21Jul24 (24bO16). The feeding of the five thousand begins the Bread of Life discourse in the Gospel of John. Jesus is the Good Shepherd who wants to care for our physical and spiritual needs. He continues to shepherd and care for us spiritually through all the sacraments of the Church.

14Jul24 (24bO15). We are all called to Mission. Some are called to a Religious Vocation, but all are called to spread the Gospel.

7Jul24 (24bO14). Family is difficult. We don’t always do what we want. We are human and fallen. Even St. Paul struggled with the difficulty of human weakness. God’s grace is sufficient for us for our humility makes us strong in God. St. Maria Goretti gives us a great example of resisting the flesh and being fully free to love.

30Jun24 (24bO13). Why does God heal some and not others? Jesus tells us faith and trust in the power of God. However it is also an important reality to trust in God that even if he doesn’t heal it is for our good and we pray for perseverance. Blood removes the woman from community and makes things unclean, but Jesus makes all clean and holy through his touch.

23Jun24 (24bO12). We often experience the world and our life in a storm. Our natural reaction is fear, but our faithful reaction should be trust. Let our fear and anxiety be handed over to God. God cares about us more than we care about ourselves.

16Jun24 (24bO11). Homily at my home parish of Nativity of Our Lord in Rhinelander while on leave. Our time is not worse than other times. The times are always bad and good. Our hope is not in the perfect world, but in God’s Providence. Let us be faithful and root ourselves in God and His Bride, the Catholic Church.

2Jun24 (24Corpus). Half of Mass is the same every time. Why do we do this. Maybe we don’t fully understand it. There is so much more here than we can fully comprehend.

11May24 (24Ascension). Jesus wants to lead us in Heaven. The Eucharist is the greatest gift that we can receive. We need the Eucharist for our spirit as much as we need water for our body.

7Apr24 (24DivineMercy). Today Jesus gives the power to forgive sins to the Apostles. That authority is passed on the successors of the Apostles, Bishops. This gift of forgiveness in the sacrament of Confession is still with us today. God wants to forgive us. Cooperate with God’s Mercy and never despair.

30Mar24 (24EasterVigil). We think God’s ways aren’t fair, but they are perfect. He is multiple steps ahead of us. His end game is our salvation. Let us lean into faith of Jesus Christ and the sacraments and unite our will to His.