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In our current American landscape, we often feel more "drained" than "alive." We look at our news feeds and see a nation divided by rhetoric, where the "other" is often viewed as a threat to our existence rather than a brother or sister in the human family. We live in an era of "thieves"—to use the language of José Antonio Pagola—forces that seek to steal our peace, kill our empathy, and destroy our sense of community. Yet, into this exhaustion, the 2nd-century voice of St. I

Today we celebrate the feast of the Holy Family. What we celebrate is the presence of Joseph, Mary, and Jesus in Nazareth. To truly know what we celebrate today, we must look at the formative years of Jesus through the lens of the marginalized and the oppressed. Mary and Joseph began with an extraordinary explosion of Grace. But this Grace did not arrive in a vacuum; it entered a world of Roman occupation and economic hardship. The coming of the Holy Spirit brought the gift o

Homily Scripture: John 9:1-41 (The Man Born Blind) Setting: A Parish in Middle Tennessee Date: Sunday, March 15, 2026 The Question of "Why?" "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?" It’s the first question the disciples ask when they see suffering. It is a very human question. We want to find the cause so we can distance ourselves from the effect. If we can blame someone’s sin—their politics, their heritage, their "wrongness"—then the tragedy feel

Growing up in my neighborhood basketball was the sport that brought you respect or shame. 202 or 303 basketball games were highly...