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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...
Making Use of Lent
Making Use of Lent
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However hard this past year has been, it has been necessary for our health and the health of others. We have sacrificed much: our movements, our usual interactions, our normal... 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...
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...