In this episode, Fr. Tom reflects on one of Jesus’ most revealing parables—the Pharisee and the tax collector. The homily explores the subtle temptation to make our prayer about ourselves and our performance rather than focusing on relationship with God. The challenge for us is to move beyond self-congratulation toward authentic humility, to embrace the kind of prayer that opens us to mercy. Because when we stop talking to the mirror and start talking to God, grace finally has room to work in our hearts.

Ten lepers cried out to Jesus—and all ten were healed. But only one turned back. In this week’s homily, Fr. Tom challenges us to look honestly at our own response to God’s healing and mercy. Have we settled for being healed without being transformed? Are we among those who show up to Mass but never truly return to Jesus? The Lord is constantly inviting us to go deeper with Him, to move from routine faith to a living relationship of gratitude and adoration. In the end, ten were healed, but only one was saved. Which one are we?

Fear can hold us back from the very life God is calling us to live. In this homily for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, on Respect Life Sunday, Fr. Tom reflects on how real faith doesn’t eliminate fear, but gives us the courage to walk through it. When we choose to trust God more than our fears, especially in defending and cherishing human life, even the smallest seed of faith can grow into something powerful.

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus gives us the only named character in all His parables: Lazarus. The world passed him by, but God knew his name. Fr. Tom reflects on how this parable challenges us to see the people we so often overlook: the poor, the immigrant, the widow, the young person struggling with mental health, even the family member who pushes our buttons. Who is the Lazarus at your gate? And do you know their name? Because when we see Lazarus, we see Christ.

In this week's homily, Fr. Tom unpacks one of the more puzzling parables in the Gospels: the Parable of the Dishonest Steward. What seems like praise for dishonesty is really a call to urgency and decisiveness in our relationship with God. The Lord is challenging us us to examine who we are really serving. Are we choosing to follow the ways of the world or are we choosing Christ? We should strive to act decisively in faith, to pray with sincerity, and to live in the freedom that comes from serving the only Master who never fails.

In a world marked by political violence, division, and uncertainty, where can we find hope? On this Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Fr. Tom reflects on how what once was a symbol of humiliation and torture has become for Christians the sign of glory and victory. The Cross speaks powerfully into our fractured times, reminding us that love — not hatred, not fear, not violence — has the final word.

In this episode, Fr. Tom reflects on the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, where Jesus makes it clear: discipleship isn’t cheap. Drawing from Wisdom, Paul’s letter to Philemon, and the Gospel of Luke, we explore what it means to count the cost of following Christ. Do we truly put Him first? Do we love when it costs us something? The Cross reorders everything, and in giving everything to Jesus, we gain the only thing worth having: Himself.

We often think strength comes from power, achievement, or recognition. But Scripture teaches something radically different: true greatness begins with humility.

In this episode, Fr. Tom reflects on why humility is not weakness but the capstone of discipleship. It is the virtue that keeps our zeal pure, our steps steady, and our hearts open to God.

Listen as we explore how humility shapes the life of a disciple and why the lowest place at the table may be the one that brings us closest to Christ.

In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus tells us to “strive to enter through the narrow gate.” But what does that mean for our daily lives? In this second homily of the Faith on Fire series, Fr. Tom reflects on the discipline of discipleship, the difference between being near religion and truly knowing Christ, and the daily choices that keep us walking the path toward heaven. Discover how courage and commitment work together to keep our faith alive.

On the Solemnity of the Assumption, we don’t just honor Our Blessed Mother, we look to her as a sign of our destiny. In this homily, Fr. Tom reflects on how Mary’s fiat carried her, body and soul, all the way into Heaven. If we stay close to Jesus as Mary did, then where our Mother has gone, we are meant to follow.