Follow Jesus Without Counting the Cost

Homily, 1-31-22; Monday of the 4th Week in Ordinary Time The swine herders in our gospel passage were wiped out. They lost all their swine. They lost their livelihood. And I tried to get some perspective on the magnitude of their loss by putting it into today

A Kingdom Divided

Homily, 1-24-22; Monday of the 3rd Week in Ordinary Time Today we hear how David became King over all the tribes of Israel. And we hear about his conquest of the fortress of Zion where David would establish his palace. It would become the City of David. But scriptures don