Death and Judgment. Homily, 10.11.24
We “only die once and after that comes judgment.” Why do we die, though? And why only once? Death is not God’s work or will, for He is Life itself. So, death can only be the result of a radical separation from Life, from God. Such separation is the meaning...
Purgatory. Homily, 03.11.24
We are commanded to love the Lord with all our heart, soul, mind and strength. In other words, we are to love the Lord as the Lord Himself loves. But who, bar a very few exceptional souls, does that, can do that? Yet, to the degree we don’t do it,...
All Saints Homily, 01.11.24
This feast is a feast of immense Christian hope! It unites our present, and our past, with our future. And yet, that future is somehow already present because the saints see us, they love and pray for us, they encourage us to keep going. If we long to be with...
Many difficulties do not make a doubt: Cardinal John Henry Newman
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