10 January 2025: 1 John 5:5-13

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Please read the passage before reading the commentary. “Who is the victor over the world?  He one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.” Jesus Christ came through water and Blood, through the waters of baptism at the … Continued

8 January 2025: 1 John 4:11-18

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Please read the passage before reading the commentary. God is love.  Here, love is not a noun, but a verb, an action word.  God is love because God is loving.  God is love in action.  God creates because love is … Continued

6 January 1 John 3:22-4:6

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Please read the passage above before reading the commentary below. In its earlier days, John’s faith community had suffered pressure or persecution from outside itself.  Later the pressure came from within the group.  It seems that some members were not … Continued

5 January 2025 Matthew 2:1-12

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Please read the passage before the homily. Zoroastrians follow an ancient religion. Some think that the magi were Zoroastrians.  They came from the East, from the rising of the sun.  They represented the non-Jewish, pagan peoples of the world who … Continued

3 January 2025: 1 John 2:29-3:6

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Please read the passage before reading the commentary. God is righteous and wants all of us to act in righteousness.  I am not sure I like this idea, according to how I hear righteousness being interpreted.  If righteousness means self-righteousness, … Continued

1 January 2025: Luke 2:16-21

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Please read the passage before reading the commentary. My friend Paul died in a strange accident last summer on a beach.  Two weeks ago, his widow went up to visit his family for the holidays.  She was very much upset … Continued

30 December: 1 John 2:12-17

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Please read the passage before reading the commentary. To whom did the author, whom we call John, address this letter?  We know it was to his community.  In today’s passage, he mentions children, fathers, and young men.  In the last … Continued

29 December Luke 1:41-52

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Please read the passage before the homily. “Each year Jesus’ went parents to Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover.  After those days, they returned home but the boy Jesus stayed in Jerusalem without his parents’ knowledge.” The story of … Continued