Catholic Preaching

During my diaconal ordination, Cardinal Edmund Szoka gave me the following instruction from the Ordination Rite as together we gripped the Book of the Gospels: "Receive the Gospel of Christ, whose herald you now are. Believe what you read. Teach what you believe. Practice what you teach." Those words have never lost their resonance. Since that day -- October 8, 1998 -- I have tried to live up to that commission to be a "herald of the Gospel," by striving to teach what the Church believes, to practice what I preach to others, and to spread with joy and enthusiasm the truth Christ has entrusted to His church -- in and out of season, in and out of the pulpit. This podcast is a chronicle of those attempts.

11.20.25 Becoming Missionaries of Hope: Lessons from the Life of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne 11/22/2025

11.19.25 Having the Mind and Heart of Missionaries: Missionary Spirituality and Formation 11/22/2025

11.16.25 Homily for the Feast of St. Francis Xavier Cabrini at Her Shrine on the World Day of the Poor 11/16/2025

11.16.25 Homily for the 33rd Sunday, C, World Day of the Poor, with the Missionaries of Charity 11/16/2025

11.6.25 Homily for the 31st Thursday (I) 11/07/2025

11.6.25 Missionary Preaching 11/06/2025

11.5.25 Eucharistic Meditation on Daring to Do All You Can 11/06/2025

11.5.25 Forming Missionary Disciples in Communion 11/05/2025

11.5.25 Missionary Prayer to the Harvest Master 11/05/2025

11.5.25 Homily for the 31st Wednesday (I) 11/05/2025

11.4.25 Missionaries Remembering and Helping Others to Unforget the Eucharistic Jesus 11/05/2025

11.4.25 Homily for the 31st Tuesday (I), Memorial of St. Charles Borromeo 11/04/2025

11.4.25 Missionary Conversion with th 11/04/2025

11.4.25 Having the Heart and the Mind of Missionaries 11/04/2025

11.3.25 The Eucharistic Mission of the Priest 11/04/2025

11.1.25 All Saints Day Homily for Deacons at the St. Paul Center Deacons Workshop 11/01/2025

10.31.25 Homily for Friday of the 30th Week (I), During the St. Paul Center Deacon Conference 10/31/2025

10.29.25 Homily on Wednesday of the 30th Week in Ordinary Time (I) 10/29/2025

10.28.25 Looking at Artificial Intelligence Through Catholic Anthropology and Ethics 10/29/2025

10.28.25 Homily on the Feast of SS. Simon and Jude 10/29/2025

10.27.25 Homily for Monday of the 30th Week (I) 10/27/2025

10.26.25 Homily for the 30th Sunday (C) 10/26/2025

10.24.25 Homily for 29th Friday (I), Memorial of St. Anthony Mary Claret 10/26/2025

10.19.25 Homily for the 29th Sunday in OT (C), World Mission Sunday 10/19/2025

10.16.25 Homily for St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, 28th Thursday, Year I 10/17/2025

10.13.25 Homily on the Jubilee of Hope and Consecration to Our Lady 10/14/2025

10.13.25 Conference on Our Lady of Fatima and Mission 10/14/2025

9.28.25 Homily for the 26th Sunday (C) on Becoming Lazarists and Missionaries of Charity to Lazarus in our Midst 09/28/2025

9.26.25 Living by Faith in the Love God has for us, Retreat for Men Alumni of Manhattan College 09/27/2025

9.25.25 Christian Anthropology: The Human Person in the Modern World, for the Leonine Forum NYC Chapter 09/26/2025