?Every year at about this time, as the holly and the ivy appear at the mall, and our old friend the Chia Pet returns to television, our liturgical readings turn to Eschatology, the consideration of the Last Things. We live in a world full of people (and media!) who tell us we ought to be afraid– afraid of disease, afraid of terrorists, afraid of what … Continue reading Homily for November 11th, 2010 – 33rd Sunday C
Persistence in prayer. Continue reading Homily for October 17th, 2010
Do you know what a Skinner Box is? Psychologist and Behaviorist B.F. Skinner invented this device. It’s a box with a little lever that’s connected to a chute that’s connected to a box of food pellets. You put a rat in the box, and show the rat that pressing the lever makes a food pellet drop down the chute. Press the lever, get a pellet. … Continue reading Homily for October 3, 2010 – 27th Sunday C
This just in—Jesus is coming back. So look busy. You’ve seen those t-shirts. And the bumper stickers: In case of the rapture, this car will be unmanned. I’d take away that person’s license right now! Just kidding. But you know what I mean. Jesus is coming back. That’s the promise he made. And today’s Gospel asks us to be ready for his return. “Let your … Continue reading Homily for August 8, 2010 (19th Sunday C)
When do we have “enough?” Continue reading Homily for 18th Sunday, August 1, 2010
