Second Sunday of Advent (A) INTRO: How many of you like to do the lights, decorating a Christmas tree???? How many of you HAVE CERTAIN WAY TO DO THE LIGHTS??? So here I am…doing the lights….…. ALL OF SUDDEN, I hear: Um, JIM, don’t you want to GO AROUND THE TREE doing the lights, instead […]

First Sunday of Advent (A) 2022 INTRO: Have you ever been on a pilgrimage? Pilgrimages are HOLY JOURNEY’S from beginning to end. It is at the end of the journey that is “possibly” most special and rewarding for the “pilgrims.” The El Camino de Santiago is a famous “walking” pilgrimage in Europe beginning in France […]

Christ the King Homily 2022 C Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe INTRO: Many times, in “social circles” people talk about their lives, their traditions, their customs, and their nationality. And that makes for good conversations, and it helps people to really know one another. And each of us here has that information […]

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time © INTRO: I remember when my training wheels came off my bike. There was my dad taking them off and then saying, “It is time you learned how to ride a bike without the training wheels! We had a long driveway from the garage to the sidewalk. Dad was at […]

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 C INTRO: Glad you are here tonight (today). Is not worship beautiful and impressive? I did grow up with the steady practice of attending not only Sunday Mass, but even weekday Mass! Those of you here who do attend weekday Mass, wouldn’t it be something to see two young […]

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time C INTRO: I HAVE BEEN TATALLING LATELY ON MY FAMILY in these homilies, but I cannot help it! So, here is a set of twins, right? One is short and the other tall One was under-weight at birth, the other JUST FINE One today has gray hair, the other does […]

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time © INTRO: A while ago, I had a meeting for lunch in downtown Cleveland… It is typically crowded…always difficult to find a parking spot, but in this one area…I have always been lucky. Lo and behold that famous day…WOW spots all over the place waiting for MY parked car! I […]

24th Sunday Ord Time 2022 C INTRO: There was a story that circulated about Pope Francis. As it is told, after his election, Pope Francis decided to live not in the PAPAL PALACE, but, in a much simpler home. He got up early one morning and opened the door to his room to find a […]

22nd Sunday in Ordinary time (C) 2022 INTRO: Everyone had a certain place at our dinner table. I was always seated to the right hand of my father and my brother was next to me. It is what we did in those years. It seems to me that is the same for your seats in […]

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 C INTRO: When I began to reflect on this Gospel, the haunting phrase for me was: “I do not know where you are from” I would say I was a bit shocked. Have you ever met someone casually talking to them, on an airplane sitting next to you, or […]