The Gospel for this Tuesday of Holy Week gives us pause to examine how closely we are following Christ. Judas betrayed Jesus, Peter denied Jesus, the other apostles abandoned Jesus. Each of us have had our own moments of abandoning or denying Jesus. In such moments we fall away from Read more…
Chrism Mass Homily 2021 – St. James Cathedral, Seattle Our world is suffering. In one short, and yet very long year, nearly 2,800,000 people have died from COVID-19. And the remainder of the human family is suffering on numerous levels, perhaps the most poignant is our isolation from one another. Read more…
Typically on this Catholic Advocacy Day in Washington State, we would gather in Olympia for prayer and visits with our legislative members. This year, all visits will be virtual. While politics is a worthy and lofty goal, we must remember that politics is not religion, and religion must not be Read more…
The Scripture readings for this 5th Sunday ‘set the stage’ for the Holy Days ahead. As the Jewish people are gathering in Jerusalem to prepare for the great feast of Passover, the Jewish leaders are preparing to kill Jesus. (the Sacrificial Lamb!) At the same time, Jesus visits Bethany, which is Read more…
Generation to generation, God is faithful, and continues to call His family to be a people of faith. So begins this Year of the Family … On this Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of Mary, we read in Sacred Scripture of God’s patience and faithfulness. God promised Abraham his descendants Read more…
During the Novena to St. Joseph, Masses at the cathedral end in a procession to the statue of St. Joseph, where we pray the novena together. You can watch below.
Today’s Gospel is from the 5th chapter of John, where Jesus heals a man at the pool of Bethesda who had been ill for 38 years! Most of John’s Gospel is intended to lead the reader to an act of faith in the person of Jesus as the Son of Read more…
For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish but might have eternal life. This is arguably one of the most famous lines of scripture – and rightly so. No matter how much our human experience may Read more…
While this last year has been such an endurance test, in some ways it also feels like it was just yesterday I sent out a video message announcing the cessation of public worship in the Archdiocese of Seattle due to the Covid Pandemic. Please watch the video below recalling the Read more…
The Gospel today calls us to love God above all else, and to love our neighbor as our self. No surprises with Jesus’ instruction, but plenty of surprise when we examine our life and discover what our practice reveals. One thing seems helpful in growing in our love for God Read more…