Last week it was my deacon's turn to preach. -- The imagery of keys moves us to reconsider how Christians of Rome understand themselves and their relations with other Christians.

1 Kgs 19: 9a. 11-13a/ Ps 85: 9. 10. 11-12. 13-14/ Rom 9: 1-5/ Mt 14: 22-33

On the basis of the readings above, I worked in a commentary on yesterday's events in Charlottesville, Virginia.

We must learn to trust our own religious experience, which includes accepting the testimony of Peter and others in the history of the People of God.

Another version of the previous Sunday homily.

Wisdom is not the same as shrewdness. Wisdom calls us to take in realities beyond our own self-interest.

The homilist's first weekend in his new parishes has him considering "little things" which are necessary steps toward being enrobed in the love of the Kingdom of God.

We return to the Sundays of Ordinary Time. "You are worth more than many sparrows" -- we are indeed precious in the sight of God.

"What is it?" Manna means "what is it?" "Not by bread alone do we live" -- therefore, we must plumb the depths of the mystery of the Body and Blood of Christ.

God is, fundamentally, relationship. The Trinity gives us insight into the various relationships to which we are committed.

A number of people noticed that I seemed to be touching on politics in this homily. I certainly was. Isn't everything political?