(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) Consider life without electricity, Internet, or the other amenities we take for granted. Consider also a time when the bride would leave her family and join permanently the family of her … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) Some of our enemies have become our friends and sometimes our friends become our enemies. We fought the Japanese people in World War II and invented the name Japs for them. … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) Parables should be easily understood by the original hearers. It is vintage time. The grapes are ripe, even at their peak and tomorrow will be too late. It is necessary to … Continued
-(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) The prophets kept telling the people to love the Lord their God wholeheartedly and to follow God’s way without reservation. The commandments are a brief summary of how to love God … Continued
(Please read the passage cited above first.) Christ has been raised. He is risen as the first-fruits of the dead. Just as in Adam we all have died, so also in Christ we all rise to new life. First Christ … Continued
(Por favor lean este pasaje antes) Mis hermanos y hermanas, Cristo resucitó, y resucitó como la primicia de todos los muertos. Así como en Adán todos morimos, así en Cristo todos volveremos a la vida. Primero Cristo resucitó, como primero; … Continued
-(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) Recently in Finland archaeologists discovered a thousand-year-old grave of a (perhaps) female warrior. They did a DNA study and discovered that the person had xxy chromosomes. This known as Klinefelter Syndrome … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) How am I supposed to treat someone as a Gentile or as a tax collector? Jesus ate with tax collectors and sinners. He also cured the daughter of a Canaanite women. … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) Perhaps you have seen or actually have a bracelet with the lettering WWJD. What Would Jesus Do? The Gospels were written with the principle, WWJD, What Would Jesus Do? IN other … Continued
(Please read the passage cited above first.) In the second reading today St Paul tells us not to grieve the Holy Spirit. If we offend someone in the community, we also offend the Holy Spirit because all of us together … Continued