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Permanent deacon of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. Husband, father of four sons, builder of Catholic technology, and writer of essays, fiction, and homilies.
August 24, 2025 | Read Online The Narrow Gate | Favorite? Or Beloved? Proclamation of the Holy Gospel & HomilyAugust 24, 2025 | 21st Sunday in Ordinary …
September 01, 2025 | Read Online #2MinuteHomily: My Fortune Cookie & the Sunday Gospel #2MinuteHomilySeptember 7, 202523rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year…
September 09, 2025 | Read Online #2MinuteHomily: Exalting the Holy Cross & Carrying our Own #2MinuteHomilySeptember 14, 2025The Feast of the Exaltation …
August 26, 2025 | Read Online #2MinuteHomily: Is THIS Why Catholics Sit in the Back? #2MinuteHomily | August 31, 2025 The post #2MinuteHomily: Is THIS Why C…
September 09, 2025 | Read Online Embracing the Unknown On our anniversary trip to Disneyland last week, my wife and I went on another of the many rides that…
September 15, 2025 | Read Online To go out on top? Or with your team? What’s more important? A win – or your commitment to your team? Our youngest was very …
September 15, 2025 | Read Online #2MinuteHomily: You Cannot Serve both God and... #2MinuteHomily + a challenge for the weekSeptember 21, 202525th Sunday in …
November 12, 2025 | Read Online #2MinuteHomily: Not My Plan #2MinuteHomily + a prayer for the weekNovember 16, 202533rd Sunday in Ordinary Time The post #2M…
September 23, 2025 | Read Online #2MinuteHomily: Blessing Bags #2MinuteHomily + a challenge for the weekSeptember 28, 202526th Sunday in Ordinary Time The p…
November 09, 2025 | Read Online Don’t Miss the Water Stops Proclamation of the Holy Gospel & HomilySunday, November 9, 2025Feast of the Dedication of th…
September 30, 2025 | Read Online Memento Mori: The Skull That Whispers Eternity Today is the Memorial of Saint Jerome, one of the great Doctors of the Weste…
September 23, 2025 | Read Online Tears, Humanity, and Divine Mercy It was a hard week. It was the kind of week that reminds us that the Christian life can b…