Homily from the 7:30 and 9 a.m. Masses at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Crown Point, Ind. I’ve never really understood St. Peter. I think it’s because I’ve always seen Peter as kind of two-faced. I mean, we see images of Peter all the time and they tell a certain story: He seems so regal, so confident standing above the altar, holding the keys to the kingdom. But that’s not the Peter we see so often during the life of Jesus. That Peter up there can’t possibly be the Peter wh

The tropes from the 7:30 and 9 a.m. Masses at St. Mary's in Crown Point. With hatred and violence infecting our country, we pause to pray for peace and an end to racism, xenophobia, homophobia and bigotry. These tropes come from the old Eucharistic Prayer for Masses of Reconciliation, Number Two, in the Sacramentary. Lord Jesus, in the midst of conflict and division, help us to know it is you who turns our minds to thought of peace. Lord, have mercy. Christ Jesus, you gather