Ut Aliis Tradere

The Gospel according to John is a conundrum. It deals with the life of Jesus, but in such a different way than the other three. The other...

Imagine if you were a young lady, relatively unimportant, or so you thought, minding your own business. Now imagine being visited by a...

[Sermon delivered at St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church, Phoenix, Arizona on the Third Sunday of Western-Rite Advent/Sixth Sunday of...

John the Baptist, John the Forerunner, Baptism, Grace, Expectation, Holy Spirit, Change

[A reflection on the Gospel at Mass for the First Sunday of Advent, December 3, 2023, Mk. 13.24-37 (click here to read it).] I have lost...

We read again this Sunday the Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids (Mt. 25.1-13). Granted, the bridal custom is a little foreign to us now, but...

You know how it is...people ask you questions as if they wanted to learn something from you, to "pick your brain" as it were, but in...

[Sermon delivered at St. Mary the Virgin Episcopal Church, Phoenix, Arizona on the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost, October 15, 2023.] ✠...

Last week many congregations celebrated the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, whereas others (such as my home parish) do so today...

Chances today we're going to hear a lot of sermons and discussions trying to soften the blow of today's Gospel for Mass (Mt. 20.1-16)....

[Sermon delivered at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Phoenix, Arizona, the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost, September 17, 2023] ✠ In the...

Everyone knows what shunning means. Whether it is a formal exclusion from a community or an informal avoidance (now commonly known as...

Last Sunday at Mass we heard Our Lord bless St. Peter and give him the keys to the Kingdom of Heaven. This week Jesus just called him...

One of the biggest and longest-running fistfights among Christians is centered around today's Gospel (Mt. 16.13-20), where Our Lord tells...

My home parish is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. A side effect of the English Reformation is a lot of the Marian feasts and...