friday night, in addition to the spectacle, we saw a little boy with the towering Yao Ming. I find a connection with Elijah in the cave and Peter trying to walk to his master on water...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 3, 2008 Updated: 2008-08-04 17:12:00 Description: Our duty to foster communion and dialogue; our assurance that nothing can separate us from God -- these are a few parts of the great variety of thoughts presented to us through the Scriptures....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 27, 2008 Updated: 2008-08-04 17:11:00 Description: What is your heart's desire? It becomes obvious to any Christian that we must keep revising our idea of that heart's desire as it comes to embrace nothing less than the Kingdom of God....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 20, 2008 Updated: 2008-07-20 14:32:00 Description: Rely not upon the "explanation" of the parable of the weeds in the wheat. Let the parable itself carry you to a consideration of the patience of God....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tribunal Advocate Training, part 4 of 4 Updated: 2008-07-20 14:09:00 Description: Saturday, July 12, 2008, at the Catholic Pastoral Center, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 13, 2008 Updated: 2008-07-20 14:09:00 Description: You need an explanation of the parables of Jesus ... if you want to make them safe and domesticated and toothless. Jesus probably did not provide explanations; somebody in the early Church considered this necessary. Jesus intended his parables to h...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tribunal Advocate Training, part 3 of 4 Updated: 2008-07-20 14:08:00 Description: Saturday, July 12, 2008, at the Catholic Pastoral Center, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tribunal Advocate Training, part 2 of 4 Updated: 2008-07-20 14:07:00 Description: Saturday, July 12, 2008, at the Catholic Pastoral Center, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tribunal Advocate Training, part 1 of 4 Updated: 2008-07-20 14:06:00 Description: Saturday, July 12, 2008, at the Catholic Pastoral Center, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 6, 2008 Updated: 2008-07-09 22:10:00 Description: You need to decide whether the homilist is conscious. After a week spent at Catholic HEART Workcamp, I was suffering from severe sleep deprivation. I seem to recall talking about CREATURELINESS. Believe me, I was feeling like a creature, not a cre...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 8, 2008 Updated: 2008-06-08 21:50:00 Description: This was the homily given on the occasion of my silver jubilee. This homily is unusual because I am interrupted by people explaining to me how funny it was for me to say "You don't know one another ... and it's a good thing." Th...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 1, 2008 Updated: 2008-06-01 23:04:00 Description: Since Easter was the earliest we'll ever see it, we have before us twenty-six weeks of Ordinary Time, and that means six months of a more or less continuous reading from the Gospel of Matthew. Today's passage is the conclusion of Jesus' Sermon ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Holy Trinity, May 18, 2008 Updated: 2008-05-18 14:16:00 Description: We were baptized into "the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit." The communitarian being of God Himself helps us to understand why it is absolutely necessary for us to live our lives in relationship....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pentecost, May 11, 2008 Updated: 2008-05-12 13:52:00 Description: See the Vigil of Pentecost for references to harrowing experiences (does even St. Paul have the right to be the one talking about "labor pains" on the weekend of Mother's Day?). Going through crises may perhaps purify our sense of wha...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ascension of the Lord (Seventh Sunday of Easter), May 4, 2008 Updated: 2008-05-04 14:40:00 Description: This one features yours truly trying to talk about four different things; the third part is the homily proper. Jesus commands the Eleven to "go and make disciples" -- in other words, bring people around so that they are as excited abo...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifth Sunday of Easter, April 20, 2008 Updated: 2008-04-20 23:17:00 Description: The essence of God is sharing. Now that's something to think about....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Sunday of Easter, April 6, 2008 Updated: 2008-04-20 23:13:00 Description: I can't remember what I preached about. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday of Easter, March 30, 2008 Updated: 2008-03-31 15:46:00 Description: The resurrection of Jesus, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, create community. The first letter of Peter proclaims our new birth in baptism. Birth means we belong to someone. We eagerly claim our relationship to the crucified a...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Easter Vigil, Saturday, March 22, 2008 Updated: 2008-03-31 15:43:00 Description: Resurrection is real; we just have a hard time perceiving it. Resurrection, in fact, is a challenge held out to us. Do we accept the challenge? Do we submit to the dying that is necessary if we are to rise?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Good Friday of the Lord's Passion, March 21, 2008 Updated: 2008-03-31 15:41:00 Description: "What is truth?" Pilate doesn't know. Pilate very likely doesn't want to know. Truth includes an acknowledgment of human suffering. Jesus in his death does this very thing. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper, March 20, 2008 Updated: 2008-03-21 19:43:00 Description: Through the Passover, and then through the Eucharist, ancient memories are alive and active in our midst, helping us to "remember forward" regarding our dignity and our call from God to service....