Sermons by Fr. John Esper


Homily , April 19, 2026

Homily , April 19, 2026

Speaker: | April 19, 2026

From The Pastor On Easter Sunday, I shared various aspects of the joy realized in the Resurrection of Jesus. Easter is the pinnacle of the Christian year that proclaims new life after death. The Resurrection...


Homily , April 12, 2026

Homily , April 12, 2026

Speaker: | April 16, 2026

From The Pastor How do we make the Resurrection of Jesus an effective and living reality in our lives? St. John’s gospel today is an essential and transforming account that reveals the early experience of...


Homily , March 29, 2026

Homily , March 29, 2026

Speaker: | March 29, 2026

From The Pastor The Passion of Jesus is the passion of God. The themes of love, surrender, self-giving, betrayal, and death are familiar to us. These themes are at the heart of every Christian who...


Homily , March 22, 2026

Homily , March 22, 2026

Speaker: | March 22, 2026

From The Pastor We are well into the second half of Lent. Themes of life after death rise to the surface. More than themes of the past coming off the pages of scripture, seeking new...


Homily , March 8, 2026

Homily , March 8, 2026

Speaker: | March 08, 2026

From The Pastor Conversion is a beautiful thing. Conversion is an awakening to a new freedom through liberation from a past that has long weighed a person, a family, a community, or a society down....


Homily, March 1, 2026

Homily, March 1, 2026

Speaker: | March 01, 2026

From the Pastor Hidden in plain sight, God can be hard to find. The truest, most real things in life can take the greater part of our lives to realize and accept. Love is a...


Homily, February 22, 2026

Homily, February 22, 2026

Speaker: | February 23, 2026

From The Pastor Temptation is an essential part of what it means to be human. Temptation is too often seen only as sin and failure. Human temptation is an essential reality that leads towards human...


Homily , February 15, 2026

Homily , February 15, 2026

Speaker: | February 15, 2026

From The Pastor This year the Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time is the last Sunday before Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. The readings today happen to be a poignant and focused challenge of...