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Behold Your King!
Behold Your King!
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Homily for the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ the King25 October 2020 It is so easy to think of ourselves. Especially these days, when it feels as if there... Read more...
God’s Justice
God’s Justice
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The Feast of the Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin MaryOctober 11 The truth that Our Lord took flesh from a well-chosen woman is at the heart of God’s justice. Certainly,... Read more...
Breaking Through Broken
Breaking Through Broken
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Has the coronavirus broken you—your habit of prayer, your attendance at Mass (either in person or via livestream), and your desire for the Holy Sacraments. Has it made “living-room church”... Read more...
The Giving is the Sacrifice
The Giving is the Sacrifice
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Patronal Feast Homily What a wonderful patron we have! Like all the angels, St Michael doesn’t focus on our sins, or the ways we divide up others, or how we... Read more...
Twin Brothers & Dropsy
Twin Brothers & Dropsy
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Luke 14.1-11 Twin brothers, born in Arabia, were excellent physicians. They refused to charge their patients. They offered their doctoring skills for free. And they were not prejudiced. They respected... Read more...
Seeing Everyone in the Eyes of One
Seeing Everyone in the Eyes of One
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Luke 7.11-17 When we hear of hardship, suffering, prejudice, abuse, starvation, injustice, illness, bullying, trauma, crisis, or impending death—empathy wells up in us. And it should. In fact, we would... Read more...
Seeking the Kingdom: Homily for Pentecost XIV
Seeking the Kingdom: Homily for Pentecost XIV
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Matthew 6.24-33 Anxiety and confidence. These are two masters because they can take control of our day, our heart rate, our mood, our way of seeing things. Anxiety runs us... Read more...
Needing Help
Needing Help
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Here is a truth that I’ve seen played out many, many times during my 30 years of ministry: the poor, the marginalized, the despised, the discriminated against, the unwelcomed and... Read more...
Hearing & Speaking: Pentecost 11 homily
Hearing & Speaking: Pentecost 11 homily
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Mark 7.31-37 Dearly beloved: Let us understand why the Lord God, in His wisdom, gave us ears to hear and mouths to speak. For if we do not know why... Read more...
One Thing Needful: An Assumption Homily
One Thing Needful: An Assumption Homily
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The one thing needful is not to despise or resist, but to welcome, cultivate, ponder, hold onto for dear life, and constantly live in the saving Word of God Who... Read more...
Living as Children of the Light: Pentecost VIII homily
Living as Children of the Light: Pentecost VIII homily
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When we say “Our Father”—or, as St Paul says it, when we say “Abba Father”—when we say those words, we are stating that we are children. Actually, infants and toddlers.... Read more...
Seeing the Goal
Seeing the Goal
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The goal is attaining the kingdom of heaven. Not just individually—for that is quite selfish. But together; in families; with loved ones; and with all those who have been baptized... Read more...