Abortion

• Slavery and a Woman’s “Right” to Choose - 1/30/2003

• When the Supreme Court “Respects Precedent” - 3/17/2006

Apologetics

• Homily - 31st Sunday of the Year (Defending the Faith) - 10/31/2010
• Homily - 6th Sunday of Easter (Not a Faith of Dummies) - 5/29/2011

Baptism (See also "Baptism of Jesus")

• Homily - Third Sunday (Clothed in Salvation) - 12/11/2011

Believing

• Why Do We Believe the Earth is Round? - 2/9/2007

• Homily - 2nd Sunday of Easter (Believing what is True) - 4/11/2010

• Homily - 19th Sunday of the Year (Overcoming "I can't") - 8/7/2011

• Homily - 21st Sunday of the Year ("What do you say...?") - 8/21/2011

Capitol Punishment

• Reflection on Capitol Punishment - 2/3/2006

Catholic Schools

• Homily - Conversion of St. Paul - 1/25/2009
• Homily - 3rd Sunday of the Year (A Lingering Legacy) - 1/24/2010
• Homily - 4th Sunday of the Year - 1/29/2011
• CATHOLIC SCHOOL SUNDAY (Mission Dolores Academy) - 1/29/2012

Christianity

• Homily - Fifth Sunday of Lent (Seed & Harvest) - 3/29/2009
• Homily - 24th Sunday of the Year (Alumni Memorial) - 9/13/2009
                    Given at La Salle High School, Pasadena, CA

Church (Ecclesiology)

• It is the Lord! - 4/20/2007

• Homily - 25th Sunday of the Year (Future of the Church) - 9/20/2009

• Our Divided, Divided Church - 12/21/2011

• Muggles & Gentiles - 8/12/2011

Church and State

• Homily - 29th Sunday of the Year (Politics and Religion) - 10/16/2011

Da Vinci Code

• The Holy Grail -- A Spiritual Quest - 5/26/2006

Darkness

• Homily - 3rd Sunday of Easter (After the Darkness) - 4/17/2010

Death Penalty (see Capitol Punishment)

Discipleship

• Year of St. Paul:  When Everybody Does it Better - 10/24/2008
• Year of St. Paul:  Made to be Moral - 1/16/2009

• Homily - 4th Sunday of the Year (distractions) - 2/1/2009

• Homily - 26th Sunday of the Year (Cut It Off) - 9/27/2009

• Homily - 28th Sunday of the Year (One Thing Lacking) - 10/11/2009

• Homily - 29th Sunday of the Year (Total Self-Giving) - 10/18/2009

• Year for Priests - Come Follow Me - 1/16/2010

• "Yes...But" Catholics - 6/25/2010

• Homily - 12th Sunday of the Year (Correct or Substantial) - 6/20/2010

• Homily - 13th Sunday of the Year (Too Many Rules!) - 6/27/2010

• Homily - 2nd Sunday of the Year (Sanctified & Holy) - 1/16/2011

• Homily - 6th Sunday of the Year (Higher Standard) - 2/113/11

• Homily - 7th Sunday of the Year (Whose Life is it Anyway?) - 2/20/2011

• Homily - 8th Sunday of the Year (God will Provide) - 2/27/2011

• Homily - 31st Sunday of the Year (Call No One 'Father') - 10/30/2011

• Homily - 3rd Sunday of the Year (Distractions from Following) - 1/22/2012

• Homily - 4th Sunday of the Year (God's Agenda) - 1/29/2012

Divisions

• Homily - 20th Sunday of the Year (Muggles and Gentiles) - 8/14/2011

Ecumenical Councils

• Homily - 6th Sunday of Easter (Concililar Tradition) - 5/9/2010

End Times (Eschatology)

• Reaching Out Into the Darkness - 11/12/2004
• The New Jerusalem - 5/4/2007
• Holding On Until the End - 11/16/2007

