The Lukan Jump

In which I use the Black Knight from Monty Python and the Holy Grail as an illustration of humanity under the grip of sin. You're welcome?

My first homily as administrator of St. Mary's in Weirton and St. John's in Avella. This was recorded when I preached in Weirton.

St. Paul tells us in the Second Letter to the Corinthians that the day of salvation is now. So here's some encouragement to take our spiritual lives seriously today!

The same Holy Spirit who anointed Jesus Christ now dwells in the Church. Are we ready for what that means?

On the feast of the Conception of St. John the Baptist, one thing we can do is examine if we really believe that God can use us to help bring about the salvation of the world.

Being a serious Christian means that we'll be rejected by the world. But the world is a dumpster fire, so is that really a bad thing? This was my homily for the Sunday after the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, preached at St. Pius X Byzantine Catholic Church in the Carrick neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The Gospel reading was Mark 8:34-9:1.

Thoughts on being concerned for the people we're responsible for, as well as for ourselves.

Mark 6:7 says Jesus Christ sent out His Apostles on mission two by two. That means someone got paired with Judas. That might have been awkward a few years later...

My homily on the feast of the Nativity of the Mother of God

On this Sunday before the Exaltation of the Cross, we take a look at St. Paul's insistence that those who have been baptized into Christ are, in fact, dead. Key moments include Fr. Luke getting really excited and almost breaking the church (he thought the podium was attached to the ground, but it wasn't). This homily was preached at St. Nicholas in McKeesport, PA.