28th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C 2 Kings 5:14-7 Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4 2 Timothy 2:8-13 Luke 17:11-19 October 9, 2016 Both our first reading today and our gospel tell of people who was thankful for being healed of their leprosy. In the first reading, it is Naaman who wasn’t even Jewish. He was …
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Today, October 4th, we celebrate the Memorial of St. Francis of Assisi. He is among the more popular saints. I myself have read biographies about him and have a picture of him sitting on a table in my sitting room. In the picture, he is standing outside in the woods dressed in his Franciscan robe …
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Habakkuk 1:2-3, 2:2-4 Psalm 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14 Luke 17:5-10 October 2, 2016 The Apostles ask Jesus to increase their faith. It seems like a good request. I suspect many of us, myself included, make the same request. It’s a challenge to believe. We can …
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This evening we celebrated a special Mass followed by a dish to pass supper to celebrate our parish feast day. We were blessed to have about 100 people join us. Thank you to all who helped, especially the Altar & Rosary Society that coordinated the dinner. Thank you to all who brought food. It was …
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Amos 6:1a, 4-7 Psalm 146:7, 8-9, 9-10 1 Timothy 6:11-16 Luke 16:19-31 Today Jesus speaks about the rich man who wore fine garments and dined sumptuously each day. This in and of itself won’t be all bad but he did it seemingly oblivious to the poor man Lazarus …
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Last week I did my first presentation at St. Michael’s Church in Newark. It is called “What Comes After the Jubilee Year of Mercy?” It largely contains pieces of what I did in my three presentations at Immaculate Conception Church on the Jubilee Year of Mercy but it does contain some new insights. You can …
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Amos 8:4-7 Psalm 113:1-2, 4-6, 7-8 1 Timothy 2:1-8 Luke 16:1-13 Jesus tells the parable of the steward who was fired for squandering his master’s property. The very purpose of a “steward” is to manage well the owner’s property. Of course, Jesus tells this parable to direct us …
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24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Exodus 32:7-11, 13-14 Psalm 51:3-4, 12-13, 17, 19 1 Timothy 1:12-17 Luke 15:1-32 Some of you may be old enough to remember the days when people went to confession at least monthly if not weekly. It didn’t matter if you were conscious of mortal sin. You must have …
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23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Wisdom 9:13-18b Psalm 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14, 17 Philemon 9-10, 12-17 Luke 14:25-33 Is Jesus really telling us to hate people? This doesn’t match with what Jesus says the two greatest commandments are, to love God and love our neighbor. The fourth commandment tells us to honor our …
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This past weekend was the first weekend since I came to St. Michael’s that I haven’t preached. Instead, we welcomed Deacon Peter Dohr who serves as the Executive Director of Catholic Charities Wayne County. He spoke to us about the important work they do in our area and some new programs they have started to help …
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