September 27, 2024 by frbillnicholas ELECTION 2024 & OUR NATION’S FOUNDING – Thomas Paine’s “Common Sense” Fr. Bill has decided to read the Federalist Papers beginning October 1. In preparation he is reading through “Common Sense” by Thomas Paine, written to present an argument in favor of the Revolution against English rule. Fr. Bill takes points of Paine’s work and discusses how “Common Sense” is still relevant to what the nation is experiencing now in the midst of the current election cycle.
May 1, 2022 by frbillnicholas THE RESURRECTION & OUR 1ST FREEDOM The Apostles and the Great Catch of FishHomily – 3rd Sunday of Easter – C—–Acts of the Apostles 5:27-32, 40b-41John 21:1-19 Fr. Bill preaches on the Miracle of the Great Catch of Fish, and how the story, in its entirety, can be applied to the Mission of the Church today and the Constitutional Rights guaranteed to Americans in the United States Bill of Rights.
October 18, 2020 by frbillnicholas WHO SHOULD CATHOLICS VOTE FOR – Rendering To Caesar during a National Election Homily – 29th Sunday of the Year (A)“Render to Caesar the things that are Caesars, and to God the things that are God’s” Does “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s and to God the things that are God’s” = the “Separation of Church and State”? What is a Catholic Christian to make of this and any election in a Democratic Republic? Fr. Bill discusses Election 2020 in light of the Constitution, our Founding Fathers, Catholic Social Teaching and Jesus command to “render to Caesar.”
