The spiritual life and gardening are similar in many ways. One of them is the need for perseverance!

The office for the Nativity of the Mother of God emphasizes that she "introduced Christ, and Christ alone, into the world for the salvation of our souls." Do we do that too?

There's a certain good deed that I'm guessing no priest really wants to preach about, and yet here we are. What's the deed? It's probably not what you think.

Hearing the parable of the marriage banquet as told by Matthew is a good opportunity to reflect on the badly-dressed guest who gets thrown out. Why might that be me?

The theme of two banquets appears in the Bible in both Proverbs and the Gospels. Which one are we going to be at?

The tenant's in today's parable fail to produce the fruits the Lord expects of them. How can we avoid doing the same?

Fr. Luke is actually secular - and so, probably, is your neighborhood priest! Give a listen and find out what that actually means, as well as some thoughts on the importance of religious life in the Church.

My homily for the feast of the Dormition of the Mother of God in 2026