Sermons

Pentecost XXI: The real point of this story is that Bartimaeus wanted conversion in his life, and he asked Jesus for healing precisely so that he could follow him.

Pentecost XX: Jesus is the master teacher who loves us and wants us not only to think differently, but to live differently.

Pentecost XIX: If our hands are already full, if we are otherwise occupied with all of our ownings and doings, there’s not really room for God.

Acolyte Festival 2009: By sharing how they felt when they stood at the altar during the Eucharistic Prayer or carried the cross, why they were willing to get up early on Sunday mornings, the teenagers and adults both discovered that they all shared the same love of liturgy and commitment to God’s church.

Pentecost XVIII: We gas-guzzling Americans with our high-consuming lifestyles seem to love our St. Francis, but not enough to take him seriously.

You know, there is something good about hard, demanding times. They help us to see what matters and what we are most grateful for.

Pentecost XVI: To be spiritually mature is to have developed a capacity for childlike trust in the God who holds and sustains us.

Pentecost XV: From the disciples’ understanding, the Messiah would lead a popular uprising that would overthrow the Roman government and establish a new political structure.

Pentecost XIV: We, as children of God, have a part to play in the actions of, not only the church, but also the larger public bodies of which we are participants.

Pentecost XIII: Saint Benedict, another great master of Christian spirituality, reminds us that as we seem to make spiritual progress we need to stay disciplined, but we must also pace ourselves and not be too tough or demanding.