• Homily - 33rd Sunday of the Year (the End) - 11/15/2009

• To Witness the Triumph - 11/12/10

• Homily - 33rd Sunday of the Year (Tribulations) - 11/14/2010

Eucharist

• Eucharistic Assimilation into Christ's Body - 6/12/2009
• Homily - 17th Sunday of the Year (John 6, part 1) - 7/26/2009
• Homily - 18th Sunday of the Year (Something Higher) - 8/2/2009
• Homily - 20th Sunday of the Year (Nader of the Earth) - 8/16/2009

Faith

• Homily - Fourth Sunday of Lent (Faith & Works) - 3/22/2009
• Homily - 9th Sunday of the Year (Substance of Faith) - 3/6/2011

Family (see "Holy Family Sunday")

Feminism

• Homily - 32nd Sunday of the Year (Lady Wisdom) - 11/5/2011

Fishing

• Homily - 3rd Sunday of Easter (Being the Fish) - 4/26/2009
• Homily - 5th Sunday of the Year (Called to Catch Souls) - 2/7/2010
• Homily - 3rd Sunday of the Year ("Fishers of Men") - 1/23/2011

Forgiveness

• Homily - 7th Sunday of the Year (Forgiveness & Healing) - 2/19/2012

Fraternal Correction

• Fraternal Correction:  Called to "Judge" (?!) - 9/5/2008
• Homily - 23rd Sunday of the Year - 9/3/2011

Forgiveness

• Retribution - A Daring New Direction - 2/18/2011

Harry Potter

• A Modest Perspective on the Harry Potter Phenomenon - 12/6/2002

Heaven

• Homily - 32nd Sunday of the Year (Missing the Point) - 11/7/2010

Heroes (see "Mythology)

High Priest

• Homily - 12th Sunday of the Year (Christ: High Priest) - 6/21/2009
• Homily - 30th Sunday of the Year (Our High Priest) - 10/25/2009
• Year for Priests - Consecrated by One Sacrifice - 11/13/2009

Holy Grail (see "da Vinci Code")

• Homily - Pentecost (the Wind) - 5/31/2009
• Invisible and Uncontrollable Power - 5/21/2010
• Homily - Pentecost (the "Force") - 5/23/2010

Homosexuality

• The Bible and Homosexuality:  The “Shrimp-Cocktail” Defense  - 10/16/2009

Independence Day

• The 4th of July and Freedom - 6/25/2004

• July 1st-3rd:  ‘Ember Days’ to Independence - 6/24/2005

• Homily - 14th Sunday of the Year (4th of July vs. 14th Sunday) - 7/4/2010

Joy

• Homily - Third Sunday of Advent - 12/14/2008

Lent

• Homily - 7th Sunday of the Year (Saying "yes" during Lent) - 2/22/2009

Love

• Love - The Great Legitimizer - 1/26/2007
• Love - Getting it Right! - 5/15/2009
• Homily - 6th Sunday of Easter (Love) - 5/17/2009
• Love as God Intended - 5/27/2011

Marriage

• Paul's Revolutionary Concept - 8/21/2009
• Homily - 21st Sunday of the Year (Overcoming Narrow-mindedness) - 8/23/2009

Minimalism

• Homily - 27th Sunday of the Year (Minimalism) - 10/3/2010

Ministry

• Year for Priests - When They Don't Listen - 7/10/2009

• Homily - 4th Sunday of the Year (Failure) - 1/31/2010

• Homily - 18th Sunday of the Year ("Give them food yourselves") - 7-31/2011

Mythology

• The Model of the Popular Hero - 11/1991

• The Black Stallion and the Mythology of Bucephalus - 11/29/2002

Obedience

• Homily - 26th Sunday of the Year - 9/25/2011
• Homily - 6th Sunday of the Year (Disobedience) - 2/12/2012

Offending

• Homily - 6th Sunday of the Year (our offensive Gospel) - 2/15/2009

Prayer

• The Squeaky Wheel Gets the Grace - 10/19/2007
• Homily - 29th Sunday of the Year (Persistence) - 10/16/2010

Prophet

• Homily - 2nd Sunday of the Year (our call as prophet) - 1/18/2009
• Homily - 2nd Sunday of the Year (Paul and the Prophet) - 1/15/2012

