Presenting Ourselves to the Lord HOMILY Preached at St. Kilian Parish on February 2, 2020 at 8:00am and 10:00am Masses February 2 is the midpoint of winter, 40 days after Christmas, and over a month into the new year. So, it’s a good time to reflect on the resolutions that we ...
Our Lady of Presentation Church was "the highest mountain" of the Lord's work in my life. When I had been sent there as a seminarian to teach CCD several years before, I was appalled at an all-white congregation in the midst of a predominantly black neighborhood. The poison of racial b...
the Lord has given us the written law of the Bible and the natural law of our hearts (Rm 2:15) to smoke out our sinful nature (Rm 7:7). When God's word tells us not to do something, we immediately want to rebel. When we're told to "just say 'no' " to alcohol...
Tithing is a way of returning to the Lord. It is 10% of our gross income. It is not a contribution but more like a tax or a bill. It is something owed. For example, we do notcontributeto the gas and electric company; wepayour bill. Tithing is the first lesson in kingdom kinder...