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion, March 16, 2008 Updated: 2008-03-21 19:41:00 Description: I was a bit distracted on Palm Sunday and did not manage to record a homily. This is a summary....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 9, 2008 Updated: 2008-03-09 17:34:00 Description: "If I can survive death, I can survive anything." But how does one survive death? Jesus himself succumbed to death -- but this death was the conquest of death. The raising of Lazarus prepares us to celebrate Jesus' resurre...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Work of the Diocesan Tribunal Updated: 2008-03-07 16:50:00 Description: Recorded while I was having my car worked on -- there may be some background noises....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 2, 2008 Updated: 2008-03-04 23:37:00 Description: On Laetare Sunday, I was looking for a "respite" from this sorry winter we've been experiencing. On that particular day, the temperatures got up around 70. I'm uploading this the following Tuesday, and we've been hit with severa...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Sunday of Lent, February 24, 2008 Updated: 2008-02-29 20:03:00 Description: I'm sorry to be late with this upload. As I recall, I looked at Jesus and the Samaritan woman as a way of identifying various anxieties of human life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday of Lent, February 17, 2008 Updated: 2008-02-17 15:12:00 Description: How can we act with true hope, and not give in to a despairing attitude? Jesus gave an answer through his transfiguration. We can perceive, along with Peter, James, and John, that the good is triumphant, even when we can see only evil sur...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First Sunday of Lent, February 10, 2008 Updated: 2008-02-12 23:24:00 Description: Yes, this year we are going to talk about sin. Jesus' resistance of temptation is a good occasion for us to think about sins of recklessness, as well as their opposite extreme: sins of shrinking fearfulness toward all the challenges of life....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 3, 2008 Updated: 2008-02-03 20:43:00 Description: Today we are "searching for Bobby Fischer" and thereby presenting a counterexample for the Beatitudes. We are all tempted to make the activity that most gratifies us our only goal in life. If we accede to the temptation, we...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 27, 2008 Updated: 2008-01-27 20:00:00 Description: DISCIPLES are people who submit willingly to a certain DISCIPLINE. We can think of certain people or ideas that have excited us. At one time or another, we have wanted our lives to be reflections of the thing that fascinates. To be ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, Monday, January 21, 2008 Updated: 2008-01-23 03:29:00 Description: This was the first sermon for Auburn's observance of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in its centennial year. The venue: Cornerstone Community Church. I forgot about recording until a couple of minutes into it. Before turning ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 20, 2008 Updated: 2008-01-21 14:14:00 Description: We, the church, the assembly, are called to holiness. "Holy" is a word rich in significance; yet it can be an obstacle to us when we seek to understand ourselves before God. We welcome the encouragement of all who have accepted ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Baptism of the Lord, January 13, 2008 Updated: 2008-01-14 16:24:00 Description: Baptism is death. This is not the sort of polite conversation that one expects when an infant undergoes baptism. But this is precisely why Jesus underwent baptism: to be in solidarity with us who face this very strange thing called mortal...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Epiphany of the Lord, January 6, 2008 Updated: 2008-01-06 22:43:00 Description: We live in accelerated times. Today we attempt to grasp what is of value in this time and for eternity. We accept the challenge of accepting a gift of universal significance to humanity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Holy Family, December 30, 2007 Updated: 2007-12-30 17:36:00 Description: Family brings to mind familiarity -- and from ancient times it has been held that "familiarity breeds contempt." Today's scriptures affirm that this does not have to be. As we appreciate the growth of our family members, we find...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Vigil of Christmas, Monday, December 24, 2007 Updated: 2007-12-25 04:49:00 Description: I am quite certain that this homily, at the first Mass of Christmas, will be my best effort for the solemnity of the Incarnation. The mystery of the Word Made Flesh calls us to look deep within ourselves to discover the joy which can emerge fro...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 23, 2007 Updated: 2007-12-23 15:10:00 Description: We men like to assert our power. The power or potency to beget children is greatly esteemed. Today we hear of power being wielded in a way which calls all our power-posturing into question....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Sunday of Advent, December 16, 2007 Updated: 2007-12-16 21:05:00 Description: As I was uploading this, the host admonished me: "Please be patient." Patience provides a near-universal challenge to human beings. It is difficult to see what patience gives us. Perhaps if we slowed down the processes of ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday of Advent, December 9, 2007 Updated: 2007-12-10 00:47:00 Description: On a weekend of difficult weather and general distraction, a brief reflection on knowledge of God covering the earth as water covers the sea....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First Sunday of Advent, December 2, 2007 Updated: 2007-12-02 15:15:00 Description: This somewhat windy homily takes the image of the man hammering his sword into a plowshare and applies it to the dream of the parish's becoming more completely a faith community....