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This March I’ve been enormously blessed to be on the “Faith and Fun in the Holy Land” pilgrimage with Lino Rulli from SiriusXM’s The Catholic Channel (ch. 129), his producer Tyler, and a fun group of listeners.

Here is the homily given at Mount Tabor, site of the Transfiguration. I’ve also included the gospel because I think it’s so neat how the holy sites here have added words like “THIS” and “HERE” to the texts. It really hits home.

Readings: Daniel 7.9-10,13-14; Psalm 97; 2 Peter 1.16-19; Matthew 17.1-9 (see the readings at usccb.org.

This March I’ve been enormously blessed to be on the “Faith and Fun in the Holy Land” pilgrimage with Lino Rulli from SiriusXM’s The Catholic Channel (ch. 129), his producer Tyler, and a fun group of listeners. Here is the homily given at the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth.

Readings: Isaiah 7.10-14,8.10; Psalm 40; Hebrews 10.4-10; Luke 1.26-38 (see the readings at usccb.org.

This March I’ve been enormously blessed to be on the “Faith and Fun in the Holy Land” pilgrimage with Lino Rulli from SiriusXM’s The Catholic Channel (ch. 129), his producer Tyler, and a fun group of listeners. Here is my first homily given during the trip, at the church above The House of Peter in Capernaum.

Readings: Exodus 16.2-4,12-15; Psalm 78; John 6.51-59

The readings were specially given for this location, which is just across from the synagogue where Jesus gave his famous “Bread of life” discourse. Of note (and I mention this in the homily), the church has permission to add a word into the gospel, which was capitalized and bolded in the text: “These things he said while teaching in THIS synagogue in Capernaum.” A number of churches in the Holy Land do this, and it is quite powerful to read it there!

The House of Peter in Capernaum. The church is build over top of the archaeological site.

Here is my homily from Mar. 17/18, 2018, 5th Sunday of Lent, Year B.

Readings: Jeremiah 31.31-34; Psalm 51; Hebrews 5.7-9; John 12.20-33 (See the readings at usccb.org.)

We’d love to have you at Mass! Mass times at Holy Spirit Parish are: Saturday, 5pm; Sunday, 10am, 12 noon, and 7pm.

Here is my homily from the 10am Mass on Mar. 11, 2018. This was for the 4th Sunday of Lent, using the Year A readings for the First Scrutiny. The scrutinies are special rites done during Mass as part of the journey for those being baptized at Easter.

Readings: 1 Samuel 16.1,6-7,10-13; Psalm 23; Ephesians 5.8-14; John 9.1-41 (See the readings at usccb.org.)

We’d love to have you at Mass! Mass times at Holy Spirit Parish are: Saturday, 5pm; Sunday, 10am, 12 noon, and 7pm.

Falcon Heavy launch, Feb. 6, 2018 (Photo donated to public domain by SpaceX)

Here is my homily from the 10am Mass on Mar. 4, 2018.

This was for the 3rd Sunday of Lent, using the Year A readings for the First Scrutiny. The scrutinies are special rites done during Mass as part of the journey for those being baptized at Easter, and they will continue for the 4th and 5th Sundays of Lent. You can find the other homily for the regular, Year B readings here.

Readings: Exodus 17.3-7; Psalm 95; Romans 5.1-2,5-8; John 4.5-42 (See the readings at usccb.org.)

We’d love to have you at Mass! Mass times at Holy Spirit Parish are: Saturday, 5pm; Sunday, 10am, 12 noon, and 7pm.

Here is my homily from Mar. 4, 2018. This was for the 3rd Sunday of Lent, using the regular, Year B readings.

(Another homily was given for the 10am Mass, using different readings for the scrutinies. The scrutinies are special rites done during Mass as part of the journey for those being baptized at Easter, and they will continue for the 4th and 5th Sundays of Lent. You can listen to the scrutinies homily by clicking here.)

Readings: Exodus 20.1-17; Psalm 19; 1 Corinthians 1.18,22-25; John 2.13-25 (See the readings at usccb.org.)

We’d love to have you at Mass! Mass times at Holy Spirit Parish are: Saturday, 5pm; Sunday, 10am, 12 noon, and 7pm.

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Here is my homily from Feb. 25, 2018, 2nd Sunday of Lent, Year B.

Readings: Genesis 22.1-2,9-13,15-18; Psalm 116; Romans 8.31b-35,37; Mark 9.2-10 (See the readings at usccb.org.)

We’d love to have you at Mass! Mass times at Holy Spirit Parish are: Saturday, 5pm; Sunday, 10am, 12 noon, and 7pm.

Here is my homily from Feb. 18, 2018, 1st Sunday of Lent, Year B.

Readings: Genesis 9.8-15; Psalm 25; 1 Peter 3.18-22; Mark 1.12-15 (See the readings at usccb.org.)

We’d love to have you at Mass! Mass times at Holy Spirit Parish are: Saturday, 5pm; Sunday, 10am, 12 noon, and 7pm.

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Here is my homily from Feb. 14, 2018, Ash Wednesday.

Readings: Joel 2.12-18; Psalm 51; 2 Corinthians 5.20-6.2; Matthew 6.1-6,16-18 (See the readings at usccb.org.)

We’d love to have you at Mass! Mass times at Holy Spirit Parish are: Saturday, 5pm; Sunday, 10am, 12 noon, and 7pm.