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24th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached September 17, 2017; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Last Sunday I spoke about the responsibility that bishops and priests have to warn the people of spiritual danger, dangers that threaten the salvation...
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23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached September 9, 2017; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts. The words of the Psalmist are meant as a warning to each one of...
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22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached September 3, 2017; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Do not be conformed to this age but be transformed by the renewal of your mind. The Christian, as the saying goes, is to...
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21st Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached August 27, 2017; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Has anyone ever asked you if you have been ‘saved’? Has anyone ever asked you if you have accepted Jesus Christ as your ‘personal...
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20th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached August 20, 2017, St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples. We hear these words today and they strikes our ears as being...
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19th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached August 13, 2017; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Last Sunday we celebrated the Feast of the Transfiguration, when Jesus was revealed on the mountain top with light of God’s glory shining forth...
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Transfiguration of the Lord
Preached August 6, 2017; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Jesus was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and his clothes became white as light. We are used to the saying,...
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17th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached July 30, 2017; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Jesus says, Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you. (Mt 7:7) Well and...
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14th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached July 9, 2017; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon I give you praise, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, for although you have hidden these things from the wise and learned you have...
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13th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached July 2, 2017; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Last Sunday I spoke about the life of grace, the life of the soul, that was lost through the sin of Adam and restored...