“The Kingdom of Authentic Humanity” — Sermon for the Solemnity of Christ the King, A.D. MMXXV

The year is 1925. World War I is over, and the United States is enjoying an unprecedented economic boom, but Europe is still devastated from the war (a war that will continue to be called in Europe, “The Great War” – the war that put the nail in the coffin of the old Europe of […]

“Who do you say that I am?” — Sermon for the Solemnity of Ss. Peter and Paul, A.D. MMXXV

Each year on June 29th, we celebrate the Solemnity of Ss. Peter and Paul, the two great Apostles who gave their lives for the Lord on the same day in city of Rome, which was transformed by their teaching and witness from the source of pagan error and vice into the capitol of Christendom. […]

We Are the Early Church — Sermon for the VI Sunday of Easter, A.D. MMXXV

The Church of the Acts of the Apostles is the Catholic Church. For the past few weeks we have been hearing about the life of the Apostles and their followers in the early days of Christianity. This period, from Pentecost until the legalization of Christianity in 313 AD is known as the “early […]

“Hearing the Voice of the Shepherd” — Sermon for the IV Sunday of Easter, A.D. MMXXV

The Good Shepherd is risen! Each year, as we continue celebrating the joy of the Resurrection, the Church invites us to contemplate how the risen Christ has come back from the dead not only to set us free from sin, but to lead and guide His Church. We do so this year as the […]

“Behold His Living Body” — Sermon for Easter Sunday of the Resurrection, A.D. MMXXV

Things were not looking good. Faced with the arrest of their master, the twelve men chosen by Him as His most intimate friends had all fled. One betrayed Him and died in despair. The one chosen as their leader denied him forcefully. Only John, barely of the age of majority, remained at the foot […]

“Where the Cross and the Supper Are One” — Sermon for the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, A.D. MMXXV

This is a night of mixed emotions. We began with joy and exaltation, proclaiming the love of Christ, which He demonstrates this night with His example of humble service, with His gift to the Church of His Body and Blood, and with His priesthood that will perpetuate this gift until He comes again. The […]

“Christ Is In the Boat” — Homily for the V Sunday through the Year, A.D. MMXV

You have probably felt like St. Peter at times. Completely exhausted, having given it your all, frustrated with yourself and everyone because everything you do just seems to be a flop. And then someone asks you to do more, or to try again. For Peter, it’s an even crazier ask when Christ tells […]

“Enacting a Drama of Love” — Sermon for the XXX Sunday through the Year, A.D. MMXXIV

“But he kept calling out all the more, ‘Son of David, have pity on me.’” We hear today the prayer of a man desperately in need of the Lord, who calls out over and over, “have pity on me!” Bartimaeus is not afraid to be repetitive in prayer, to ask over and over again […]

“Lending Your Flesh to Christ” — Sermon for the XXIX Sunday through the Year, A.D. MMXXIV

On February 5th, 2006, Fr. Andrea Santoro, an Italian missionary priest in eastern Turkey, was kneeling and praying in his church when a young man entered, shouted, “Allahu Akbar” (“Allah is the greatest”), and shot him dead. His murderer, though convicted, he was released after serving only ten years of his sentence after a […]

“This is My flesh for the life of the world” — Sermon for the XIX Sunday through the Year, A.D. MMXXIV

“So be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love, as Christ loved us and handed himself over for us as a sacrificial offering to God for a fragrant aroma.” We’ve been reading the Lord’s Bread of Life discourse through the lens of St. Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians. Last Sunday, we […]

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