Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Father Dave uses an everyday situation to relate to an intriguing part of Scripture where Jesus asks those around him if they are indeed prepared to follow Him. Rest assured that in ...

Friday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time. Father Dave highlights an analogy that is often used in Scripture, particularly by Jesus: yeast. Be aware of those things that may be negative, yet seem small ...

Thursday of the Twenty-eighth Week in Ordinary Time. Father Dave helps us to realize the concept that we can not earn our way to Heaven from either just faith or good works. Indeed, it is ...

Friday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time. It is unfortunate that even in our own universal church, that we can drive each other out. Father Dave reminds us to pray for unity and harmony at ...

Thursday of the Twenty-seventh Week in Ordinary Time. Father Dave elucidates a possibly misleading quotation from scripture regarding asking and receiving gifts from the Lord. (Preached on Thursday, October 8th, 2009, 12:15pm, St. Malachy’s Church, Broadway ...

Memorial of the Guardian Angels. Father Dave asks us an interesting question here: imagine if we were just as eager to receive messages from God as we are to get calls and text messages? (Preached ...

Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus, virgin and doctor of the Church. It may be hard to get your head around the concept, but indeed the Kingdom of God is at hand, and thus we ...

Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. It is up to us to spread the tent wider and wider to welcome people into the celebration of the Lord, yet not up to us to judge who is ...

Friday of the Twenty-fifth Week in Ordinary Time. Although it may not always seem like it, there is perpetual hope and glory of the Holy Spirit within each and every one of us now and ...

Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Although we must indeed plan our future in some regards, we should attempt to be vulnerable and open to God's will as well. (Preached on Sunday, September 20th, 2009, St. ...

Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. It is hard and troubling to imagine a greater sorrow than a mother losing one of her own children. Mary the mother of God knows this pain and will ...

Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. Father Dave reminds us that with death comes resurrection; both in the case of our Lord and with our own personal tragedies. (Preached on Sunday, September 14th, ...

Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Father Dave sheds some light on the potentially perplexing reading where Jesus says to Peter "get behind me, Satan." I'll give you a hint: maybe we shouldn't always take the easy way. (Preached on ...

Friday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time. On this day, as we observe the anniversary of the tragic event that occurred 8 years ago, we are also called to look inside ourselves to find ...

Thursday of the Twenty-third Week in Ordinary Time. Father Dave admits that today's readings are certainly daunting, especially in terms of the challenges that the readings ask you to do. But we are reminded to ...

Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. James calls us to "show no partiality," to treat the garbage collector as we would treat the mayor. But who among us would that task be easy for? So James ...

Friday of the Twenty-second Week in Ordinary Time. The readings today tell us that indeed Christ is preeminent, present in all things for all time. How is this represented today? We should strive to keep ...

Memorial of Saint Gregory the Great, pope and doctor of the Church. We can a learn a lesson from the fishermen who were hesitant to try Jesus' suggestion to lower the nets one more time after hours of ...

Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time. Although we might sometimes bristle against all the rules, Father Dave reminds us why we have rules and laws in the church. Indeed, Jesus was the rule personified, and thus ...

Memorial of Saint Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church. Some of the characters in the parable in today's readings were unfortunately only prepared for a short period of time, not for the long haul. We can use ...