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Christ the King, November 25, 2007 Updated: 2007-11-25 18:07:00 Description: Let's get past the reflexive response, "We're Americans -- we don't need kings!" There is a great richness in the concepts of kingship and kingdom, and we can enrich ourselves by considering these concepts. Jesus, truly God and ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Special: "Mass in Slow Motion" (Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 18, 2007) Updated: 2007-11-18 19:33:00 Description: This recording is close to an hour and a half. I provide explanations of the various parts of the Mass. We must conduct our lives remembering that we are the ancestors of the people of the future. Will they be able to look back upon...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 11, 2007 Updated: 2007-11-12 19:50:00 Description: I received some highly gratifying positive feedback on this one. I was happy to hear from people who said that it made them think! That's what we must do if we are going to have an adequate appreciation of our relationship with God and wh...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 4, 2007 Updated: 2007-11-12 19:22:00 Description: After two weekends on vacation and some hassles with keeping my account activated, I am back with Sunday homilies. We all appreciate a quiet, loving hint so that we can be informed of a need to change something. We don't appreciate it wh...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 14, 2007 Updated: 2007-10-16 21:11:00 Description: Does the internet make place irrelevant? Our deepest feelings say no. Each of us is from somewhere. We have a lot invested in particular places. It is taking believers a long time to work through these feelings....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 7, 2007 Updated: 2007-10-10 00:10:00 Description: "How long, O Lord?" This cry from the sixth century B.C. resounds in every age, wherever human beings are. We experience time now as dragging, now as racing. We are challenged to understand that God is drawing us from time...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 30, 2007 Updated: 2007-10-03 21:21:00 Description: A somewhat different take on the rich man and Lazarus. I consider what it means to take anyone's name in vain. How do people instrumentalize each other?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 23, 2007 Updated: 2007-09-23 14:44:00 Description: Jesus' parable of the devious steward is not teaching us to be devious! Rather, we find here an invitation to "work" a "system" as this man worked the economic system, which was all he could see. Our "system"...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 16, 2007 Updated: 2007-09-16 17:21:00 Description: Self-righteousness is hard to get rid of; after all, it feels so good! But we can trade it in for something better. May we confront ourselves in a healthy manner so as to accept the sense of peace which is far better than self-righteousne...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 9, 2007 Updated: 2007-09-09 14:56:00 Description: The death of Madeleine L'Engle; the ideas of C.S. Lewis regarding heaven; our upcoming parish feast day (Friday, September 14) and the prioritizing that occurs when we take up our cross....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 2, 2007 (reconstructed) Updated: 2007-09-09 14:50:00 Description: Might heaven be boring?; a mistranslation of Hebrews; one of Jesus' least important parables; Mother Teresa couldn't control God....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 26, 2007 Updated: 2007-08-28 16:46:00 Description: I have to apologize for the strange appearance of this page. I have to scroll down quite a bit through blank space to see the latest posts. Libsyn has sent me some advice on how to correct this, but I don't have it figured out yet. Appare...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 19, 2007 Updated: 2007-08-19 14:29:00 Description: After two weekends away doing ecumenical training, the crusty old pastor is back. This homily starts from a reflection on the practice of dueling. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 29, 2007 Updated: 2007-07-30 22:18:00 Description: Due to technical difficulties, this homily is appearing rather late. The Scriptures give us a lot to consider regarding prayer. It is most important to note the communal nature of prayer (even when we think we're "alone") and to...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 22, 2007 Updated: 2007-07-23 16:19:00 Description: We finish our reflection on the meaning of hell. We also consider the virtue of hospitality, acknowledging that activity (of whatever kind) can get in the way of our focus on why we engage in various activities....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 15, 2007 Updated: 2007-07-15 16:53:00 Description: Treatment of eschatology continues with a consideration of hell, where jokes fall flat. There has been a lot of name-calling in state government lately; we must consider the fact that labeling people is a foolish excuse for not responding to pe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 8, 2007 Updated: 2007-07-08 14:59:00 Description: Today is my fiftieth birthday. It's a time somewhat like Dante's mezzo del cammin di nostra vita (the middle of the walk of our life) and it was then that he looked into the "last things" in writing The Divine Comedy. Today I co...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 1, 2007 Updated: 2007-07-02 16:25:00 Description: Freedom is the opportunity to choose a direction for one's life. Jesus knew that he was proceeding resolutely to Jerusalem and an appointment with a cross. Our challenge is freely to embrace everything that comes with the path of holiness...