by Fr. Bill | Apr 17, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
In the movie, Good Will Hunting, will (played by Matt Damon) is a 20 year old genius who works as a janitor at MIT. He was severely abused as a child and has been in trouble with the law ever since. When Will finally agrees to get counseling to keep himself out of...
by Fr. Bill | Apr 10, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
What do you let have the last word in your life? There are some people who are absolutely driven to get in the last word. I had a former classmate in High School and College who was like that. He became a lawyer – which was probably a pretty good fit for him. ...
by Fr. Bill | Apr 3, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
How easily do you let yourself off the hook? I was hungry on Thursday – and it was still a few hours before I was to meet a friend for dinner. Mr. Uthoff and I had finished our usual Thursday walk at Norwood, (sometimes called golf) and I was sitting at the bar,...
by Fr. Bill | Mar 20, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
How do you let God direct you? “Go to a land I will show you.” “Abram went as the Lord directed him.” Okay, maybe I am a bit obtuse, perhaps a bit lacking in faith, but HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? HOW did God direct Abram? It is a valid question, is it not? Inquiring...
by Fr. Bill | Mar 13, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
What is the most powerful two letter word in the devil’s arsenal? “Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the animals that God put in the garden…” With that little segue we are introduced to the tester, the great tempter of hearts in the Hebrew Scriptures. The...
by Fr. Bill | Mar 9, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
What do the season of Lent and Garmin GPS systems have in common? If you have a Tom Tom or a Garmin GPS unit, you know that they tell you pretty accurately, turn by turn, how to get from point A to point B. And you also know the one word that gets repeated over and...
