What are your eulogy virtues? They are the virtues that are “talked about at our funeral,” says Father Jerry in today’s homily. At your funeral, will you be described as brave, honest, or faithful? Or whether you were capable of deep love and generosity? Our eulogy virtues are different from our résumé virtues, which “are […]

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Today’s memorial of The Immaculate Heart of Mary celebrates a woman whose life is filled with challenges and crisis not unlike our own. She is the confused teenager who finds herself in crisis, not of her own making, who with the help of her family, finds her way through it. She is the young mother […]

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“Today is a day for broken hearts,” says Father Jerry in today’s homily above, “If your heart has been broken by someone who has betrayed you or let you down, may today be a day of healing. If your heart has been broken by the death of a loved one, may today be a day […]

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Today’s Gospel reminds us that we often come to the Eucharist with unfinished business. We have relationships to mend, broken hearts to heal, lost souls to seek out and bring back, struggling brothers and sisters to lift out of poverty and despair. Jesus calls us to begin our prayer by realizing what we have left […]

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“It has been said that an elephant is a dog designed by a committee,” offers Father Jerry in today’s homily, “Most of us know the experience all too well: A group is brought together to complete a specific task or project. Everyone contributes their expertise and everything stays on course… until someone says, ‘You know, […]

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