The Friar
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These podcasts feature homilies given at Mass and commentaries on various eclectic topics.
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A medida que nos acercamos a la temporada navideña, ¿qué significaría para nosotros pensar en cómo vivimos el estilo de vida de Jesús? ¿Qué pasaría si pensáramos en nuestra vida actual y reflexionáramos sobre lo que significaría si Jesús tuviera nuestra vida? ¿Qué significaría para Jesús ser ingeniero, contable, madre o padre?
Continue reading El estilo de vida de Jesús: Homilía para el domingo 21 de diciembre de 2025 at The Friar.
As we approach the Christmas season, what would it mean for us to think about how we live the lifestyle of Jesus? What if we thought about our present life and reflected on what it would mean if Jesus had our life? What would it mean for Jesus to be an engineer, or an accountant, or a mother or father?
Continue reading The Lifestyle of Jesus: Homily for Sunday, December 21, 2025 at The Friar.
See, I am doing something new. Today's reading from Isaiah reminds us that our relationship with Jesus is not static. It is dynamic. Jesus does not rest on his laurels. He always is active pouring out grace so that we have the invitation to become who it is we were meant to be.
Continue reading God always does something new: Homily for Thursday, December 18, 2025 at The Friar.
Do we make Gaudete Sunday too small? Do we reduce the reason for our hope and joy to something that is really not all that important? This Sunday is about so much more than what color we call the vestments. It is about what Jesus has done for us. About how his coming into our world, and his ultimate coming at the end of time is about his victory over sin and death. So, Rejoice!
Continue reading Rose, Pink? Who cares? Gaudete Sunday is about so much more: Homily for Sunday, December 13, 2025 at The Friar.
Let's face it. We are broken. And we can feel pretty bad about our brokenness. The terms the prophet Isaiah uses are not very endearing. But the good news of Advent is that Jesus comes to save us. And we are never too broken that Jesus cannot save us.
Continue reading Not an endearing term: Homily for Thursday, December 11, 2025 at The Friar.
Hustle, hustle, hustle. Do we ever consider the example of the Blessed Mother and reflect on things in our hearts? Do we focus more on the gifts we will get, or the great gift of God? Of Mary? Apresúrate, apresúrate, apresúrate. ¿Alguna vez consideramos el ejemplo de la Santísima Madre y reflexionamos sobre las cosas en nuestros corazones? ¿Nos enfocamos más en los regalos que recibiremos, o en el gran regalo de Dios? ¿De María?
Continue reading Reflect in your heart: Homily for Monday, December 8, 2025 at The Friar.
The readings challenge us to seek out God’s presence in every aspect of our lives, and to hope for the new life to come. But today there seems to be so many more distractions than ever. It is so much easier to find comfort in our phones. To fill our lives with our work. To live in Chronos, when God calls us to live in Kairos.
Continue reading Do you live in Chronos or Kairos? Homily for Sunday, December 7, 2025 at The Friar.
Las lecturas nos desafían a buscar la presencia de Dios en todos los aspectos de nuestras vidas y a esperar la nueva vida que está por venir. Pero hoy en día parece haber muchas más distracciones que nunca. Es mucho más fácil encontrar consuelo en nuestros teléfonos. Llenar nuestras vidas con nuestro trabajo. Vivir en el chronos, cuando Dios nos llama a vivir en el Kairos.
Continue reading ¿Vives en Chronos o en Kairos? Homilía para el domingo 7 de diciembre de 2025 at The Friar.
This season of Advent, Isaiah gives us and paints for us a world where everything gets turned upside down. We hear it in very familiar verses like, "The lion and the lamb will lie down and the kid will play in the cobra's den." We hear it today, too, that in the strong city, in the nation of firm purpose, it is in fact the needy and the footsteps of the poor that are going to be the really strong ones. They're going to trample in this city.
Continue reading Turned Upside Down: Homily for Thursday, December 4, 2025 at The Friar.
As we begin the start of the season of Advent, it can be hard to come and rest in the Lord Jesus. Our lives are filled with so many activities, and with so much hurry. And yet, hurry is antithetical to the spiritual life. We are to become disciples, apprentices with Jesus.
Continue reading Come and Rest: Homily For November 30, 2025 at The Friar.
The Solemnity of Christ the King was started at a time of great uncertainty. The world was in chaos in a variety of ways, especially in terms of beliefs. We too live in this time of uncertainty, and it is the case that we need a king.
Continue reading Christ is still King: Homily for Sunday, November 23, 2025 at The Friar.
For those around the parish where I serve, we had a saint walking the streets. Mother Cabrini walked our neighborhood and served the poor. She sought out immigrants and migrants and served them, provided for their physical and spiritual needs. In times of difficulty for migrants and refugees today, will we walk the streets?
Continue reading Walking the Streets: Homily for Sunday, November 16, 2025 at The Friar.
Poor treatment of immigrants is nothing new in the United States. It was not all that long ago that Catholics were the victims of great discrimination and prejudice. Interestingly Catholic immigrants experience great prejudice today. But God's grace is always new, and it helps us to become holy.
Continue reading Nothing New: Homily for Thursday, November 13, 2025 at The Friar.
Why does it matter? Why do we celebrate the dedication of a church in Rome? Because it remains important to remind us that to be Catholic is not just about our parish. It is being part of something universal.
Continue reading Why does it matter? Homily for Sunday, November 9, 2025 at The Friar.
We belong to Jesus. And we belong to each other. The temptation in the United States is to think we can do everything on our own. To believe that our effort alone can keep us from needing material goods, or even God. But Saint Paul and Jesus tell us that we need to realize that we belong to Jesus
Continue reading We belong to Jesus: Homily for Thursday, November 6, 2025 at The Friar.
We often sell hope short. We think of a present, or something we want in a little while. Short term optimism. But the virtue of hope is really about our hope in salvation. Our hope that Jesus can forgive our sins and hope that we can be saved.
Continue reading Hope: Not naive optimism: Homily for Sunday, November 2, 2025 at The Friar.
We pray for peace in Gaza, but violence continues. We see people suffering from hunger and malnutrition, and yet the hungry remain despite our prayers. We pray and pray for illness to be healed, relationships to be reconciled, but brokenness remains.
Continue reading Does God listen? Homily for Sunday, October 5, 2025 at The Friar.
Why do we pray? Does God really listen? In what ways does God protect us? And do we find ourselves protected when things go wrong?
Continue reading Why do we pray? Homily for Thursday, October 2, 2025 at The Friar.
Ya sea una decisión importante o insignificante, las opciones que tomamos nos moldean y nos convierten en lo que somos. ¿Elegiremos las opciones que nos llevan a Dios o no?
Continue reading Opciones: Homilía para el domingo 28 de septiembre de 2025 at The Friar.
Whether or not it is a big choice or a little choice, the choices we make form and shape us into persons. Will we choose the choices that lead us to God or not?
Continue reading Choices: Homily for Sunday, September 28, 2025 at The Friar.
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