Homily for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Church Naperville, Illinois 25 July 2021 — I’m not sure what happens to parents when their kids turn 13 or 14…but it The post Are Parents Not Smart? | 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021 appeared first on Love Speaks..

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Are Parents Not Smart? | 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021

Homily for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Ss. Peter and Paul Church – Naperville 4 July 2021 — What an appropriate first reading for my first weekend Masses with all of you:  ”whether they The post Know-It-Alls Usually Don’t Know Much | 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021 appeared first on Love Speaks..

Know-It-Alls Usually Don’t Know Much | 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021

Hey everyone! This weekend was my final Mass at Sacred Heart in Joliet. My time there was incredible! I grew so much from getting to know this small-but-mighty community and I hope I was able The post Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound | Final Mass at Sacred Heart appeared first on Love Speaks..

Can’t Help But Wonder Where I’m Bound | Final Mass at Sacred Heart

Homily for the Solemnity of Pentecost  and Confirmation of Wil Kiley 22 May 2021 Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus I, Ezekiel, prophesied as I had been told, and even as I was prophesying I heard The post Grey Way, No Way: Come Holy Spirit! appeared first on Love Speaks..

Grey Way, No Way: Come Holy Spirit!

Happy Ascension! You can almost picture it: the disciples who had known Jesus and followed him for years – who really thought he was dead forever but were astonished when he appeared again alive in The post Why Are You Just Standing There, Staring at the Sky? | Ascension Sunday 2021 appeared first on Love Speaks..

Why Are You Just Standing There, Staring at the Sky? | Ascension Sunday 2021

Homily for the 6th Sunday of Easter – Mother’s Day – May 9, 2021. What does St. Raymond Nonnatus’ name mean? What would St. Raymond say to the congresswoman who used the phrase “birthing people”. The post Ryan Nonnatus | 6th Sunday of Easter 2021 (Mother’s Day) appeared first on Love Speaks..

Ryan Nonnatus | 6th Sunday of Easter 2021 (Mother’s Day)

Second Reading: 1 John 3:18-24 Children, let us love not in word or speech but in deed and truth. Now this is how we shall know that we belong to the truth and reassure our The post The Heart that Condemns You | 5th Sunday of Easter 2021 appeared first on Love Speaks..

The Heart that Condemns You | 5th Sunday of Easter 2021

Listen to this week’s homily, focusing on the role of the Bible in the life of the Church and for some tips on how to read it! “Through his revelation, therefore, the invisible God out The post Tolle Lege | Homily for the Sunday of the Word of God appeared first on Love Speaks..

Tolle Lege | Homily for the Sunday of the Word of God

Homily for the Second Sunday of Advent 7 December 2020 Cathedral of Saint Raymond (Joliet) and St. Patrick Parish (St. Charles) — While I was on quarantine, I was able to get A LOT of The post Hearing Voices and the “Awakness” of Everything | 2nd Sunday of Advent 2020 appeared first on Love Speaks..

Hearing Voices and the “Awakness” of Everything | 2nd Sunday of Advent 2020

Homily for the 1st Sunday of Advent Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus and Sacred Heart Parish 29 November 2020 — As you know, the priests here were in quarantine for the last 3 weeks. It’s The post Looking for Fire, Longing for Christ | 1st Sunday of Advent 2020 appeared first on Love Speaks..

Looking for Fire, Longing for Christ | 1st Sunday of Advent 2020

Homily for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 8 November 2020 Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus — It is hard to believe there are only three more weeks until Advent. For that matter, it’s hard The post The Mysterious Man on the Mountain | 32nd Week in Ordinary Time appeared first on Love Speaks..

The Mysterious Man on the Mountain | 32nd Week in Ordinary Time

Holy Mass for the Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus 2 November 2020 — Image credit: “New Jerusalem” by Thom Green This year, we learned more about the statistics of The post O Sacred Banquet, Laid Out Before Me | All Souls’ Day Mass 2020 appeared first on Love Speaks..

O Sacred Banquet, Laid Out Before Me | All Souls’ Day Mass 2020

Homily from the Cathedral of Saint Raymond, Joliet Readings: Exodus 22:20-26; 1 Thessalonians 1:5-10; Matthew 22:34-40 — Listen here: Wherein: Jesus beats the Pharisees, Sadducees, and (last week) the Herodians at their own game; We The post Trump’s Not Coming to Your Birthday Party (and neither is Biden) | 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2020 appeared first on Love Speaks..

Trump’s Not Coming to Your Birthday Party (and neither is Biden) | 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2020

Listen here: Have in you the same attitude that is also in Christ Jesus: Who, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he The post That’s Chiastic! | 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2020 appeared first on Love Speaks..

That’s Chiastic! | 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2020

Homily for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 13 September 2020 Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus “Christianity is not a behavior management system, but is a complete transformation unto glory.” Sr. Miriam James, SOLT Listen The post Sources of Power and Bridges to Heaven | 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2020 appeared first on Love Speaks..

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