Remember You Are Dust Homily by Fr. Will Rooney Ash Wednesday always contains a striking tension. Jesus tells us in the Gospel:“Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them.” And yet, today, we receive ashes on our foreheads — visible to everyone. So what is happening? In this homily, Fr. Will explains that ashes are not a display of righteousness. They are a confession of weakness. Ashes are what

In today’s homily, Fr. Will reflects on a “reality check” moment from ninth grade geometry—when a test full of red ink revealed what he didn’t yet understand. Jesus offers a similar moment in the Sermon on the Mount. As the Master Teacher, Christ tells the truth about the human heart. The law isn’t only about avoiding obvious sin; it’s meant to call us into deeper conversion—so we can become who we were created to be.

In this second homily of our Sermon on the Mount series, Deacon Chris reflects on one of Jesus’ most direct and challenging teachings: “You are the salt of the earth… You are the light of the world.” Jesus does not offer these words as a future goal or an abstract ideal. He speaks them as a statement of reality. Because we are baptized into Christ, this is already our identity. The question, then, is not

What nets do you need to drop?