Month: January 2024

Do You Believe That I Am Able?

(Note: Again, this is a homily from bygone days; it is the last one delivered at St. Stephen before my retirement, July 26, 2020. I have made a few revisions for this post.) Matthew 9:27-31 In this Gospel passage, St. Matthew tells of an incident that took place in...

Only by Prayer and Fasting

(Note: The following is a homily delivered at St. Stephen in July 2012. I have done some revision for this post.) Matthew 17:14-23 St. Peter wrote: “Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary, the devil, walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour. Resist him, steadfast...

When It’s Hard to Believe

Lamentations 3:22-24 There are times in life when it seems that life has fallen apart, when memories of good days gone by have been blurred by the dreadful events of the present. While we have been wonderfully blessed in this great nation of ours with many, many years of...