Soldering 101

Last month I received a very warm compliment after Mass. But yesterday I got the best compliment EVER: Father, we love to listen to you preach. You have a kind of tone when you speak… It’s like Captain James T. Kirk! You talk like Captain Kirk of the Starship Enterprise! …Here is Captain Kirk’s homily [...]

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Too Long?

…to strengthen your hearts, to be blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus –I Thessalonians 3:13 Who, then, is the faithful and prudent servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household to distribute to them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that [...]

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Compendium of John 6 Homilies + “How are you?”

Here are links to the homilies on John 6 that I have given recently: Introduction to John 6 “On Him, the Father, God, has set His seal.” The Holy Sacrifice of the Mass “Lord, to whom shall we go?” …Plus, here is one of the funnier movie scenes. Han and Luke (disguised as imperial stormtroopers) [...]

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Pastor’s First Sermon

Thank you for your prayers and kind concern for me. Here is the little homily I gave on Sunday… Joshua said to the Israelites, “If it does not please you to serve the Lord, decide today whom you will serve, the gods your fathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in [...]

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Briefly Laid Up

I was hoping to holler at you today about: 1) Joshua’s household serving the Lord instead of the gods of the Amorites, and 2) St. Peter sticking with Christ no matter what He said. Regrettably, the distress pictured above befell me during my first afternoon run in my beloved new parish. H St., N.E., is [...]

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Providential Conclaves

The Holy Spirit guides the ultimate outcome of all papal conclaves. Many of us exulted with inexpressible joy at the speedy conclusion of the Conclave of 2005. The Conclave of 1903 was likewise an occasion to glorify the Provident Hand of God. The “Sage of Baltimore,” H.L. Mencken, anticipated that Conclave in this way: …We [...]

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Cato–or Laelius

I stand by what I said about Brett Favre: More power to him for wanting to stick it to the Packers. (Even though the Packers never did him any wrong.) If ever there was a good reason to come out of retirement to play football, a personal vendetta is it. Speaking of returning All-Pro quarterbacks: [...]

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Sixteen Years of Splendor

Dear reader, you will have to forgive me for being almost a fortnight late. On August 6, the Feast of the Transfiguration of Christ, we marked the sixteenth anniversary of Pope John Paul II’s encyclical Veritatis Splendor. Veritatis Splendor considered the basics of Christian morals. The encyclical affirms that some acts are prohibited by God; [...]

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Hibachi, Yes. Delpo, No. Plus, Tough Evangelization

Click here for some encouraging news about Gilbert Arenas. 40+ Wizards wins this season? Oh, yes… …Delpo looked like he had Andy Murray in the bag this afternoon at the Rogers Masters finals in Montreal. But Murray rallied to even things up with a second-set tiebreaker. Delpo fell apart, and Murray whupped him in the [...]

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Heaven is Real

Today the Virgin Mother of God was assumed into heaven as the beginning and pattern of your Church’s perfection and a sign of sure hope and comfort to your pilgrim people. Justly you would not allow her to see the corruption of the tomb, because from her own flesh she brought forth ineffably your incarnate [...]

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