“Jesus saw that he answered with understanding” I’d like to recommend this set of books on the 4 Gospels called “Catena Aurea” and is published by Baronius Press. If you are going to buy it, don’t buy it from Amazon, go to baroniuspress.com The Pope at the time asked St. Thomas Aquinas to take each VERSE of the Gospels, and include the most relevan…

Homily for the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, October 23rd and 24th of 2021 And many rebuked him, telling him to be silent. But he kept calling out all the more, "Son of David, have pity on me!” Our world is telling Catholics to be silent. In the United States, for now, Catholics are pressured through a mostly silent campaign to encourage self-censo…

Homily for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, October 16 and 17, 2021 “Those who are recognized as rulers over the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones make their authority over them felt. But it shall not be so among you. Rather, whoever wishes to be great among you will be your servant.” The Apostles desire greatness and Jesus …

We hear in our first reading today from the book of Wisdom: “I prayed, and prudence was given me; I pleaded, and the spirit of wisdom came to me. I preferred her to scepter and throne, and deemed riches nothing in comparison with her.” A lot of times, people reach out to me and asking what they should do in a specific situation. And in so many of t…

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, October 2nd-3rd A Marriage Morning of Reflection We have reflected a lot on the centrality of Marriage to a civilization. Leo XIII, in his encyclical titled “On Socialism” states that the foundation of a society rests first of all in the indissoluble union of man and wife. We can also see the centrality of marr…

"Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.” Harsh words from our Lord today. But the Gospels never relay Jesus telling a joke. We need to take Him at His Word. There are 80 million Catholics in the United States. A recen…

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, September 18-19, 2021 “Where selfish ambition exists, there is disorder and every sort of foul practice” Jesus, in today’s Gospel, is traveling with his Apostles and is trying to communicate that He will be put to death soon. And what are they doing…arguing about who of them is the greatest. That had to be gut-…

Homily for September 4th/5th – Fear Not! “Say to those whose hearts are frightened: Be strong, fear not!” Fear is thick in the air right now. Fear about the coronavirus. Fear about inflation. Fear about Afghanistan. Fear about potential lockdowns. Fear at the grocery stores, fear at the schools, fear at Church and on and on. And God breaks into our…

Homily for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, August 28th/29th, 2021 “Religion that is pure and undefiled before God and the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their affliction and to keep oneself unstained by the world.” Saint John Chrysostom: “Do you want to honor Christ’s body? Then do not scorn him in his nakedness, nor ho…

Homily for the 21st Sunday in ordinary time, Year B In the early 2000’s when I was in the seminary, several seminarians and myself were big sports fans, and any time we learned a sports star or celebrity was Catholic, we would get especially excited. “look it is one of us performing on a national stage.” But 15 years later it doesn’t matter to me i…

A lot of non-Catholics ask where the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary is in the Bible Here is the short answer – it is not in the Bible The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary was declared in 1950 by an infallible (protected from error) statement of Pope Pius XII 71 years ago. What is papal infallibility? It is the teaching, particularly lai…

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