Stations of the Cross

Good Friday 2004

First, just what is a Sunday “homily”?  Isn’t it the same thing as a “sermon”?  To find out, click here: 

Second, how to access my homilies.

In response to parishioners who have asked on occasion for a copy of my homily, the homily webpage provides access to my Sunday and Holyday homilies dating from September, 2001. Typically, I will post a homily to this webpage by the afternoon of the day I deliver the homily. To access a homily, scroll down this webpage to the date/topic you want to read and double-click on the button.  Feel free to print out a homily or to send it to someone who you think might benefit from it.  To access a homily, click here:

Third, ways to use a homily.

Above all, use the homily during the week to think about becoming more fully engaged in what truly matters, in particular, how you might live your life as a person of deeper faith.  Over the years, individuals have read and reflected upon portions of the homily during the week, using the Sunday Eucharist as a spiritual and moral “touchstone” to ground oneself at various points during the week.  Some families share portions of the homily before dinner during the week, taking a particular idea and asking family members to relate it to that day’s particular challenges.  Members of some groups—I’m thinking in particular of a group of Catholic businessmen who have a weekly Wednesday morning prayer breakfast and one Disciples in Mission group at a parish—print out and read the homily individually and, then, discuss it collectively at some during the week.  The idea is to use the homily to spur reflection and greater spiritual growth.  How an individual or group does that is limited only by their creativity.

Please feel free to email me with your feedback.  I appreciate receiving even the “bad news,” so that I might better accomplish the objectives I set out to accomplish each weekend and holyday.