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Birth of John the Baptist, Sunday, June 24, 2007 Updated: 2007-06-24 14:57:00 Description: Zechariah was unable to speak. That doesn't mean he was unable to hear. So why are the good fellows around him communicating in some sort of sign language? Self-consciousness in difficult social situations can lead us to to do stran...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 17, 2007 Updated: 2007-06-17 17:02:00 Description: Finally we get to a post-death "destination" -- although it's not a final destination. Purgatory is the antechamber to heaven, and the concept of this state of purification is difficult to understand. More to the point are the w...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Body and Blood of Christ, Sunday, June 10, 2007 Updated: 2007-06-11 16:01:00 Description: In this time-bound existence of ours, we touch the timeless as we open our hearts to our God. The Holy Eucharist proclaims to us that we are fed and nourished in Jesus' Paschal Mystery in ways which are not readily perceivable. We remembe...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Holy Trinity, Sunday, June 3, 2007 Updated: 2007-06-03 19:26:00 Description: How well developed is your sense of play and celebration? Can you experience life with the enthusiasm of God the Creator? He made us that we might in some way reflect the love shared among the persons of the Trinity....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pentecost Sunday, May 27, 2007 Updated: 2007-05-27 14:27:00 Description: The Holy Spirit is at work through the words of Sacred Scripture. It is important for all of us to read the Bible in its entirety. We also need to let Scripture guide our prayer. Our liturgical experience of the proclamation of Scri...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ascension of the Lord, Sunday, May 20, 2007 Updated: 2007-05-20 17:38:00 Description: A lot was going on today. We begin "Eschatology" with "Limbo." What experiences do we have that give us a sense of the peace of "dwelling in the house of the Lord"?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 13, 2007 Updated: 2007-05-13 14:21:00 Description: Since, in my locality, the Ascension falls on the Seventh Sunday of Easter, we are permitted to use readings of that Seventh Sunday on this day. I used the Gospel from next Sunday: "That all may be one." How does the incident in...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 29, 2007 (First Communion) Updated: 2007-04-29 20:09:00 Description: A different take on the same readings. NOTE: Next weekend I will again be away from the parish; therefore no homily for May 5-6. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 29, 2007 Updated: 2007-04-29 20:00:00 Description: You who are listening to the podcast know very well the concept of "multitasking." Can people multitask and do justice to any of the work they do? Jesus' attention was fixed on one matter alone. His singleness of heart led...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday of Easter, April 15, 2007 Updated: 2007-04-22 23:37:00 Description: Recorded at Divernon on Saturday, April 14. Personally I will always have esteem for Thomas in his unwillingness to be deceived -- though I grant that we can improve upon him and learn to appreciate the need to accept the testimony of witnesses...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Easter Vigil, Saturday, April 7, 2007 Updated: 2007-04-22 23:15:00 Description: Resurrection allows us to accept our memories -- even the most bitter. Our participation in Christian baptism means that we have accepted the invitation of Jesus to accept all the good that comes from his confrontation of the contradictions of ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Good Friday, April 6, 2007 Updated: 2007-04-07 03:36:00 Description: As I attempted to record my homily for Holy Thursday, I discovered that the battery was dead. Sorry. You will note that my Triduum homilies are building upon the concept of memory....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion, April 1, 2007 Updated: 2007-04-01 21:43:00 Description: Luke is my favorite Gospel, and likewise the Passion of Luke is my favorite of the narratives of the death of Jesus. It seems to me that Luke has an eye on the universal implications of the sacrifice of the Word Made Flesh. When he says t...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifth Sunday of Lent, March 25, 2007 Updated: 2007-03-25 14:14:00 Description: Well, is this a stretch or not? In the incident of the woman caught in adultery, can we see an element of class consciousness? I will leave it to you to form your opinion. Anyway, this passage from the Gospel of John is unfaili...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 18, 2007 Updated: 2007-03-18 18:15:00 Description: This is the Sunday 10:15 am Mass in Auburn. Once again, we consider the parable of the Prodigal Son -- this time, without reference to etymology....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 18, 2007 Updated: 2007-03-18 15:01:00 Description: Is there a connection between the words prodigal and prodigy? I said so in this homily, but without checking a dictionary. Now that I have, I find I can't verify this. At least I know that prodigal doesn't mean "repentant"...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Sunday of Lent, March 11, 2007 (Year A readings for first scrutiny of the elect) Updated: 2007-03-11 14:34:00 Description: I preached on these readings only once today. The Third, Fourth, and Fifth Sundays of Lent have two sets of readings in Years B and C (this year is C) when the scrutinies are celebrated for people preparing for baptism at Easter. There is...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday of Lent, March 4, 2007 Updated: 2007-03-04 18:14:00 Description: This has nothing to do with the homily; I merely present this as a public service. -- People apparently are up in arms about "In God We Trust" not being on the new dollar coins. Think again. "E Pluribus Unum," &q...