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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...
When the Good Do Nothing
When the Good Do Nothing
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Matthew 8.1-13Epiphany IV Jesus’ words to the disciples seem rather harsh. They’ve just had a harrowing experience, their life has been in jeopardy, they’ve tried to manage things without bothering... Read more...
On the Third Day
On the Third Day
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Second Sunday after the Epiphany Again, we have reached the third day. The day of resurrection. The day when crushed and shattered is fear—fear of life, fear in living, fear... Read more...
Looking Past the Herods
Looking Past the Herods
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Matthew 2.42-52 On Wednesday night we were likely distracted by a leader obsessed with power trying desperately to ward off the chosen and rightful ruler. Like many after him, even... Read more...
Star & Cruelty Proclaiming Christ
Star & Cruelty Proclaiming Christ
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Epiphany Day Homily While all things were in quiet silence, and the night was in the midst of her course, the almighty Word of God leaped down from heaven, from... Read more...
How We Prepare the Way of the Lord
How We Prepare the Way of the Lord
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Homily for the Fourth Sunday in AdventLuke 3.1-6 You would think that we should today hear something about the great Feast which we shall celebrate in a few days. You... Read more...
The Voice of the One
The Voice of the One
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Advent III Homily My beloved spiritual children: Rejoice in the Lord alway! Those are the first words you heard when they were chanted at the beginning of today’s Mass. And... Read more...
Confounded? Look Up!
Confounded? Look Up!
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St Luke 21.25-33Advent I Homily It is too easy to be confounded, bewildered, perplexed. Not because we are stupid or incapable of clear thinking or making sense. But because so... Read more...
Sing Alleluia
Sing Alleluia
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A Homily for the Last Sunday in the Liturgical Year When we feel such anxiety, when there seems to be so much strife and division, when hatred and meanness abounds,... Read more...