Punishment

• Homily - Third Sunday of Lent (Punishment and Patience) - 3/7/2010

Resurrection

• The Great Cliffhanger - 4/10/2009
• Homily - Easter Sunday (Resurrection & Baptism) - 4/12/2009
• Homily - Easter Sunday (Galileo Recanted) - 4/4/2010
• Homily - Easter Sunday (Pain and Happiness) - 4/24/2011

Shepherd

• Homily - 4th Sunday of Easter - 4/25/2010
• Homily - 4th Sunday of Easter - 5/15/2011

Signs (see "The Rich Man and Lazarus")

Suffering

• Homily - 5th Sunday of Easter (Suffering & Glory) - 5/2/2010
• Homily - 14th Sunday of the Year (A Light Burden) - 7/3/2011

Sunday Collection (see "Widow's Mite")

Supreme Court (see "Abortion")

Temptation

• The Strain of Spiritual Exercise - 2/23/2007
• Homily - First Sunday of Lent - 3/1/2009
• Homily - First Sunday of Lent - 2/21/2010
• Homily - First Sunday of Lent - 3/13/2011

• Homily - 22nd Sunday of the Year (God's Standards) - 8/28/2011

Thorns

• Homily - 14th Sunday of the Year (Thorns) - 7/5/2009

Tradition

• Homily - 22nd Sunday of the Year (Human Tradition) - 8/30/2009
• Homily - 19th Sunday of the Year (Treasure) - 8/8/2010

Treasures

• Homily - 23rd Sunday of the Year (Stored in Heaven) - 9/6/2009

Vocations

• Laborers in the Harvest:  What Are We Praying For? - 7/6/2007
• Homily - 4th Sunday of Easter (Shepherd & Vocations) - 5/3/2009

Waiting

• Homily - Second Sunday of Advent - 12/7/2008

• Homily - First Sunday of Advent - 11/29/2009

• Homily - First Sunday of Advent - 11/28/2010

Wisdom

• Homily - 32nd Sunday of the Year (Lady Wisdom) - 11/5/2011

Worship

• Third Sunday of Lent (In Spirit and in Truth) - 3/27/2011

Abraham

• The Faith of Abraham - 3/18/2011

Amos

• Homily - 25th Sunday of the Year (Examination) - 9/18/2010

Annunciation

• The Tradition of Annunciation - 12/19/2008
• Homily - Fourth Sunday of Advent (Aftermath) - 12/19/2009
• The Angel of the End Times - 12/16/2011
• Homily - Fourth Sunday (The Return of the King) - 12/18/2011

Ascension

• Homily - Ascension - 5/24/2009
• Homily - Ascension (Directing our Focus) - 5/16/2010
• Homily - Ascension (Focus) - 6/5/2011

Baptism of Jesus

• Homily - Baptism of the Lord - 1/11/2009
• Homily - Baptism of the Lord (Transitions) - 1/10/2010
• Homily - Baptism of the Lord - 1/9/2011

Baruch

• Homily - Second Sunday of Advent (Baruch & John) - 12/6/2009

Beatitudes

• Homily - 6th Sunday of the Year (Lent and Luke's Beatitudes) - 2/14/2010
• Homily - 4th Sunday of the Year (CATHOLIC SCHOOL SUNDAY) - 1/29/2011

Blind Man

• Homily - Fourth Sunday of Lent (2nd RCIA Scrutiny) - 3/14/2010

"Call no man 'Father'..."

