Category: Prayer & Reflection

St. Joseph

St. Joseph Can Bring the Needed Resurgence of True Masculinity in the Church

St. Joseph is a much needed intercessor in a time in which the Church and world needs a true masculine renewal. On December 8th of 2020, with the Apostolic Letter “Patris Corde” (With a Father’s Heart), Pope Francis declared the Year of 2021 the Year of St. Joseph. If you…

How to Pray – Four Part Homily Series

Over the course of July 2020 – I will be preaching on prayer. The gospels and readings for the Sunday’s in July provided by the Church offer a perfect time to reflect on the necessity of prayer. As these sermons are preached I will update this post to include audio…

In Defense of the Virtues of Sinners

If we ignore the goodness any person does because of one bad act; there would be no virtuous people in the world. Let me first make a disclaimer as I offer this a commentary on our current state of affairs. I do think it is important that we take a…

Relearning History – How transferring schools began to open my eyes.

It was the Fall of 2003. My parents and I had decided that it was best for me to transfer from my Catholic high school to the public high school in my area, Omaha Northwest. Contrary to it’s name, Northwest High School sits more in North Central Omaha and has…

The Contagion of Sin – What Covid-19 teaches us about sin.

For your part, you must strive to bring them up in the faith, so that this divine life may be preserved from the contagion of sin, and may grow in them day by day. Baptismal Rite Revised 2020 Beginning Easter of 2020 priest and deacons will be required to use…