homilies pertaining to a specific week
Today’s Reading Sunday November 10, 2019 http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/111019.cfm A number of years ago there was a science class of 7th or 8th graders. The teacher held up a picture and told the students to write down exactly what they saw. After a bit the teacher asked the students what they saw… One student got up and […]
Perspective in the 21st Century 32nd Week of Ordinary Time Read More »
Romans 8: 1 – 11 This Chapter is so very full of conclusions and deep powerful Theology. There is no way that I could make even the smallest dent in a 5 minute homily. I used for much of my source the magnificent knowledge of Anglican Bishop N.T. Wright. While there are some differences between
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Readings for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time. http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/102019.cfm Okay I guess I can give some advice to you all… If you ever have a chance to say yes or no to a judge like this… Say no… It just is not worth it. If aa man says that he does not fear God He
Our faith and everything that surrounds this, all comes from God. Our Gifts from God I think at times we may forget this We are told quite often in homilies and teaching that all things come from God and that we are to be stewards of the gifts he gives us. We take for granted
Saturday 26th Week of Ordinary Time October 5, 2019 Read More »
Introduction to St. Matthew Today is the feast of Saint Matthew or in a couple of Gospel’s he is called Levi.. Well I am sure by now we are used to the idea of 2 names in many of the biblical characters. So that one is fairly simple. The Jewish Levi and the Greek Matthew.
Homily for the Feast of St. Matthew Read More »
You can read today’s readings right here http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/080319.cfm Saturday 17th week in Ordinary Time Throughout this week we have heard many parables about the Kingdom of God and Heaven. Parables that related to pretty much each type of profession and livelihood Farming, Fishing, Commerce parables which like today speak to the people of the time
Saturday 6th week of Easter We meet today Apollos. Apparently he was a fantastic speaker and made a great case for Christ to the people he spoke to. However, he did not have all of the information. He knew of Baptism but only the Baptism of John… not the Baptism which we are all familiar
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Words They have such great meaning. If I say something like a gentle breeze… 3 words but in your minds you have so much more in remembering an experience or imagining an event. We remember yesterday that Jesus has just used words to describe the Eucharist. There was nothing for the people to do with
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5th Saturday in Lent 04/13/2019 Introduction So today both the Old Testament reading as well as the Gospel speak of the in-gathering of the dispersed children of God. After the various exiles and invasions, the people of Israel were actually spread throughout the world In Ezekiel God proclaims that he will take the children of
Homily 5th Saturday of Lent Read More »
Oh the devil. He is one to definitely watch out for. Many today claim he is not real Oh man… just take a look at what is going on in the world… Oh yes there is a devil and he is very active. He has been active since the garden of Eden. He just has
The Devil went down to Georgia… Read More »
