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Discover the joy and hope of the Resurrection. Do not despair. Do not fall into the trap of “rugged individualism” that leads away from God’s loving embrace. Open the eyes of your heart. These are a few of the lessons from today’s homily by Fr. Michael. The theme is again one of healing, but focused…
Jesus gave the disciples, two simple sentences that still today profoundly direct our lives as Christians… “He said to them, ‘When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come. Give us each day our daily bread and forgive us our sins for we ourselves forgive everyone in debt to us, and do…
Lazarus waits to die, with dogs licking his wounds, while the rich man feasts and overlooks the plight unfolding right outside his gates. What was the rich man’s sin? What did he do wrong? His was a sin of omission, of forgetfulness, of blindness to the needs of others; to the needs of Lazarus. Fr.…
Three years ago the first interview with Pope Francis was published in America Magazine and in that article the author asks Pope Francis, “Who is Jorge Mario Bergoglio?” and Pope Francis responds: “I am a sinner.” Today’s homily on the call of Matthew the tax collector examines the reality of our human sinful nature and…
Hidden in this week’s Gospel for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is the more familiar passage known simply as John 3:16: For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. You might be…
How will your call be remembered? In today’s Gospel and Homily, we hear the call of Nathaniel by the Apostle Philip. Philip tells Nathanael that “the one whom Moses wrote about in the law” has been found and that he is from Nazareth. Nathanael ignobly replies: “Can anything good come from Nazareth?” But despite this…
This week we get a second summer bonus homily from Fr. Michael! Martha and Mary. Two sisters representing two halves of the fulfilled spiritual person. Fr. Michael takes us on a journey into their home, and into their encounter with Christ. While Martha takes the brunt of Jesus’ initial rebuke, we learn that neither is…
This week we get a bonus homily from Fr. Michael. While in Cincinnati for a summer writing sabbatical, Fr. Michael celebrated a Memorial Mass on the 15th Anniversary of Fr. Jim Willig’s birth into eternal life. In this homily, Fr. Michael remembers his friend, Fr. Jim, and draws parallels between Fr. Jim’s life and the…
As summer approaches, Fr. Michael’s weekly homilies also approach a hiatus. This two part posting has the last homilies until September. Instead of a weekly homily during the summer, you can hear longer recordings from Fr. Michael that will be sent out to the mailing list for Fr. Jim Willig’s Gospel Studies. Fr. Jim did…
This week’s homily again comes from Fr. Michael’s recent journey to walk the Way of St. James, or the Camino de Santiago. Our lives, like the Camino, are made up of multiple journeys. This week Fr. Michael highlights the importance of the outer journey and the inner journey. With some humorous examples of pilgrims’ follies…