Latest Homilies
Holy Thurday
April 23, 2019
Homily / April 18
The Passion was read last Sunday for Palm Sunday and we will hear it again tomorrow for Good Friday. As I listened to it this year, one line particularly caught my attention. You will remember how Pilate was in...
Easter Vigil
April 23, 2019
Homi;y / Easter Vigil
For those of you who are visitors, here at St. Francis, there are incarcerated men who offer volunteer service every weekend – cleaning and working on the parish property. Some of them come every...
First Sunday of Lent
March 13, 2019
Homily / March 10
The First Sunday of Lent always features the story of Jesus’ temptation in the desert by the devil. But today’s story of the temptation in the desert comes from Luke which offers just a little...
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
February 28, 2019
Homily / February 24, 2019
There are moments in life when a simple statement says it all. An example is the epitaph that goes on someone’s tombstone. An epitaph is meant to summarize the life of the deceased person in a...
Homilies from your pastor - Fr. Mike Bertram, OFM Cap.