Homily Archive

I have three stories today…Three stories about having a compassionate heart. In 1807 in northern Virginia, James Wilson, an elderly man,...

On April 15, 2013, twenty six thousand runners participated in the Boston Marathon. Two terrorist bombs exploded near the finish line and...

When I was in the seventh and eighth grade at New York Mills Junior High we had religious release time on Wednesday mornings. Most of...

Today I want to look at God’s call and the different callings that people have received from God. So my topic is God’s call. One day, in...

Today we continue our celebration of the birth of Christ, and I want to look at that special event from the viewpoint of the magi....

My homily today is about God and what God is doing in our world. I will talk about the God of Peace and the God of Surprises. I will...

I will begin with a commercial. Be sure to pick up a copy of today’s parish bulletin because it contains a copy of the press release...

In today’s first reading, the prophet is speaking to his fellow citizens during their time of captivity in Babylon. They are 500 miles...

I wish to begin with the story of Isaiah who wrote the first reading for today’s Mass. Isaiah was living in Jerusalem at a time when many...

Michael Berry was a member of the British Parliament. He was killed by an IRA bomb in 1984. His daughter, JoAnne was 27 years old at...

What does the future contain? That is my question for today. What does the future contain? Does the future contain gloom and doom and...

My topic today is: Living in the future and I will look at three stories about people living in the future. In each case I want to look...

During the month of November, our church says to us, “Take a look at what has happened in the great outdoors. The grass has died. The...

The Pharisee and the tax collector went to the Temple to pray, and PRAYER will be my topic today. I will look at three kinds of prayer...

The Book of Genesis says that when Jacob was a young man he played a trick his father, and stole the family blessing from Esau, his...

I begin with the story of a man by the name of Martin Rinkhart. He was a pastor in Prussia in the 1600s. He served as a pastor during...

Way back in the beginning, when the earth was empty and void, God decided to give life to plants and animals of every kind. On the sixth...

Religion classes have begun, and they bring to mind the best religion class that I ever had. This class took place in the summertime and...

I wish to begin with the story of St. Anthony of the desert. (He is not very well known. This is not the St. Anthony who helps you...

Seven hundred years before Jesus was born, there was a prophet who had a most difficult task. His name was Hosea and he was expected to...