3rd Sunday of Lent, Year A Exodus 17:3-7 Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 Romans 5:1-2, 5-8 John 4:5-42 March 19, 2017 The Israelites have just left slavery in Egypt. You might think they would be very thankful for being set free yet they are grumbling. Now, they do have a real concern. They don’t have water …
For those of you who don’t know, I serve at St. Michael Church in Newark in Wayne County, New York, which is bordered on the north by Lake Ontario. That means today (Wednesday, March 15, 2017) we have about 18 inches of the snow on the ground with 5-8 more inches forecasted for today and …
Today’s gospel begins, “Jesus said to his disciples: “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. “Stop judging and you will not be judged. Stop condemning and you will not be condemned.” The line “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful” was the source of the motto for the Jubilee Year of Mercy that we …
2nd Sunday of Lent, Year A Genesis 12:1-4a Psalm 33:4-5, 18-19, 20, 22 2 Timothy 1:8b-10 Matthew 17:1-9 March 12, 2017 In our responsorial psalm verse today we sang, “as we place our trust in you.” We come here to place our trust in God is “upright” and “trustworthy” but sometimes we are not sure. …
1st Sunday of Lent, Year A Genesis 2:7-9, 3:1-7 Psalm 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 17 Romans 5:12-19 Matthew 4:1-11 March 5, 2017 Today we hear the story of the “original sin.” Adam and Eve were in the Garden and God had given them just one rule. They were told not to eat of the fruit of …
On Monday night I led a session on our Lenten customs. I say “session” as opposed to having used “presentation” because the format of this one was something new. I used PowerPoint slides to present the information but it also had more audience participation. You can hear all of the audience participation but I hope …
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Isaiah 49:14-15 Psalm 62:2-3, 6-7, 8-9 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Matthew 6:24-34 February 26, 2017 “No one can serve two masters.” These are Jesus’ words to us. As we hear them our first thought might be that we don’t want any master. We want to be free. What does …
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I just a new video. My previous videos have been approximately one hour-long videos that are video recordings of presentations I have done to parishioners present in the audience. This new video, “So What’s on the Altar?” is a 7 1/2 minute video recorded in church. In the video I have the altar set up as …
In today’s Gospel (February 20, 2017) we hear the story of Jesus driving out another evil spirit. He has does this before but this time there is a difference. Before coming to Jesus directly, the boy’s father had asked Jesus to drive out the evil spirit but they were unable to do. Why? Jesus replies, “This …
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18 Psalm 103:1-2, 3-4, 8, 10, 12-13 1 Corinthians 3:16-23 Matthew 5:38-48 February 19, 2017 Our readings continue on the themes we have been hearing in recent weeks. Paul continues to speak about what it means to be wise versus foolish and Jesus continues to speak …
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