Weekly Homily Podcast

Whenever we are reading from John's Gospel, we have to keep in mind that he is recounting stories from the ministry of Jesus using symbolism to communicate a deeper meaning. In today's Gospel Jesus...

Today's Gospel takes place at a well where Jesus meets the Samaritan woman. She has to keep coming back to the well over and over because or her thirst, like she keeps going from man to man searching...

The Gospel for the 2nd Sunday of Lent is always one of the strange and wonderful accounts of the Transfiguration. While the astonishing event seems so unique in Jesus's life, there are Old Testament...

Today's readings take us back to the beginning and the story of Creation and the Fall. When we discover the symbolism of these ancient texts, we come to realize that we're not talking about a man and...

Today's Gospel from the Sermon on the Mount can be very confusing. Jesus says, "Give no resistance to one who is evil." Is Jesus saying that we do not have the right to defend our self? Does someone...

In our Gospel today Jesus says something that would have shocked his listeners. He says, "You have heard that it was said..." (indicating something that God taught in the Sacred Scriptures) and then...

Today's gospel of salt and light is paired with our 1st reading from Isaiah, which tells God's people who they are to be salt and light: Doing works of mercy. We all have someone in our life who is...

In today's Gospel we have one of the most famous and important passages in the New Testament, the Beatitudes from the Sermon on the Mount. As God gave his people through Moses the list of the 10...