27th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Genesis 2:18-25 Hebrews 2:9-11 Mark 10:2-16 October 7, 2012 It is not good for man to be alone. These are the words that our God after he created the first man. We are not created to be alone. We are created to be loved, loved by God and …
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Wisdom 2:12, 17-20 James 3:16-4:3 Mark 9:30-37 September 23, 2012 The disciples of Jesus are discussing which of them is the greatest, not a good thing. It’s pride and that would be a sin. Worse yet, they’re doing right after Jesus has been telling them about how he …
Here I share my homily from Sunday about how we learn about our faith. 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Isaiah 50:4-9a James 2:14-18 Mark 8:27-35 September 16, 2012 Jesus asks his disciples “Who do people say that I am?” Before this point, he has been doing miracles and preaching to people. So, he …
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Here is my homily for this past week. In the past I haven’t posted many of my homilies here because I think most people reading this blog probably heard the homily in church. So, I would only post the homily here when there was a particular point I wanted to include on this blog. Please …
This weekend I spoke from the readings about Church Teaching, particularly Catholic Social Teaching and Labor Day. Here is my homily. I hope it leads you to reflect on the Labor Day Holiday and how God is calling you to live. 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Deuteronomy 4:1-2, 6-8 James 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27 …
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21st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Joshua 24:1-2a, 15-17, 18b Ephesians 5:21-32 John 6:60-69 August 26, 2012 During the past four weeks, we have heard that Jesus fed 5,000 people with just five barley loaves and two fish. He has spoken of himself both as “The Bread of Life” and “The Bread that came …
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20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Proverbs 9:1-6 Ephesians 5:15-20 John 6:51-58 August 19, 2012 Lady Wisdom has prepared a great meal and invited the “simple” and those “who lack understanding.” One might think Lady Wisdom would invite only those who are wise like her but she invites all. She wants all to share …
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Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of Mary. It is a Holy Day of Obligation (Click here to see the readings). Here are some of the thoughts I shared in my homily. The fact that today is a holy day of obligation (there are just six in the United States) should tell us …
Here is this week’s homily from the Bread of Life Discourse 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B 1 Kings 19:4-8 Ephesians 4:30-5:2 John 6:41-51 August 5, 2012 Elijah has apparently decided to give up but why? If you go back and read the whole story, you will see this comes shortly after the famous …
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18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15 Ephesians 4:17 20-24 John 6:24-35 August 5, 2012 Jesus has fed the people (5,000 of them!). They are following him. Ideally they would be following him because they had come to understand because of the Sign who he truly is. Unfortunately, that is not the …
