Just read 2 Corinthians 4:16-5:20 16 [k]Therefore, we are not discouraged;[l] rather, although our outer self is wasting away, our inner self is being renewed day by day. 17 For this momentary light affliction is producing for us an

From March 18-26, 2022 I was on pilgrimage with the seniors I teach at Chesterton Academy in Lisle. I preached more than twice, but here are recordings of two of my homilies. Sunday, March 20th

Ash Wednesday Homily 2 March 2022 Ss. Peter and Paul & Chesterton Academy — “You are only as sick as your secrets. Jesus, on the cross, with arms outstretched and offering himself for you in

Homily for the 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time 21 February 2022 Ss. Peter and Paul, Naperville — Over the last few Sundays, the Church has been bringing us through Luke’s account of the Sermon on

(Photo: Taken last week in the cemetery at Mundelein Seminary) Although the grounds at Mundelein Seminary are visited by thousands of people every year, not many people know that there is a cemetery there, tucked

The readings for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C are some of my favorites of the whole cycle, with the reading from Isaiah 6 being particularly important to me. Despite everything, God has

This weekend, the 3rd week in Ordinary Time, is known as “Word of God Sunday” since 2019, and is a day on which the whole Church is encouraged to reflect more specifically on the role

“There was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. Jesus and his disciples were also invited to the wedding…Jesus did this as the beginning of his signs at Cana

Yesterday the Church celebrated the liturgical culmination of the Christmas season by marking the occasion of the Baptism of the Lord in the Jordan River by John the Baptist. In a sermon on this occasion,

Homily for Epiphany 2021 Saints Peter and Paul, Naperville 2 January 2022 Scroll down for audio! — “This is the glorious day on which Christ himself, the savior of the world, appeared; the prophets foretold