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First Sunday of Lent, February 25, 2007 Updated: 2007-02-26 21:29:00 Description: Jesus underwent temptation just as we do. But he never sinned. So how much like us is he, really? Can we relate to him? Can his fidelity to his Father be attributed to superhuman powers? These are vital questions which w...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 18, 2007 Updated: 2007-02-18 05:24:00 Description: How do we view people? Can we expand our vision so we can see people more in the way that God sees us? It is possible, and we can develop an appreciation for human beings which is a step toward the vision of Jesus in his challenging comma...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 11, 2007 Updated: 2007-02-11 17:48:00 Description: We're back, thanks to Brian Noe's expertise. For this first attempt with a new recording device, I'm a little bit self-conscious wearing the thing on my wrist. We cast aside all distracting thoughts and extend our roots so we will always ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 21, 2007 Updated: 2007-01-21 17:45:00 Description: Don't you get angry when people tell you how to feel? I thought so. It seems that Ezra is doing this very thing in the first reading. Jesus, on the other hand, does not try to manipulate us....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 14, 2007 Updated: 2007-01-14 17:37:00 Description: Marriage is a process of embracing the ordinary. Our God calls us to discover how wonderful the ordinary is....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Epiphany of the Lord, January 7, 2007 Updated: 2007-01-07 17:45:00 Description: I'm still sick, as you can hear. Considering the word "epiphany" as meaning coming to a new insight or an "aha" moment....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Holy Family, December 31, 2006 Updated: 2007-01-06 20:18:00 Description: I have been sick for over a week -- hence the late upload. The gist of my thoughts for the Holy Family is that we as a Church thought we had all the answers to what families are supposed to be. We have been proven wrong. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Christmas Day, Monday, December 25, 2006 Updated: 2006-12-26 14:45:00 Description: I waited till my last Mass to make a recording. It turns out that that Mass was the one where I had the stiffest "competition." The Scriptures for the Mass of Christmas Day have us considering messengers and messages and our nee...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 24, 2006 Updated: 2006-12-24 20:39:00 Description: Do you enjoy being visited? Mary and Elizabeth visit each other in order to proclaim that God has visited his people....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Sunday of Advent, December 17, 2006 Updated: 2006-12-17 15:28:00 Description: How do we find joy in being reminded over and over that we are merely human beings? PRECISELY in embracing our identity as human beings....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday of Advent, December 10, 2006 (second try) Updated: 2006-12-10 19:54:00 Description: Sorry, the first upload was the wrong format....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday of Advent, December 10, 2006 Updated: 2006-12-10 17:45:00 Description: Sorry about the screechy recording from last week. What voices do we listen to?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First Sunday of Advent, December 3, 2006 Updated: 2006-12-04 21:28:00 Description: This year we observe the briefest Advent possible. Seize the moment and consider what a coating of ice and snow has to say to us about God, our beginnings, and our fulfillments....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Christ the King, November 26, 2006 Updated: 2006-11-26 15:57:00 Description: This is relatively lengthy, starting as it does with an issue I'm going to be talking about for several weeks: dismal weekend Mass attendance. -- My time in London helped me to consider the matter of kingship; I think I have some helpful insights....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 12, 2006 Updated: 2006-11-26 15:54:00 Description: I was sick and this homily was very brief. I believe that this was the Gospel of "the widow's mite."...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 5, 2006 Updated: 2006-11-05 21:50:00 Description: "Love God with all your heart" -- this is the first and greatest commandment. But it is certainly not the first commandment of which we have a practical grasp. Let us consider how we learn to love....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 29, 2006 Updated: 2006-10-29 15:59:00 Description: Those of us who use computers must be impressed with the visual nature of the interaction between ourselves and these devices. We equate seeing with understanding. The word of God today encourages us in our understanding. As Hebrews...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Hello from London Updated: 2006-10-08 13:58:00 Description: After an uneventful air trip, I am in London where I worked as a deacon in the summer of 1982. I arrived at the parish for the 9:00 am Mass with three minutes to spare. I have located an internet cafe, from which I am sending this message...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 17, 2006 Updated: 2006-09-17 15:02:00 Description: Powerful readings: Isaiah 50, the third Suffering Servant Song; from James, the "faith-works" controversy; from Mark, "Get behind me, Satan!"...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 10, 2006 Updated: 2006-09-10 14:27:00 Description: How good it is for our ears to be opened once again to hear Sunday reflections on the Word of God. Reflecting on the life of my first seminary spiritual director, I add the image of the "heart of stone" (Ezekiel 36: 24-28) to the pres...