Father Dave Preaches

Monday of the Twenty-Sixth Week in Ordinary Time. Father Dave uses a funny and revealing anecdote about his own childhood to help clarify a message from the readings today. (Preached on Monday, September 26, 2011, 12:15pm, St. Malachy's Church, 49th and Broadway, Times Square, New York City)

Memorial of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina, priest. The Holy Spirit does indeed work and reside both in all of us individually, and within the church as a whole. (Preached on Friday, September 23rd, 2011, 12:15pm, St. Malachy's Church, 49th and Broadway, Times Square, New York City)

Thursday of the Twenty-Fifth Week in Ordinary Time. Father Dave hopes that we strive to see Jesus one another, as difficult as they may be sometimes. (Preached on Thursday, September 22nd, 2011, 12:15pm, St. Malachy's Church, 49th and Broadway, Times Square, New York City)

Memorial of Saint Cornelius, pope and martyr and Saint Cyprian, bishop and martyr. Even from the very beginning of the church, it is been imperative to share all of our resources - external and internal - to spread the Good Word. (Preached on Friday, September 16th, 2011, 12:15pm, St. Malachy's Church, 49th and Broadway, Times Square, New York City)

Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. Father Dave inspires us to strive to be a positive example to others, as both Catholics and people. (Preached on Thursday, September 15th, 2011, 12:15pm, St. Malachy's Church, 49th and Broadway, Times Square, New York City)

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time. Father Dave imagines what it might be like if the authority of the church was set upon The Rock himself, not "this rock" of the church. Play along. (Preached on Sunday, August 21, 2011, St. Paul the Apostle Church, 59th St. and Columbus Ave., New York City)

Friday of the Twentieth Week in Ordinary Time. Father Dave draws parallels between the loving, loyal friendship found between classic movie characters Thelma and Louise to the biblical story of Naomi and Ruth. (Preached on Friday, August 19, 2011, 12:15pm, St. Malachy's Church, 49th and Broadway, Times Square, New York City)

Friday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time. The readings today remind us to remember that God is due praise and thanksgiving for all that He gives us, even what we think are our own successes and compliments. (Preached on Friday, August 12, 2011, 12:15pm, St. Malachy's Church, 49th and Broadway, Times Square, New York City)

Memorial of Saint Clare, virgin. While our cultural perspective might be based on abusive and violent mobster-type films, today's readings show us that, unlike that stance, when we come back to God, His forgiveness is given to us without debt. (Preached on Thursday, August 11, 2011, 12:15pm, St. Malachy's Church, 49th and Broadway, Times Square, New York City)

Memorial of Saint Dominic, priest. St. Dominic challenges us to try only to speak of God or to God, and nothing else. (Preached on Monday, July 25, 2011, St. Paul the Apostle Church, 59th St. and Columbus Ave., New York City)