• Homily - 31st Sunday of the Year - 10/30/2011

Canaanite Woman

• Homily - 20th Sunday of the Year (Muggles and Gentiles) - 8/14/2011
• Muggles & Gentiles - 8/12/2011

Catch of Fish (see "Fishing")

Corrupt Steward

• The "Shrewd" Steward - A Call to Cleverness - 9/17/2010

Good Samaritan

• Homily - 15th Sunday of the Year - 7/11/2010

Gospel of Luke

• Year for Priests - Letter to a Friend - 1/22/2010

Isaiah

• Homily - Fourth Sunday of Advent (A Prophecy for the Ages) - 12/19/2010

Job

• Homily - 5th Sunday of the Year (Asking God "Why?") - 2/8/2009
• Disquieting Wisdom of Job - 11/3/2012
• Homily - 5th Sunday of the Year (Patience with God) - 2/5/2012

King's Wedding Feast

• Homily - 28th Sunday of the Year (Parable of the Wedding Feast) - 10/9/2011

Last Discourse

• The Time Has Come! - 3/31/2006

Lazarus

• Homily - Fifth Sunday of Lent (3rd RCIA Scrutiny) - 3/21/2010
• Fifth Sunday of Lent (Believing) - 4/10/2011

Leper

• Thy Kingdom Come...My Will Be Done - 2/13/2009

Lord's Prayer

• Homily - 17th Sunday of the Year ("Expecto Patronem") - 7/24/2010

Man Born Blind

• Fourth Sunday of Lent (Light, Logic & Upheaval) - 4/3/2011

New Jerusalem (see "Eschatology)

Penitent Woman

• Homily - 11th Sunday of the Year (Controversial Pity) - 6/14/2010

Pharisee and Tax Collector

• Homily - 30th Sunday of the Year - 10/24/2010

• The Oracles of Simeon - 5/23/1993

Prodigal Son

• The Other Prodigal Son - 9/14/2007
• Homily - Fourth Sunday of Lent - 3/14/2010
• Homily - 24th Sunday of the Year (Lost) - 9/12/2010

"Render to Caesar..."

• Homily - 29th Sunday of the Year (Politics and Religion) - 10/16/2011

Rich Fool

• A Christmas Carol for Ordinary Time - 7/30/2004
• Homily - 18th Sunday of the Year (A Christmas Carol) - 8/1/2010

Rich Man and Lazarus

• Homily - 26th Sunday of the Year (Signs) - 9/26/2010

Rich Young Man

• Never Assurances - Always One More Thing! - 10/9/2009

Road to Emmaus

• Homily - 3rd Sunday of Easter (The Breaking of Bread) - 5/8/2011

Salt of the Earth

• Homily - 5th Sunday of the Year - 2/6/2011

Sower and the Seed

Homily - 15th Sunday of the Year (Seeds and Soil) - 7/9/2011
Homily - 16th Sunday of the Year (Restraint) - 7/17/2011

Talents

• Homily - 33rd Sunday of the Year (Preparedness) - 11/13/2011

Ten Commandments

• Ten Commandments – Ten Exceptions - 3/13/2009

Ten Lepers

• The Other Nine Lepers - 10/8/2004
• Homily - 28th Sunday of the Year - 10/10/2010

Transfiguration

• Lost In Transfiguration - 3/5/2004
• Preview of Coming Attractions - 2/25/2008
• Homily - Second Sunday of Lent - 3/8/2009
• Homily - Second Sunday of Lent (Mystical Encounters) - 2/21/2010

Twelve Apostles

• The Foundation of "The Twelve" - 6/10/2005
• Homily - 15th Sunday of the Year (Magnificent Twelve) - 7/12/2009

The Unjust Judge (see "Prayer")

Vine and Branches

• Homily - 5th Sunday of Easter (Vine & the Mother) - 5/10/2009

Wedding at Cana

• The Passion at Cana - 1/12/2007
• Homily - 2nd Sunday of the Year - 1/18/2010

Widow's Mite

• Homily - 32nd Sunday of the Year - 11/8/2009

Wise and Foolish Bridesmaids

• "Be Prepared" - 11/6/2011

Wise Men

• Homily - Epiphany Sunday - 1/4/2009
• Homily - Epiphany Sunday - 1/3/2010
• Homily - Epiphany Sunday - 1/2/2011

• Homily - Epiphany Sunday - 1/7/2012

Woman at the Well

• Homily - Third Sunday of Lent (RCIA Scrutinies) - 3/15/2009

Woman Caught in Adultery

• The One Without Sin . . . - 3/19/2010
• Homily - Fifth Sunday of Lent - 3/20/2010

