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The Gift for God
The Gift for God
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An Epiphany Day homilyMatthew 2.1-12 The day when God pulled off the greatest wonder of all time by interweaving and interlocking and interpenetrating our flesh with His divinity; the day... Read more...
Who Has Heard Such Things?
Who Has Heard Such Things?
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Feast of the Nativity of Our LordMidnight Mass Homily Something strange has happened. A virgin gives birth yet retains her virginity.A mother bears a child before she is in labor.A... Read more...
Waiting for the Savior
Waiting for the Savior
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A homily for the First Sunday in Advent Luke 21.25-33 We are waiting for the Savior. These words from St Paul to the Philippians perfectly fit the Advent mood the... Read more...
Why Celebrate Mary?
Why Celebrate Mary?
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Bernadine, an Italian priest and holy man, reminds us that Holy Church is entirely indebted to the Blessed Virgin Mary; because through her we have been judged worthy to receive... Read more...
The Fear in Pride
The Fear in Pride
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St Luke 18.9-14 Pride often masks fear. The fear that I won’t be seen. The fear that I won’t be loved. Loved for who I say I am. Loved for... Read more...
Now A Woman Ascends
Now A Woman Ascends
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Enoch. Perhaps Moses. Definitely Elijah. These men anticipate the ascension of Our Lord Jesus Christ. They precede Him by letting us think that it is possible for visible, material, created... Read more...
Raising Our Human Nature
Raising Our Human Nature
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An Ascension Day Homily It sounds like the angels are rebuking the disciples. As if they’re saying, “Stop staring. He’ll return. Stop standing there with your mouth open. This is... Read more...
Jesus in the Wilderness
Jesus in the Wilderness
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A Homily for the First Sunday in LentMatthew 4.1-11 Jesus goes into the wilderness looking for Adam. For the wilderness is where the Lord God sent Adam and Eve. In... Read more...
The Ashes
The Ashes
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An Ash Wednesday Homily The ashes which I have applied to your foreheads are not a sacrament. They are a sacramental. Sacramentals are sacred signs that resemble the sacraments and... Read more...
The Other Guy
The Other Guy
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Matthew 20.1-16 The parable that Jesus tells is not about the other guy. It’s about you. But like the laborers in the story, we are too often focused on the... Read more...
Releasing Savory Faith
Releasing Savory Faith
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Homily for Epiphany VI These days our faith is tried. I’m not talking, specifically, about these days when we are together enduring a pandemic; or these days when we need... Read more...
The Long View
The Long View
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Candlemas HomilyLuke 2.22-32 Wise and aged Anna had a long view of all the events, rumors, conspiracies, and politics that swirled around her. It’s not that she was unaware or... Read more...