We all want to understand what is happening when things are not easy, because we believe that understanding will bring us some kind of peace. But Mary in Luke’s Gospel offers us a picture of a different kind of peace and trust, a paradigm of humility in faithfulness, treasuring what we cannot be understood so as to trust God through confusion and heartbreak. Ultimately, her life as a Christ-bearer, like ours, is about embracing the Cross-shaped pattern of the Christian life that leads ultimately to resurrection. 

We explore Matthew's haunting account of Herod's slaughter and how the star that led wise men to Christ also triggered the murder of children—showing us that the Light entering the darkness of our world always seems to force a response from the darkness. How does true joy and hope come not without tears but rather through them?

Why does God work in silence while the world fills itself with noise? Ignatius of Antioch remarked that the three greatest mysteries of the Christian faith—the Annunciation, the Nativity, and the Crucifixion—were all accomplished quietly, hidden from a world too distracted to notice that reality had just broken through. How might we reflect on that this Christmas Eve?

Why does Luke mention the manger three times in the Christmas story, and what do the animals in every nativity scene really mean? Explore how a single detail from Luke's Gospel—borrowed from Isaiah—asks us the most important question: Do you recognize your Lord when He comes down to meet you in the mess?

Why is St. Joseph considered one of the most demanding figures to emulate in Christian spirituality? We explore this idea and how Matthew's Gospel subtly paints Joseph as both a new Abraham and a new Adam—showing us what it looks like when our old stories get rewritten and absorbed into the new story of Jesus Christ.

What does John the Baptist's question from prison—"Are you the one?"—reveal about the nature of Christian hope? This sermon explores how Jesus's answer, drawing from Isaiah 35, shows that God's promises don't bypass judgment and suffering, but meet us on the other side of them through the Cross and Resurrection.

Discover why biblical hope isn't naive optimism, but something far deeper—"optimism with a broken heart,” as Nick Cave puts it. Explore explores how Isaiah's prophecy of the Messiah emerging from a dead stump reveals that Christian hope is always found through suffering, but suffering that leads to resurrection and new life.

We begin our Advent Vespers homily series by looking at John 8:25 as an echo of John 1:1, “In the beginning was the Word.”

We explore how Advent isn’t just about the past or the future or even just the present, but about the God who is ordering all history towards Himself and how our baptisms fold our past, present and futures into Christ, who has stepped into our time.

On Christ the King Sunday, Seminarian Cale Baker examines the Cross as the seat of Christ's Kingship. Discover how the curse of Adam is overturned by the penitent thief's confession and Christ's promise of Paradise.