3rd Sunday of Lent -- A good Lent rests on a good confession

3/23 3rd Sunday of Lent ... 10:38

With Mary between me and Jesus, it's just me and Jesus

Homily from the Mass of Consecration of Corpus Christi Parish (Great Falls, MT) to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.  Feast of the Annunciation, 3/25.  14:48

Daily Mass Homily on the Importance of Prayer after Communion

3/13/14 -- 4:50.
We must not squander the time we have after Communion. If we pray after Mass, God will certainly grant us all the graces needed for salvation. He will answer our prayer -- "ask and you shall receive."

Daily Mass Sermon on the Wicked Tenants of the Vineyard

A tropological or moral interpretation of the parable of the wicked tenants - your soul as a vineyard.

Daily Mass Sermon on the Rich Man and Poor Lazarus

Sermon for the Solemnity of St. Joseph 3/19

St. Ignatius of Antioch, the child who is greater in the kingdom of heaven

October 17^th, Feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch

At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who thinkest thou is the greater in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus calling unto him a little child, set him in the midst of them, And said: Amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven. (Matthew 18:1-4)

According to an ancient tradition, St. Ignatius of Antioch was the child whom Christ took and presented to the apostles as the example of the one who is greater in the kingdom of heaven. From that day the child, who was most beloved by the Savior and favored with the divine embrace, was also marked as the one upon whom lions would feast in the Roman Colosseum.

Turning to a sermon of the gentle Doctor, St. Francis de Sales, we will consider the example of this great bishop and martyr.