Latest Homilies
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
February 2, 2019
Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19; Psalm 71; 1 Corinthians 12:31-13:13; Luke 4:21-30
This past week we experienced an extreme change in the weather. Within 48 hours, the temperature went from just above freezing to more than 20...
Third Sunday in ordinary time
January 26, 2019
Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-11; 1 Corinthians 12:12-30; Luke 1:1-4, 4:14-21
Proclamation is provocation. When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, DC over 55 years ago, he...
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
January 19, 2019
Isaiah 62:1-5; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2:1-11
I was at Midway Airport on Tuesday for a flight to Montana. I noticed that I and many other passengers did something that we normally don’t think of as we rush to...
The Baptism of Our Lord
January 12, 2019
Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7; Acts 10:34-38; Luke 3:15-16. 21-22
If someone asked you, “Are you anointed?” how would you answer?
Hopefully with a simple, “Yes, thank you.” It may seem presumptuous or...
Notes from a Journey - Capuchin Friar John Celichowski