Pentecost is Real! - Homily for the Sole...
Detail: Pentecost, by El Greco There are numerous resources connected to today’s homily of you’d like to do a little more research. First, here is the quote from Pope Francis on our [...]
Homily from Spring 2013 UL Graduation Ma...
Congratulations to all of those UL students graduating this semester. You will be in out prayers! Here’s the entire quote from Pope Francis that I used at the end of the [...]
Congratulations to Josh Wilson!
Congrats to Josh Wilson who was just accepted as a seminarian for the Diocese of Lafayette. Josh is from Abbeville and just finished his sophomore year at UL. He was very [...]
Understanding the Ascension - Homily for...
I highly suggest picking up a copy of Cardinal Ratzinger’s Dogma and Preaching. I based most of this Sunday’s homily on the insights he offers in this book on the [...]
Associate Pastor for Wisdom Announced
I am very happy to announce that effective July 1, Bishop Michael Jarrell has appointed Fr. Garrett McIntyre as Associate Pastor here at Our Lady of Wisdom. Fr. McIntyre was ordained [...]
Surrendering Our Shame - Homily for the ...
This is the entire quote from Samuel Wells: We avoid and fear shame maybe even more than we do suffering. Shame strips us of our defenses against our fragile mortality. We [...]
Hello in There - Homily for the 5th Sund...
Here is the video of the homeless man I spoke about Here is a video of John Prine performing “Hello in There” Here is my favorite version of “Hello in There” performed [...]
The Smell of the Sheep - Homily for the ...
A priest who seldom goes out of himself, who anoints little – I won’t say “not at all” because, thank God, our people take our oil from us anyway – [...]
Aquinas Institute Summer 2013
PLEASE NOTE: THIS COURSE CAN ONLY BE TAKEN FOR AUDIT- NO COLLEGE CREDIT WILL BE GIVEN. [...]
Kermit Gosnell and the Reality of Aborti...
Thank you for the overwhelmingly positive response to my homily today. I really appreciate it. I will try to provide you here with links to various resources on the Gosnell case [...]
Congratulations to Keli Jo Conner!
Congratulations to recent UL grad and Ragin’ Cajun Catholic, Keli Jo (KJ) Conner, who was recently accepted as a postulant for the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist [...]
A Great Pro-Life Read
Just before Holy Week, on the flight back from my yearly retreat, I read a short work, which is arguably the best thing I have read on the topic of [...]
Do You Really Believe in the Resurrectio...
In this post, I am going to try and provide a number of resources to help you learn more about the Resurrection and the Shroud of Turin. I highly encourage [...]
Homilies from the Triduum
Each year, I try to have a “theme” for my Paschal Triduum homilies. This year I focused on the “revelatory significance” of the masculinity of Christ, the Bridegroom of the [...]
