“God put Abraham to the test.” How would you fair with the same test? Last week I spoke about our struggles to resist temptation. Who you do any better with the test that Abraham faced when God told him, “Take your son Isaac, your only whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. …
Yesterday I completed my series, Made for Discipleship. My website is presently undergoing an overhaul, leaving me unable to update it for a few days. So, here is a link to watch the video recording of yesterday’s webinar on my YouTube Channel. https://youtu.be/9NdMjJK_nLc?si=mc_TbcrUjpWGnZzf I do have the slides available as a PDF but I do …
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Yesterday I offered Part II in my series, Made for Discipleship. You can now view the slides and video at http://www.renewaloffaith.org/madefordiscipleshippart2. If you watch it in the next few days, you can complete an online evaluation afterwards at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXAxnQnVoeUvYBRr1b_DAiFWrmh2IWtAExxBGeUsicdtPnSw/viewform?usp=sf_link. Part III will be December 7th. You can register for the live Zoom webinar at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_TQLpHXVUSp6zLGxIDLg4fA. …
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I started my new series on discipleship, Made of Discipleship, yesterday. The video and slides for Part I are now available online at http://www.renewaloffaith.org/madefordiscipleshippart1 . If you view it in the next couple of days, you can give me feedback by completing an online evaluation at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1RB6tN3yySwFvp9aQ2JN90BomDZ9WMnxT1vIk0IH2s_-mRQ/viewform?usp=sf_link . You can register for Part II (Thursday, …
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28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year AIsaiah 25:6-10aPsalm 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6, (6cd)Philippians 4:12-14, 19-20Matthew 22:1-14October 15, 2023 We say we are disciples of Christ but what does this mean? In secular terms a disciple is a student of a master. Jesus is the teacher we are his students. As disciples of Christ, we place …
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I am happy to say I will be beginning a new series of presentations in October exploring what it means to be a disciple of Christ. The series is called Made for Discipleship. Honestly, I am a little behind on my preparation, having just finished the gender article I posted about yesterday. With that done, I …
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year AIsaiah 55:10-11Psalm 65:10, 11, 12-13, 14 (Luke 8:8)Romans 8:18-23Matthew 13:1-23 July 16, 2023 The crowds that came to Jesus were large. They all had heard something about Jesus that drew them there. Perhaps they heard of miracles He had done. Others may have about his teaching. They came because …
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God did not simply free the Israelites from slavery in Egypt and walk away. Rather, He chose to establish a covenant with them (see today’s first reading). In doing so, He formed a relationship with them. It was not a legal relationship established through a legal contract. It was covenant. The difference? A covenant is …
Some people don’t want to hear about money at Mass. That’s okay. I don’t want to talk about money at Mass. Then why did I talk about money in my homily this past weekend? I certainly didn’t do it because I wanted to talk about money. It was just the previous Sunday that we heard …
Last night I began my new series of presentations, Being Church in Today’s World. The video recording and slides are available at http://www.renewaloffaith.org/beingchurch2022part1 . Here is a description of the series – “For centuries western civilization was rooted in Christianity. This is being lost today. Fewer people practice their faith and many do not believe …
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