Fifth Sunday of Lent Homily: "Lord, If You Had Been Here..."

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Homily: Soil Testing

Father Alex Solsma's homily for the the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). It was given during a Mass at Saint Theresa Catholic Church in Ashburn, Virginia, on July 12, 2026. Gospel: Matthew 13:1-23 *** This podcast features homilies from Father Alex Solsma. He is a parochial vicar at Saint Theresa Parish in Ashburn, Virginia. Father Solsma was ordained to the priesthood on June 6, 2026, at the Cathedral of Saint Thomas More in Arlington, Virginia. Father Solsma is a native of Sioux City, Iowa, and a 2011 graduate of the University of Iowa. After graduation, he worked as a radio news and sports broadcaster in Iowa and Wisconsin. From 2018-2021, he was the Director of Communications at the Basilica of Saint Mary in Alexandria, Virginia.

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Homily: Yoked to Jesus

Father Alex Solsma's homily for the the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). It was given during a Mass at Saint Theresa Catholic Church in Ashburn, Virginia, on July 5, 2026. Gospel: Matthew 11:25-30 *** This podcast features homilies from Father Alex Solsma. He is a parochial vicar at Saint Theresa Parish in Ashburn, Virginia. Father Solsma was ordained to the priesthood on June 6, 2026, at the Cathedral of Saint Thomas More in Arlington, Virginia.

Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Homily

Father Alex Solsma's homily for the the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). It was given during a Mass at Saint Theresa Catholic Church in Ashburn, Virginia, on June 28, 2026. Gospel: Matthew 10:37-42, Second Reading: Romans 6:3-4, 8-11 *** This podcast features homilies from Father Alex Solsma. He is a parochial vicar at Saint Theresa Parish in Ashburn, Virginia. Father Solsma was ordained to the priesthood on June 6, 2026, at the Cathedral of Saint Thomas More in Arlington, Virginia.

Corpus Christi Homily: Our Lord and Lafayette in Alexandria

Father Alex Solsma's homily for the the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi, Year A). It was given during a Mass at the Basilica of Saint Mary in Alexandria, Virginia, on June 7, 2026. Gospel: John 6:51-58 *** This podcast features homilies from Father Alex Solsma. Father Solsma was ordained to the priesthood on June 6, 2026, at the Cathedral of Saint Thomas More in Arlington, Virginia.

Third Sunday of Easter Homily: Peter Proclaims the Risen Jesus

Deacon Alex Solsma's homily for the Third Sunday of Easter (Year A). It was given during a Mass at Saint Agnes Catholic Church in West Chester, Pennsylvania, on April 19, 2026. Gospel: Luke 24:13-35; First Reading: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Psalm 16; Second Reading: Romans 8:8-11 *** This podcast features homilies from Deacon Alex Solsma. Solsma was ordained as a transitional deacon for the Diocese of Arlington on April 26, 2025. He has been a seminarian for the Diocese of Arlington studying at Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia since August of 2021. As part of the training and preparation process for ordination to the priesthood, transitional deacons continue to take classes but also work in parishes to gain pastoral experience. God willing, Deacon Solsma will be ordained to the priesthood in June of 2026.