Four times in his final discourse at the Last Supper, according to St. John, Jesus speaks of the Holy Spirit, the Paraclete. He will be with us forever. He will teach us everything. He will bear witness to Jesus. He will convict the world…
Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, 23 June 2019, the Feast of Corpus Christi
Homily for the 8 o’clock Mass, the Solemnity of the Ascension Year C, 30 May 2019
St. Luke gives us two accounts of the Ascension: one at the end of his Gospel, and one at the beginning of Acts. The account of the Ascension in Acts parallels rather closely St. Luke’s account of Easter Morning at the empty tomb. That is: in both of these accounts, Angelic messengers speak to disciples who are…