A homily for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles, June 29, 2025
Readings from the Mass During the Day: Acts 12:1-11, 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 17-18, Matthew 16:13-19
Anyone who’s ever been laid off or received a buyout from a company — especially after a long period of service — knows the flood of emotions the pink slip or fat envelope brings.
A homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 18, 2025
Acts 14:21-27, Revelation 21:1-5a, John 13:31-33a, 34-35
None of us can love ice cream, no matter how vigorously or energetically foot-stompingly any of us insists we absolutely do.
Not vanilla, chocolate or strawberry. Not cookie dough or coconut or fudge ripple or key lime pie. Not even chocolate chip mint!
None of us can love ice cream, though any and all of us can really, really like it.
We can’t love ice cream because ice cream can’t love us back.
A homily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter, May 11, 2025
Acts 13:14, 43-52, Revelation 7:9, 14b-17, John 10:27-30
In the incredibly long-running BBC science fiction show “Doctor Who,” The Doctor’s space- and time-travel vessel is bigger on the inside than on the outside.
Yes, that’s a key plot point.
Today’s passage from John’s Gospel has that same characteristic. Its messages — and there are several — are far larger than the 62 words proclaimed. It’s bigger on the inside than on the outside. No alien technology required.
