Serving the Diocese of Toledo at Corpus Christi University Parish
Jesus and Gandhi. What’s does believing in Jesus have to do with Gandhi? That’s a great question. This is what I say when someone asks me a question and I don’t know the answer. I’ve been asked this question several times by parishioners and visitors over the course of my 13 years here as a …
We gather here in this Church today because of someone who has touched the lives of each one of us. Someone whose love and faithfulness is known deeply by some and known to a lesser extent by others. Someone who has given life and given it abundantly. A parent whose children have always known deep …
The other night, I asked my wife, Julie, to be the practice audience for my homily. I told her she got to be the first person to fall asleep during one of my homilies. I was amazed when she didn’t fall asleep. That means, one of you could earn the distinction of being the first …
The week of love is upon us. As you know, this week we have St. Valentine’s Day as well as World Marriage Day. If ever there was a perfect time for a message of love, this week is it. So for this week of love, what does the Church give its preachers to work with? …
Do we care more about looking good or do we care more about doing good? The two groups in today’s Gospel, cared more about looking good in front of their peers than doing good for God who was right in front of them. These two groups aimed to ask Jesus a controversial question that would …
4 Steps to Joy and Light Here it is the darkest week of the year outside, but light and joy are all around us inside. In today’s Gospel, John the Baptist testified about Jesus being the light and words of joy were scattered throughout the other readings. To represent this joy, we see the rose-colored …