Parish Catechetical Awareness Week Homily, September 20, 2009
There is an ancient story about a king who “had everything,” as the saying goes: more gold than he could count, an enormous palace, a multitude of servants, and all the rest. Although he possessed all of the creature comforts imaginable in his time the king felt the need for something more fulfilling in his life. As a result, he developed a passionate desire to find God ……
He read books …

Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time(B)
Isaiah 50:5-9; Psalms 116:1-6,8-9; James 2:14-18; Mark 8:27-35
The legendary Hollywood motion picture executive, Samuel Goldwyn, was one of those people who “saves” everything. Through the years, he refused to allow his staff to throw anything away. His secretary began to get the feeling that she was drowning in the stacks of old telephone messages, letters and inter-office memos that were piled everywhere in the office. Consequently, in desperation, she pleaded with Goldwyn: “Please,” she said, “Won’t you allow me at least to throw away the memos …

Catechetical Awareness Month for September,
Sunday Sermon, September 6, 2009
The teacher gathered her Sunday school group around her and exclaimed, “Well, class, all those who want to go to heaven raise your hands.”
Everyone around the circle raised their hands, except one boy.
Don’t you want to go to heaven, Henry?” asked the teacher.
“I can’t, ma’am,” Henry replied, “My mom wants me to come straight home.”
Today’s Gospel describes a brief episode in which Jesus was asked to lay His hands on “a deaf man who had an impediment in his speech … He …