"In all the teaching of Saint John of the Cross, despite the forbidding features of its radical demands, hides a poet of sanctity who has fallen in love with God, even helplessly so. The Church may call him the Mystical Doctor in recognition of the superlative teaching in his four major treatises; yet the weight of that title is not entirely helpfu…

The Yes of Jesus Christ Composed as as retreat talks for priests of Communion and Liberation at the invitation of Don Giussani in 1986

El Arzobispo publicó mas comentarios en su articulo semanal: https://archkck.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/PIP-2025-Feb17-BA-Spanish-Translations-of-Leaven-Articles-JFN-Column-Jan.-2025.pdf

A quick overview of the amazing feat of medieval engineering described in the homily: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1879513926486139232.html

Tú tienes, Señor, palabras de vida eterna.

Delivered at Blessed Sacrament Church

Learn more about the marvelous work of Joseph and Monique Gonzalez at www.guadalupeflowerworldprophecy.com

Delivered at Christ the King Church, Kansas City, KS

Pray for missionaries

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IVF has been in the news lately. What does it have to do with any of us?

Dada en la parroquia de Blessed Sacrament, Kansas City, KS

For the bulletin referenced in the homily, visit: https://container.parishesonline.com/bulletins/02/0573/20240818B.pdf - Delivered at Christ the King, Kansas City, KS

Year B. Week 16. Benedict XVI. Delivered at Christ the King Church, Kansas City, KS

Delivered at Christ the King, Kansas City, KS

Delivered at Christ the King Church

Delivered at Blessed Sacrament on the 4th Sunday of Easter

A brief article on the school's closure may be found on the Archdiocesan newspaper's website, The Leaven: https://theleaven.org/lack-of-financial-support-leads-to-closing-of-kck-school/

Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will, All I have and call my own. You have given all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your grace, that is enough for me. (republished from 2021)…

"Events happen to us pleasant or painful; we do not know at the time the meaning of them, we do not see God's hand in them. If indeed we have faith, we confess what we do not see, and take all that happens as His; but whether we will accept it in faith or not, certainly there is no other way of accepting it. We see nothing. We see not why things co…

La importancia de una formación verdaderamente católica

“The soul that is attached to anything, however much good there may be in it, will not arrive at the liberty of divine union. For whether it be a strong wire rope or a slender and delicate thread that holds the bird, it matters not, if it really holds it fast; for, until the cord be broken the bird cannot fly.” —Saint John of the Cross…

"There are those who, while they recognize the glory of God as well as the importance of man and the call addressed to him in general, believe in false humility, that the call is meant for all others but not for their own person. They deem their own person too wretched to dare assume that they may refer the divine call to themselves. They would hid…

"The most extraordinary thing in the world is an ordinary man and an ordinary woman and their ordinary children." G.K. Chesterton

Delivered at Christ the King, Kansas City, KS

Feliz y Santa Navidad a todos

Delivered at Christ the King Church, Kansas City, KS

It's darkest just before dawn https://www.ctkkcks.org/33-days-morning-glory

I forgot to acknowledge the wonderful essay by Tom Hoopes of Benedictine College for most of the content for this homily. View it here: https://media.benedictine.edu/this-sunday-forgiveness-is-hard-correction-is-harder-one-thing-is-needed?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=273424581&utm_content=273424581&utm_source=hs_email…

Noble no es el alma que nada hiere, sino la que pronto sana. --Don Colacho

The C.S. Lewis "Doodle" can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtTeCyrgjIQ

Extended quotation taken from True Leadership by The Habiger Institute Available from Cluny Media: https://clunymedia.com/products/true-leadership?_pos=1&_sid=cdf28fddb&_ss=r

"The more I buy, the more I'm bought / and the more I'm bought, the less I cost" --Joe Pug, "Hymn #109"

Pope Saint John Paul II, born Karol Wojtyla, was above all a preacher of God's Word. Much of his priesthood, episcopacy, and papacy was dedicated to opening the Scriptures so that they could bring life to the faithful. His formulation of the Law of the Gift offers us the chance to consider the ways in which we approach life as a game to be played r…

“Jesus wants me to tell you again, especially in this Holy Week, how much is the love He has for each one of you – beyond all you can imagine. I worry some of you still have not really met Jesus – one to one – you and Jesus alone. We may spend time in chapel – but have you seen with eyes of your soul how He looks at you with love? Do you really kno…

Delivered at Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic Church, Topeka, KS 9 June 2023 Congratulations and prayers to Mr. and Mrs. Gentry

First, thank you for your prayers for the principal search. I am pleased to announce we have hired a principal for the coming school year, Alex Weibel. Read about it at https://telegra.ph/Welcome-Alex-Weibel-as-Principal-of-Christ-the-King-School-05-20 Early in the morning on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalen went to…

What I need is the meekness by which the prince of this world is destroyed. -- Saint Ignatius of Antioch

Delivered at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, Kansas City, MO 29 April 2023 Congratulations and prayers to Mr. and Mrs. Khadivi

A prayer request: https://ctkclassical.org/employment.html Jesus Christ still lives upon earth as surely, though in another and what must be called a "mystical" sense, as He lived two thousand years ago. For He has a Body in which He lives, a Voice with which He speaks. As two thousand years ago He assumed one kind of Body by which to accomplish Hi…

Upon this hil Y fond a tree, Undir the tree a man sittynge, From heed to foot woundid was he, His herte blood Y sigh bledinge: A semeli man to ben a king, A graciouse face to loken unto; I askide whi he had peynynge, He seide, Quia amore langueo. I am Truelove that fals was nevere. My sistyr, Mannis Soule, Y loved hir thus. Bicause we wolde in no w…

Delivered at Blessed Sacrament Church

In perfect renunciation lies unlimited fruitfulness. --Hans Urs von Balthasar

Dado en la parroquia de Christ the King

The language of theology, properly understood, gives birth to the language of love. --N.T. Wright, What Saint Paul Really Said

I pledge to seek the truth and to love all that is good and beautiful. I will strive to achieve clarity of thought, nobility of character, and purity of heart. Therefore, I will pursue my education with diligence, humility, and honor, embracing excellence and renouncing mediocrity. I will assume responsibility for my actions. I will treat my peers,…

"Our ordinary activities are not an insignificant matter. Rather they are the very hinge on which our sanctity turns, and they offer us constant opportunities of meeting God, and of praising him and glorifying him through our intellectual or manual work." --Saint Josemaría Escrivá

As a pastor, I am always open to listening and accepting thoughtful feedback, which I value and need in order for my priestly service to be fruitful. I sincerely wish for there to be a deeper spirit of collaboration with the people of these parishes. I am praying for the grace to respond to what feels like a curse with a blessing. It is hard. So, a…

During Advent, the priests of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas will be walking through the basic Gospel message. This week focuses on the fourth part of the Gospel: that our response is the obedience of faith, worship, and surrrender.