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 20, 2006 Updated: 2006-08-20 19:00:00 Description: The Holy Eucharist responds well to our humanity. It is the satisfaction of an immediate need alongside other immediate needs about which we are frequently reminded during the course of a day....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 13, 2006 Updated: 2006-08-13 17:29:00 Description: I was away last week. In the meantime, our bishop made a long-awaited announcement regarding an investigation. We as the People of God are called to recognize the strength that allows us to make our various life-journeys, especially ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 30, 2006 (take 2) Updated: 2006-07-30 17:26:00 Description: I was much happier with this homily, given at 10:15 am. What happened at the "multiplication of the loaves and fishes"? Did Jesus just get everybody to share? Would that have served his purpose completely? We conside...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 30, 2006 Updated: 2006-07-30 14:11:00 Description: I am somewhat dissatisfied with this homily, given at 8:00 am, so I will give it another try at 10:15 am. For one thing, the homily goes 11 minutes. I am consistently urged to preach no more than 10 minutes (in seminary, I was taught that...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 23, 2006 Updated: 2006-07-23 14:19:00 Description: Having returned from vacation, Fr. Kevin sounds as if he'd really like to be with Jesus and the Twelve, going to that out-of-the-way place to rest a while. He got very accustomed to the relaxation! He sounds kind of tired. Pray for ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 9, 2006 Updated: 2006-07-09 16:56:00 Description: Today I share a story of an incident which occurred back in 1970, when I was thirteen. It's a good complement for today's readings and a continuing matter of wonder for me, as I find myself looking deep within to consider the obstacles in our h...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 2, 2006 Updated: 2006-07-02 14:23:00 Description: The way of the world is death, but we have the audacity to believe in a Creator who preserves us to eternal life, and in a Savior who came quietly into this world to triumph over death and to give that full life to those who exercise faith....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 25, 2006 Updated: 2006-06-25 19:02:00 Description: Fear can be a good thing, if it's the reverential fear that we owe to God. We lift up our hearts to God who gives us life and all good things, and we remember, with Job, that God even tells chaos how far it can go....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Body and Blood of Christ, June 18, 2006 Updated: 2006-06-18 19:45:00 Description: The readings in Year B focus greatly on the blood of Christ. Let us acknowledge the differences between the ancient mentality and our own, and appreciate their understanding of blood as a sign of atonement for sin. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Holy Trinity, June 11, 2006 Updated: 2006-06-12 19:52:00 Description: The dynamism of the Holy Trinity should be reflected in the dynamic action of love in our lives....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pentecost, June 4, 2006 Updated: 2006-06-04 14:28:00 Description: "Now, listen up; this is the Holy Spirit talking. Everybody start talking Latin!" This is not the way the Holy Spirit works. Unfortunately, the recent unpleasantness regarding English liturgical texts would lead one to bel...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ascension of the Lord, May 28, 2006 Updated: 2006-05-28 14:44:00 Description: After you hear this homily, you may find yourself humming the Beatles' "In My Life." I am....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 21, 2006 Updated: 2006-05-21 14:31:00 Description: Where I live, we celebrate the Ascension of the Lord on the Seventh Sunday of Easter. Therefore, on the Sixth Sunday of Easter we can use readings from the Seventh Sunday which we otherwise would never hear. Today I used the Seventh Sunda...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 14, 2006 Updated: 2006-05-14 17:38:00 Description: Today we consider the image of the vine and the branches, which, if you think about it, may suffer from some inadequacies. We also consider the awkwardness of a former attacker coming over to the enemy....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 7, 2006 Updated: 2006-05-13 18:51:00 Description: Even Jesus cannot provide a perfect analogy. It's just the nature of an analogy that it is always in some way inadequate. And in the case of the Good Shepherd, the deficiency is this: WE'RE NOT SHEEP....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Sunday of Easter, April 30, 2006 Updated: 2006-05-01 15:29:00 Description: My take on The Da Vinci Code. Also, is it true that, after the Resurrection, you still get to eat? This was from the 8:00 am Mass at Auburn (10:15 was First Communion). ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion, April 9, 2006 Updated: 2006-04-09 16:53:00 Description: I had a little competition at the beginning of this homily. These are some thoughts on the various titles given to Jesus and their meaning. Recorded at the late Mass in Auburn....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifth Sunday of Lent, April 2, 2006 Updated: 2006-04-02 17:04:00 Description: The Covenant ... and how it is expressed to its fullest degree in the one who was lifted up and draws all to himself....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Lent, March 26, 2006 Updated: 2006-04-02 16:51:00 Description: A week ago I was having problems with uploading. Now, I am having problems remembering what I talked about. Having referred to a lectionary, I recall now that I talked about the Babylonian Exile. Also, of course, about John 3:16....