Workers in the Vineyard

• Homily - 25th Sunday of the Year (From Elitism to Gratitude) - 9/18/2011
• Stone Rejected - 9/30/2011
• Homily - 27th Sunday of the Year (Rebellion in the Vineyard) - 10/2/2011

Ash Wednesday

• Homily - Ash Wednesday - 2/25/2009
• Homily - Ash Wednesday - 2/17/2010
• Homily - Ash Wednesday - 3/9/2011

Assumption

• Homily - The Blessed Virgin Mary (Focusing on a Footnote) - 8/15/2010

Corpus Christi

• Homily - Corpus Christi Sunday (Tradition) - 4/5/2010
• Homily - Corpus Christi Sunday - 6/26/2011

Christ the King

• Liturgical Year 2008 in Review - 11/21/2008
• Homily - Christ the King Sunday (End Liturgical Year 2009) - 11/22/2009
• Homily - Christ the King Sunday (End Liturgical Year 2010) - 11/20/2010

• Christ the King Sunday (End Liturgical Year 2011) - 11/20/2011

Christmas

• Homily - Christmas 2009 - 12/25/2008
• Homily - Christmas 2010 - 12/25/2009
• Homily - Christmas (Light in Darkness) - 12/25/2010
• Homily (video) - Christmas Midnight Mass (A Christmas Carol) - 12/25/2011

Easter (see "Resurrection")

Good Friday

• Homily - Good Friday (Scandal & Glory) - 4/10/2009
• Homily - Good Friday (Looking Beyond) - 4/2/2010
• Homily - Good Friday (Eyes of Faith) - 4/22/2011

• Homily - Holy Family Sunday - 12/28/2008
• Homily - Holy Family Sunday - 12/27/2009
• Homily - Holy Family Sunday - 12/26/2010

Holy Thursday

• Homily - Holy Thursday (Four Sons) - 4/1/2010

Holy Week

• Holy Week:  Beginning With A Passion - 3/14/2008
• Homily - Passion Sunday - 4/5/2009
• Homily - Passion Sunday (Holy Week 2010) - 3/28/2010
• Homily - Passion Sunday (Holy Week 2011) - 4/16/2011

Mary, Mother of God (January 1)

• Homily - Mary Mother of God (Holy Family) - 1/1/2011

New Liturgical Year

• Homily - First Sunday of Advent (New Year) - 12/1/2008

Pentecost (see "Holy Spirit")

Trinity Sunday

• "I Am" what "I Am" - 5/16/2008

• Homily - Trinity Sunday (Divine Connection) - 6/7/2009

• Homily - Trinity Sunday (Mystery of Faith) - 5/30/2010

• Homily - Trinity Sunday (Trinity and Fatherhood) - 6/19/2011

All Saints

• Homily - All Saints (Soul Friends) - 11/1/2009

Francis of Assisi

• Homily - St. Francis of Assisi (Saint and City) - 10/4/2009

Gabriel the Archangel

• Homily - Fourth Sunday of Advent - 12/21/2008

John the Baptist

• Overlooking Externals; Recognizing the Obvious - 12/14/2007
• Year for Priests - What Should We Do? - 12/11/2009
• Homily - Third Sunday of Advent (Direct Instructions) - 12/12/2009
• What Did You Expect? (Jesus and John the Baptist) - 12/10/2010
• Homily - Second Sunday of Advent (Call of the Baptist) - 12/5/2010
• Homily - Third Sunday of  Advent - 12/12/2010

St. Patrick

• Homily - St. Patrick's Day - 3/17/2009

St. Paul

• Year of St. Paul - 6/27/2008
• Homily - Sts. Peter and Paul (End of Pauline Year) - 6/28/2009

St. Thomas the Apostle

• Thomas, Again, Rears His Doubtful Head - 4/18/2008
• Homily - 2nd Sunday of Easter (Seeing Christ) - 4/19/2009
•  Homily - 2nd Sunday of Easter (Seeing & Recognizing) - 4/30/2011