13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B – Homily

13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Wisdom 1:13-15, 2:23-24 2 Corinthians 8:7, 9, 13-15 Mark 5:21-43 June 28, 2015 Jesus heals both a woman who had been hemorrhaging for twelve years and a twelve year old girl who “died.”  Only the girl died a physical death but the woman’s life was severely altered by …

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Religious Freedom and Living Our Faith

What follows below is the article I wrote for the cover of our parish bulletin last weekend.  I had meant to post it before now but forgot.  I was reminded of it yesterday when I attended our annual diocesan ministerium and the speaker’s first presentation spoke about religious freedom in our country.  Professor Helen Alvaré, …

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11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B – Homily

11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Ezekiel 17:22-24 2 Corinthians 5:6-10 Mark 4:26-34 June 14, 2015 Ezekiel serves as a prophet of God some six hundred years before the birth of Jesus.  It is a time when the people have turned away from God.  For this God has allowed their enemies from Babylon to …

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The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Year B – Homily

The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, Year B Exodus 24:3-8 Hebrews 9:11-15 Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 June 7, 2015 Today we celebrate the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.  The name is important.  We do not call it the feast of bread and wine. It still looks like bread and wine but it …

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