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Sunday of Lent, March 19, 2006 Updated: 2006-03-19 15:41:00 Description: I was windy today -- this is over 14 minutes, at the early Mass at St. Benedict. I am covering various aspects of participation in liturgy. I would love to go deeper into the social situation of "convenient sacrifice" at the time of Jesus. My pers...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday of Lent, March 12, 2006 Updated: 2006-03-12 15:27:00 Description: Is anxiety necessary? Was Abraham's imperative to kill his son all in his mind? We will try to answer these questions today. Recorded at the 8 am Mass in Auburn....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First Sunday of Lent, March 5, 2006 Updated: 2006-03-05 17:55:00 Description: Once I finished this homily, I realized that I had not mentioned the date of Easter; it's April 16. Lent does not exist for its own sake; rather, it is our preparation for Easter....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 26, 2006 Updated: 2006-02-26 20:20:00 Description: Where was I the previous two weeks? Well, I was at the ambo ... but I don't have recordings to prove it. I know I inadvertently erased Feb. 19 -- but I don't know what happened to Feb. 12. Today's reflection continues with practical matters of liv...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 5, 2006 Updated: 2006-02-11 21:02:00 Description: Today I talk about money. Listen to determine whether I make a convincing case for money being "boring."...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 29, 2006 Updated: 2006-01-29 15:26:00 Description: The early Mass at St. Benedict. The man crying out in the synagogue makes me think of 1) kids in church -- an emotionally-charged issue, and 2) mental illness. Listen to my thoughts....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Third Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 22, 2006 Updated: 2006-01-22 17:56:00 Description: The last and best-attended Mass. A familiar theme of mine: We don't go to Mass to make God happy. Rather, God makes us happy (repentance/conversion) and then we, out of thanksgiving, are present for worship....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, January 15, 2006 Updated: 2006-01-15 17:50:00 Description: You were perhaps looking for the "First Sunday in Ordinary Time"? Sorry -- it doesn't exist! A bit of housekeeping, plus a look at the built-in eagerness for God that all of us have....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Epiphany of the Lord, January 8, 2006 Updated: 2006-01-15 15:34:00 Description: This was a week ago. I don't remember much. Mainly I was, I think, talking about the officialization of the new parish....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Mary, Mother of God, January 1, 2006 Updated: 2006-01-15 15:26:00 Description: Two listeners noted that my original recording was truncated. Here, I believe, is the complete recording....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Christmas Midnight, Sunday, December 25, 2005 Updated: 2006-01-01 15:23:00 Description: Midnight in Auburn: my fourth of five Christmas Eucharists....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Advent, December 18, 2005 Updated: 2005-12-18 15:24:00 Description: Earlier I had posted an explanation of my absence on the Second and Third Sundays of Advent -- but that recording was blank, because I had not turned the microphone on. I'm back with a homily recorded at the early Mass at Auburn....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD First Sunday of Advent, November 27, 2005 Updated: 2005-11-27 18:18:00 Description: The late Mass in Auburn....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Christ the King (Thirty-fourth and Last Sunday in Ordinary Time), Nov. 20, 2005 Updated: 2005-11-20 15:24:00 Description: This was the early Sunday Mass, held at the St. Benedict Parish Center because the church interior is being painted....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 13, 2005 Updated: 2005-11-20 15:18:00 Description: I am still not used to turning on my recorder AFTER I have proclaimed the Gospel. November 13 I was one sentence into the homily (at my last Mass) and I said to myself, "No, I'm not going to stop now."...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, November 6, 2005 Updated: 2005-11-06 17:58:00 Description: I goofed and recorded the Gospel passage. Is this illegal, or am I just PREMATURELY RIGHT?...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 30, 2005 Updated: 2005-10-30 14:53:00 Description: I note some extraneous noise; I think the mic must have been rubbing against fabric. On "Priesthood Sunday," there are some pertinent readings! Fr. Kevin recalls his interview for the seminary. Recorded in Auburn, Sunday morning....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 23, 2005 Updated: 2005-10-23 13:35:00 Description: "You can't have everything you want." See whether this glum pronouncement leads to anything good. Recorded Sunday in Auburn. ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 16, 2005 Updated: 2005-10-16 13:29:00 Description: The copyright cops have spoken! Until further notice (because the USCCB is still looking at the phenomenon of podcasting), I am not to podcast the proclamation of the Scriptures from the New American Bible. So we go straight to the homily. As Amer...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD On the Holy Eucharist Updated: 2005-10-13 00:50:00 Description: In observance of 2005 as the Year of the Eucharist, Fr. Kevin spoke during the older kids' PSR time about the meaning of the sacrament....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 9, 2005 Updated: 2005-10-09 13:29:00 Description: Fr. Kevin recalls his recent high-school reunion and considers the inclusiveness of God....