by Fr. Bill | Jun 12, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
What is the Holy Spirit trying to make know through you? If you have ever traveled to a distant country, you probably have seen this interchange happen. Someone is asking directions or ordering at a restaurant. When it becomes obvious that the waiter they are...
by Fr. Bill | Jun 5, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
What is your favorite promise? We make lots of promises as human beings. Before a sports game, people promise to give their utmost effort for the success of the contest. Sometimes parents will promise their children a trip to the ice cream parlor if they have been...
by Fr. Bill | May 21, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
Are you ready for the Rapture? Well, we’re still here…[Sunday masses…] Harold Camping became famous for predicting that the rapture would come today.[yesterday] We have until 6pm our time zone) before it is slated to happen here. It is not the first time he has...
by Fr. Bill | May 15, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
When you imagine the Shepherd’s voice – what does it sound like? You always knew when it was dinner at the Kempf house in the neighborhood. (cup hand to mouth as a ‘megaphone’) Buddy, Joey, Denny, Billy, Corky, Mary T… Repeated about 3 times. Usually we would be in...
by Fr. Bill | May 8, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
What do you find worthy doing, regardless of how it turns out? I hear a lot of expressions of hope around this time of year – at the Newman Center, at the parish and even in the scriptures these days. Some of them are around the future: “I hope my internship year goes...
by Fr. Bill | May 1, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
Have you ever shared your ‘scar’ stories with your kids/family? (Or why did Jesus show the disciples his hands and side?) It was a strange way to dispel anxiety and grief, wasn’t it? “He showed them his hands and his side.” Given the horrible wounds Jesus has in...
