“Captivity Lead Captive” — Sermon for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, A.D. MMXXV

Throughout the Easter season – Paschaltide – we’ve seen the appearances of the risen Christ to the Apostles and the life of the early Church. Today we celebrate the conclusion of Paschaltide with the Lord’s Ascension into Heaven. The 40 days of celebration of Christ’s Resurrection ends with a crescendo as we sing with […]

“Of Popes and Romanness” — Sermon for the III Sunday of Easter, A.D. MMXXV

During the season of Lent, we focused on the people of Israel, our forefathers in the Faith. Now, in the Easter season, we focus on the fulfillment of the people of Israel: the Church. From the Fall of Adam and Eve, God started gathering a people to be distinctly His own (the Jewish people), […]

“As Slavery is Burnt Away” — Sermon for the II Sunday of Easter, A.D. MMXXV

During the Sacred Paschal Triduum last week, many people remarked on the ways in which we infused those celebrations with even greater beauty this year: the elevated music, the singing of the Passion and all the prayers and Gospels of the Masses, the custom-commissioned art, like this year’s Paschal candle, and many new vestments […]

“There Was No One” — Sermon for Palm Sunday, A.D. MMXXV

“My heart hath expected reproach and misery. And I looked for one that would grieve together with me, and I found no one; and for one that would comfort me, and I found none. And they gave me gall for my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.” “And I found […]

“Being Caught by Christ” — Sermon for Passion Sunday, A.D. MMXXV

“I have indeed been taken possession of by Christ Jesus.” Maybe the woman “caught in adulty” has not committed adultery at all. The whole episode is likely an elaborate ruse. We’re in “in the temple area,” under the watchful eyes of the Roman soldiers who were perpetually guarding the Temple precinct as the most […]

“Behold, New Things Have Come” — Sermon for the IV Sunday of Lent, Laetare, A.D. MMXXV

Today is about new beginnings. Reminded last Sunday of the importance of repentance and changing our ways – “But I tell you, if you do not repent, you will all perish as they did!” – today we rejoice with Jerusalem with the joy of the prodigal son come home. Today, Holy Mother Church […]

“The Generation that Had to Die” — Sermon for the III Sunday of Lent, A.D. MMXXV

“For three years now I have come in search of fruit on this fig tree but have found none. So cut it down. Why should it exhaust the soil?” We’re now in the very heart of Lent. For two and a half weeks we have striven to be faithful to our Lenten commitments, to […]

“Listening to Him” — Sermon for the II Sunday of Lent, A.D. MMXXV

“This is my chosen Son; listen to him.” Last Sunday we talked about the weapons of Christ, the arma Christi. We saw how the instruments of the Passion, which seem to be the soldiers’ weapons become Christ’s weapons with which He willingly and purposefully undergoes the Passion. Likewise, we saw that Christians, seeking to […]

“The Best Fasting is Fasting” — Sermon for the I Sunday of Lent, A.D. MMXXV

Dominica I Quadragesimae 9 March 2025 “Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were over, he was hungry.” There are a lot of ways […]

The Ancient Order of Penitents — Sermon for Ash Wednesday, A.D. MMXXV

Today we begin one of Holy Mother Church’s most ancient observances, the solemn fast of Lent. The ashes that we receive are a relic of the ancient order of penitents. Before the sacrament of confession because widely available in the Middle Ages, it was only possible to receive forgiveness for one’s sins after Baptism once […]

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