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Homily from the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time

There's angrily resisting reality...and there is saying "yes" to Life.

Anger as a Blind Spot doesn't necessarily mean "rage" or "seething". But sometimes the Blind Spot os anger is the subtle, chronic disposition towards Life. Rather than responding to Life, a person can choose to embrace the attitude of rese...


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Homily from the Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time.

Gossip is speaking of someone else's faults and flaws with no intention to help them at all.

Gossip can be easy to recognize when someone else is doing it—and surprisingly difficult to see in ourselves. There are times when we need to speak about another person’s faults. But when there is no intention to help...


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Homily from the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time.

You cannot become the person you were meant to be without the Cross.

No one likes to lose. But there is a difference between getting beaten and forfeiting. Because Jesus has won, the only way we can lose our souls is if we forfeit.

Mass Readings from August 30, 2026: Jeremiah 20:7-9 Psalm 63:2-9Romans 12...

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Homily from the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time.

You cannot become the person you were meant to be without the Cross.

No one likes to lose. But there is a difference between getting beaten and forfeiting. Because Jesus has won, the only way we can lose our souls is if we forfeit.

Mass Readings from August 30, 2026: Jeremiah 20:7-9 Psalm 63:2-9Romans 12...

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Homily from the Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time

He gets to reveal Himself to me long before I get to have an opinion of Him.

Every one of us will have our own Caesarea Philippi, our place where we must answer the question, "Who do you say that Jesus is?" Who will we say? Will we point to a Jesus who is merely our own particular version of Christ? Or will w...


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