Author Archives: dvincent

Please read the passage before reading the commentary. Naaman. the army commander of the king of Aram, was a leper.  He had a skin disease.  It did not keep him from commanding an army or from living at home.  He … Continued

Please read the passage noted before the commentary. Do you like figs?  They were considered a delicacy in the ancient world.  People of antiquity very much prized figs.  For us today, they can be a sign of how much God … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes de la homilía. ¿A ustedes gustan los higos?  Se consideraban un manjar en la antigüedad.  La gente de la antigüedad los apreciaba muchos.  Para nosotros hoy puede ser una señal de cuánto Dios aprecia … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the commentary. “Israel loved Joseph best of all his sons.”  Israel was the father in a very dysfunctional family.  He seems to have inherited this from his parents, Isaac and Rebecca.  He passed it … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the commentary. David had thought of building a temple for God in Jerusalem.  Nathan, David’s prophet and advisor, thought it would be a good idea.  Nathan went to sleep on the idea and God … Continued

Please read the passage noted before the commentary.  This is the second Sunday of Lent.  It is four weeks away from Easter.  The date of Easter is set for the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring.  The … Continued

  Por favor, lean este pasaje antes de la homilía. Hoy es el segundo domingo de Cuaresma.  Faltan cuatro semanas para la Pascua.  La fecha de Pascua está fijada para el primer domingo después de la primera luna llena de … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the commentary. “The Lord’s way is not fair!”  We want all the bad people of history punished and written off the book of Life.  Letting such people into heaven  we consider an insult to … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the commentary The word of the Lord came to Jonah a second time.  It had come the first time and Jonah ran away from it.  This second time, however, Jonah went. He went to … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the commentary “Be holy, for I, the Lord, your God, am holy.” We tend to think of ourselves as holy, as good people.  Perhaps we prefer not to use the word holy to describe … Continued