Homily Archive (Page 20)

Last week Lawrence Ferlinghetti died: a great poet of the Beat Generation. He was 101; he spent his whole life trying to be a voice for the people, for the poor, and for peace. He always pointed out the gap that existed in the United States between things as they were and things as they could be, between our ideals and our reality. Lawrence Ferlinghetti said, “I believe that art is capable of the total transformation of the world, and…

Spiritus Christi February 21, 2021 Father Jim Callan Last Thursday as you know, the United States landed another rover on Mars called Perseverance.  It sent back pictures of itself landing on the surface, took some selfies, and then it showed the panoramic views of the planet, the characteristic red color of the Martian surface, the craters, the volcanoes, the rocks, the dry lakebeds and dry river deltas.  A vast wilderness, an endless dessert.  And now it is time for Perseverance…

Years ago I worked in a restaurant as a server. I remember a manager named Dan who surprised me in many ways because he was not a typical restaurant manager – or at least his management style was very different from most restaurant managers in the food service industry.    There were many nights that the restaurant would get so busy that we had a hard time keeping up. One table would need their order taken.  Another needed more napkins, while…

We were so blessed to have Pastor Rickey Harvey from Mt. Olivet Baptist Church join us this past Sunday to give a homily for MLK Day. Black lives matter too!

Spiritus Christi Father Jim Callan January 3, 2021 Some of you have been to Corpus Christi Church on East Main Street and you have seen the beautiful blue stained glass window in the front. It is the Nativity scene.  Baby Jesus is in the middle flanked by Mary and Joseph, above him the angles – but the striking thing about that window is that in the corners at the bottom are the Magi and the shepherds.  They are equally close…