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 2, 2005 Updated: 2005-10-02 13:23:00 Description: Recorded in Auburn on Sunday morning. I can't make many connections with "Murders at the Vineyard." Our minds are on the likely development of a new parish being formed from Pawnee St. Mary, Divernon Sacred Heart, and Auburn St. Benedict (with Wave...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 25, 2005 Updated: 2005-09-25 13:08:00 Description: Recorded Sunday morning in Auburn. A reflection on how a relationship with God "works." The example of Jesus' emptying of himself (Philippians 2)....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 18, 2005 Updated: 2005-09-18 13:28:00 Description: "The parable that everybody hates." This is the parable of the workers in the vineyard. Consider the deliberate provocation that Jesus is making by telling this story. Recorded Saturday, September 17, in Waverly....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 11, 2005 Updated: 2005-09-11 00:59:00 Description: Recorded in Waverly, Saturday, September 10. I am now uploading using a high-speed wireless connection. This cuts the upload time dramatically. I am also using a new microphone. Unfortunately, my voice is not at its best....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, September 11, 2005: Introduction Updated: 2005-09-11 00:58:00 Description: ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 21, 2005 Updated: 2005-08-21 14:00:00 Description: Recorded in Auburn. A look at leadership through the life and death of Brother Roger Schutz of the Taize ecumenical monastic community in France....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Updated: 2005-08-14 13:33:00 Description: Recorded in Auburn at 7:50 am Sunday. The selection of readings steers us toward a consideration of "who are foreigners?" and "who are God's people?" This is a common and very important theme in the Scriptures. I seek to expand beyond the idea of ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 7, 2005 Updated: 2005-08-07 13:40:00 Description: Recorded in Waverly on Saturday. I had some difficulty in turning off my recording device, so the Gospel and homily are in fact much briefer than this recording....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Parish Arrangements, July 31, 2005 Updated: 2005-08-01 16:16:00 Description: Recorded in the Waverly basement. This is my introductory summary of the challenges facing us in having priests for parishes....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 31, 2005 Updated: 2005-07-31 16:40:00 Description: On developing a taste for God. Recorded in Auburn. Later today: audio of some remarks at parish meetings on inevitable changes in parish arrangements....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 24, 2005 Updated: 2005-07-24 17:38:00 Description: Here's the real thing....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 24, 2005 Updated: 2005-07-24 14:01:00 Description: Recorded Sunday in Auburn. My RCIA coordinator spoke right after the Gospel. My local ISP keeps disconnecting, so I have uploaded a brief sound file to indicate this. I hope before the day is out to upload by alternate means....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 17, 2005 Updated: 2005-07-17 13:57:00 Description: Recorded in Waverly, Saturday, July 16, 2005. On prayer as "groaning."...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 10, 2005 Updated: 2005-07-17 13:31:00 Description: I was away on July 9-10; therefore, no homily....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 3, 2005 Updated: 2005-07-03 02:25:00 Description: Recorded Saturday, July 2, 2005, in Waverly, Illinois. Faithful Listener, do you find any difference in recording quality between Waverly and Divernon? I began this liturgy by talking about how much I dislike the word "meek." There was once a comi...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 26, 2005 Updated: 2005-06-26 14:24:00 Description: Recorded Saturday evening at Divernon....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD 2005-06-19 Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time Updated: 2005-06-19 17:29:00 Description: Recorded in Auburn. Goes into tedious detail about these recordings, the Catholic Times newspaper, and Catholic marriage law....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 12, 2005 Updated: 2005-06-12 02:59:48 Description: This one runs a little long. I was examining a recent tragic local event. Recorded in Waverly....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, June 5, 2005 Updated: 2005-06-05 02:36:39 Description: Recorded on Saturday in Waverly....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD The Body and Blood of Christ, May 29, 2005 Updated: 2005-05-29 23:49:20 Description: ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Trinity Sunday, May 22, 2005 Updated: 2005-05-22 19:10:47 Description: ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Trinity Sunday, May 22, 2005 Updated: 2005-05-22 18:56:55 Description: ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Pentecost, May 15, 2005 Updated: 2005-05-15 17:59:49 Description: Once again, I did not preach. Fr. Phil Kraft covered my weekend schedule. I am feeling fine and look forward to posting a homily on May 22....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Sixth Sunday of Easter, May 1, 2005 Updated: 2005-05-07 01:56:57 Description: Sorry, I'm away from my parishes; therefore, no homily for this weekend....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Ascension of the Lord, May 8, 2005 Updated: 2005-05-07 01:47:35 Description: Sorry, I'm away from my parishes, so no homily for this weekend....more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fifth Sunday of Easter, April 24, 2005 Updated: 2005-04-24 17:33:18 Description: ...more... LISTEN NOW | VIEW CACHE | DOWNLOAD Fourth Sunday of Easter, April 17, 2005 Updated: 2005-04-18 18:31:43 Description: "Good Shepherd Sunday" and the worldwide flock's anticipation of a new Pope....more... 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