Homily for the Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year C) August 17, 2025
The following transcript of the homily is in the original formatting that was used for the sake of live delivery with all cues, emphasis, and notes included. Transcript: “Jesus said to his disciples: ‘I have come to set the earth on fire. From now on a household of five will be divided’ ‘for the sake…
Homily for Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (ABC), For the Mass During the Day, August 15, 2025
The following transcript of the homily is in the original formatting that was used for the sake of live delivery with all cues, emphasis, and notes included. This homily is a remix of a previous sermon I gave back in 2023. Given at Our Lady of the Lake Catholic Church in Hendersonville, TN.
Homily for the Seventeenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year C) July 27, 2025
The following transcript of the homily is in the original formatting that was used for the sake of live delivery with all cues, emphasis, and notes included. Transcript: “Then Abraham drew nearer and said: ‘Will you sweep away the innocent with the guilty?’ The LORD replied, ‘I will spare the whole place for their sake.’”…
Homily for the Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year C)July 13, 2025 [First Homily at New Future Priestly Assignment]
The following transcript of the homily is in the original formatting that was used for the sake of live delivery with all cues, emphasis, and notes included. Transcript: “It is something very near to you, already in your mouths and in your hearts; you have only to carry it out.” Words from our first reading…
Homily for the Solemnity of SS. Peter and Paul on Sunday (Year C) June 29, 2025 (For Mass During the Day)
The following transcript of the homily is in the original formatting that was used for the sake of live delivery with all cues, emphasis, and notes included. Transcript: “The time of my departure is at hand.” “Know that I love you” Words from Paul’s Second Letter to Timothy and the Gospel of John. In the…
Homily for the Solemnity of the Ascension Sunday (Year C) June 1, 2025
The following transcript of the homily is in the original formatting that was used for the sake of live delivery with all cues, emphasis, and notes included. Transcript: “In a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit. When he had said this, as they were looking on, he was lifted up and…
Last Ode to Pope Francis at the End of Novemdiales: My First Pope
Pope Francis was in many ways my first pope. I was born in 1994, but I was not raised Catholic. I have very vague, fleeting memories of watching the news when St. John Paul II died when I was 10 years old in 2005. So, though I was alive during his pontificate, I really do…
Homily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent (Year C) April 6, 2025
The following transcript of the homily is in the original formatting that was used for the sake of live delivery with all cues, emphasis, and notes included. Transcript: “So he was left alone with the woman before him.” Words from the Gospel According to John. In the Name of the Father + the Son, and…
Homily for the Second Sunday of Lent (Year C) March 16, 2025
The following transcript of the homily is in the original formatting that was used for the sake of live delivery with all cues, emphasis, and notes included. Transcript: “‘How am I to know that I shall possess it?’ Abram brought him all these [and] split them in two.” “Then from the cloud came a voice…
Sunday’s Gospel Message and Us in 280 or Less Gospel for 2nd Sunday of Lent (Year C) [March 16, 2025]
Above and below is the image of the post for my Sunday’s Gospel Message and Us in 280 or Less on my extension on X (280 character limit) and then shared on my FB for this Sunday’s Gospel reading for the 2nd Sunday of Lent (Year C) [March 16, 2025]. Luke 9:28b-36Jesus took Peter, John, and Jamesand went up…