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(Please read this Scripture passage first, before the homily.) In many poorer countries of the world, sex workers are shunned and are considered untouchable.  What drives women into the sex trade is the extreme need to feed their children.  In … Continued

(Please read this Scripture passage first, before the homily.) I want you to meet Ezekiel.  He was a flamboyant prophet.  He was a priest of the tribe of Levi.  He described his visions, using the first person singular pronoun.  He … Continued

(Please read this Scripture passage first, before the homily.) St Lawrence was a deacon the Church at Rome.  He served under Pope Sixtus II and died four days after that Pope.  He served as treasurer or business manager of the … Continued

(Please read the passage cited above first.) A closet is a small room or cell, like a box, to wall someone in or keep someone out. The Lord Jesus was closeted in the tomb, but broke down the doors of … Continued

(Por favor lean este pasaje antes) Un armario es una pequeña mueble como una caja, que sirve para guardar diferentes cosas o bien sirve para proteger a alguien. El Señor Jesús fue encerrado en el armario de su tumba pero … Continued

(Please read this Scripture passage first, before the homily.) Nahum is one of the Twelve Minor Prophets.  In the Jewish Bible, the Twelve are listed as twelve parts of one scroll or book.  In our Bible, they are listed separately.  … Continued

(Please read this Scripture passage first, before the homily.) At the time when Jeremiah was prophesying, the northern tribes that had clustered around Samaria and Mount Ephraim had long since disappeared.  In effect, there were no tribes left up north.  … Continued

(Please read this Scripture passage first, before the homily.) In chapter 27 of the book of the prophet Jeremiah, the chapter immediately prior to the one used for today’s reading, Jeremiah was told by the Lord to make himself a … Continued

(Por favor lean este pasaje antes) Mis hermanos y hermanas, San Pablo ha escrito, “¿Qué cosa podrá apartarnos del amor que nos ama Cristo?”  Él contestó que nado podrá apartarnos de ese amor. Nada de las tribulaciones, nada de las … Continued

(Please read the passage cited above first.) My sisters and brothers, St Paul wrote, “What can separate us from the love of Christ?  He answered that nothing could separate us from this love. No tribulation, no spiritual thing has any … Continued