Homily: 15 October: Luke 12:1-7

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(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) We meet the Pharisees again.  It is good to remember that the Gospels were written some forty or more year after the ascension of the Lord Jesus.  It is also good … Continued

Homily: 13 October: Luke 11:42-46

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(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) Jesus had no problems with the Pharisees’ practice of tithing on garden produce.  He did have a problem, however, with how the Pharisees substituted tithing of herbs for greater social justice … Continued

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El 10 de octubre: hebreos 4,14-16: Homilía Mis hermanos y hermanas, Jesús, el Hijo de Dios, es nuestro sumo sacerdote.  Él ha entrado en el cielo, no para alejarse de nosotros, pero si para interceder por nosotros. Ustedes que llegaste … Continued

Homily: 6 October: Luke 11:1-4

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(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) “Lord, teach us to pray.”  John the Baptist taught his disciples how to pray.  The Jewish people use the prayer from Deuteronomy, “Hear, O Israel…”  Muslims use the Allah prayer every … Continued

Homily: 8 October: Luke 11:15-26

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(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) We are slow learners.  When a strong man fully armed guards his palace, his possessions are safe, but  when someone stronger than he attacks and overcomes him,” he loses everything.  If … Continued

Homily: 4 October: Luke 10:25-37

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(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) “And who is my neighbor?”  Once upon a time, in Washington, both Houses of Congress decided that they needed special and distinctive suits either of purple of orange cloth.  So it … Continued