by Fr. Nicholas OBrien | Aug 11, 2026 | Weekday Homilies
Wednesday of the Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time Marked by the Cross There’s an interesting image in our first reading today. God tells the man dressed in linen to go through Jerusalem and mark the foreheads of those who remain faithful. The mark is the Hebrew... 
by Fr. Nicholas OBrien | Aug 7, 2026 | Sunday Homilies
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Stay in the Boat As I was reading this Gospel, I thought about an image that has been used for the Church for centuries: the Church is like a boat. And when you think about today’s Gospel, that image makes a lot of sense. The... 
by Fr. Nicholas OBrien | Aug 1, 2026 | Sunday Homilies
Eighteenth Sunday In Ordinary Time Why We Keep Coming Back Every Sunday, I look out and see many of the same faces. Over the years, I’ve often found myself asking a simple question: What brings us back? After all, no one forces us to come. For many,... by Fr. Nicholas OBrien | Jul 30, 2026 | Weekday Homilies
Memorial of Saint Ignatius of Loyola Never Stop Listening to the Lord Have you ever noticed that sometimes the hardest place for Jesus to be recognized was His own hometown? The people of Nazareth knew Him—or at least they thought they did. They had watched Him grow... 
by Fr. Nicholas OBrien | Jul 28, 2026 | Weekday Homilies
Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus Believing Before We See Today we celebrate the Memorial of Saints Martha, Mary, and Lazarus. When we think of these three siblings, we almost always remember each of them for one thing. Martha is the busy one. Mary is the... 
by Fr. Nicholas OBrien | Jul 25, 2026 | Sunday Homilies
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time An Understanding Heart and the Greatest Treasure If God appeared to you tonight and said exactly what He said to Solomon, “Ask something of me and I will give it to you,” what would you ask for? It is an interesting...