Jesus says in our Gospel blessed are those who have not seen, and believed.   One of the things that this line from Christ implies is th...

  If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God…not of what is on earth.   Th...

 

  When I first moved out to the Terre Haute Deanery for my first ever stint as a pastor, I was tasked with having to finish off the closing ...

  There is an idea that has been around for a while and that idea could be summarized by the question “Didn’t Judas HAVE to hand Jesus over?...

  Homily for April 2 nd and 3 rd – Go and sin no more Father Vince Lampert, the exorcist for our Archdiocese, came to Saint Paul’s on Th...

  Homily for the 4 th Sunday of Lent, 2022   There is a line in our Gospel today that I would like to preach on, and it is this: “He sa...

  Annunciation 2022   Several years ago, if anyone had asked me a question about the state of our country or ways to improve the Catholi...

  “For many conduct themselves as enemies of the cross of Christ.   Their God is their stomach” Saint Paul warns the Philippians that many...

  “The war in Ukraine, and Fatima” - Homily for March 5 th and 6 th   At the beginning of our Eucharistic Prayer, we will once again sa...

 Please share this with any victims of Catholic clergy sexual assault/abuse/harassment.  Thank you!

  “Your Fast ends in quarreling”   I had heard the phrase a lot these past couple of years – “Do not let your fast be another person’s p...

  The importance of speech – Homily for February 26 th and 27 th , 2022 Sirach says in our first reading that one’s speech disclose the b...

  In today’s Gospel, Jesus twice says we are to “love our enemies”    We have all heard this phrase so often, it likely flows over us wi...

  “In the Year of drought, it shows no distress” – homily for Feb 12 th and 13 th , 2022   We have in our first reading today: “Blesse...

  Homily for the 5 th Sunday in Ordinary Time, February 5 th and 6 th “Through the gospel I preached you are also being saved ”   A...

 

  Love – Homily for January 29 th   Saint Paul in our 2 nd reading today gives us an examination of conscience about whether we have tr...

I was always anti-praise and worship but given the absolute plummeting of my interest in secular music, I have turned more to praise and wor...

 "Adoptionism" and other Heresies Adoptionism is a heresy that says Jesus Christ was adopted by God the Father at His Baptism.   B...