Dear sisters and brothers: Today, the Church honors and celebrates particularly the great 13th century Dominican theologian, St. Thomas Aquinas, bullied by his contemporaries for his brilliance and for his weight, but whose profound and clear thought about the nature of God and that of all of reality has been the starting point for reflection … Read more Saint Thomas Aquinas
FEAST OF ST. FRANCIS XAVIER XAVIER COLLEGE PREP, PALM DESERT DECEMBER 3, 2009 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ: Thank you so much for welcoming me to your home here in the land of the gold and the black! And thank you for giving me the invitation to share the Eucharist with you … Read more Feast of St. Francis Xavier
“THIS CAN BE YOUR FEAST DAY TOO!” https://youtu.be/tL62CkCiBTo
42nd Annual SCRC Catholic Renewal Convention Sunday Afternoon Liturgy Celebrant Bishop Gordon Bennett https://youtu.be/jucX_i6khEE
BACCALAUREATE HOMILY 2016 LOYOLA HIGH SCHOOL OF LOS ANGELES My dear Brother Jesuits, Members of the Administration, Faculty and Staff, Parents, Families, Friends and Guests, and Members of the Class of 2016: Mr. Schaeffer will confirm for you that I am not lying when I tell you that, after I accepted his kind invitation to … Read more Baccalaureate Homily 2016 Loyola High School of Los Angeles
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PALM SUNDAY 2016 My dear sisters and brothers in Christ: Along with the entire Church, we begin our observance of Holy Week by joining Jesus on His journey to Jerusalem. On this journey, we use our imagination and our memory in order to meditate deeply on the graciousness which God has bestowed upon us … Read more Palm Sunday 2016
DEDICATION OF NOVITIATE CHAPEL MARCH 19, 2016 Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, So, of course, the burning question this morning should be: “How many bishops does it take to consecrate a chapel for a Jesuit novitiate?” With five of us here, together with so many of our brother priests, and so many of … Read more Dedication of Novitiate Chapel 2016
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FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT C This is the political season for our country, so there’s a lot of noise these days about what the pundits and commentators and even the candidates call “the narrative.” The narrative turns out to be just another way of saying “the spin.” What story does the candidate or the … Read more Fifth Sunday of Lent C