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When the Best News Seems Like the Worst News (Sermon for Sunday, October 15, 2023)
Sometimes, the best news seems like the worst news. If you are one of those people who gets really attached to your own plans, you likely...
Living with Others' Faults: Sermon for Sunday, September 10th, 2023
Believe it or not, sometimes even priests do not get along. I heard an older Dominican priest tell a story about a difficulty with a...
Being insistent in prayer: Sermon for Sunday, August 13, 2023
St. Paul gets away with saying some crazy things in the Scriptures. In the letter to the Colossians, he writes that he is making up for...
The Wisdom to Find the Treasure
If you know anything about King Solomon, it is likely what we hear in the Old Testament lesson today – that above riches and power, he...
Understanding the Word (Sermon for the XV Sunday through the Year, July 16, 2023)
Last Sunday, we explored one of Christ’s teachings that seemed to be comforting, but was in fact challenging – “My yolk is easy, and my...
Is His Burden Light? (Sermon for XIV Sunday through the Year, July 9, 2023)
The Lord teaches a lot of hard truths in the Gospel. We can think of several famous examples, such as to turn the other cheek. Not to...
Everything We Love is Different -- Sermon for Corpus Christi, June 11th, 2023
“I didn’t know there was a Catholic church in Goshen.” I hear that phrase quite often. “I didn’t know there was a Catholic church in...
What should I ask of the Holy Spirit (Sermon for Pentecost Sunday, May 28, 2023)
Here, now, at the end of Paschaltide, we are back where we started. It seems strange, that after seven weeks of celebrating the...
Mary's Rejoicing at the Resurrection (Sermon for Sunday, May 14th, 2023)
“I will not leave you orphans; I will come to you.” No one really wants to be alone. Even the most introverted people feel at times the...
Making All Things New: Sermon for the Second Sunday of Easter (April 16, 2023)
The season of Easter is rich in beautiful symbolism. After the visual austerity of Lent, in which there were no decorations in the...
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