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Please read the passage before reading the commentary. I learned as a child I was not to ask God for signs.  I was to live a life of faith in God.  When I first heard the story of Ahaz, I … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the commentary. Jeremiah lived at the end of the monarchy.  He walked with his people into exile.   His task, before the Exile, was to call the people to repent of their sins.  His constant … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the commentary. In Balaam’s time the Israelites were poised at the border of the Promised Land.  This was not good news for the King of Moab.  He, therefore, sent for Balaam who had great … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily. After the death of John the Baptist, his fame spread as far as Ephesus where Paul in his travels met some of John’ disciples.  Jesus was a disciple of John as he began … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes de la homilía. Por favor, lean este pasaje antes de la homilia Después de la muerte de Juan el Bautista, su fama se difundía hasta Éfeso, donde San Pablo en sus viajes conoció a … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the commentary. Do you remember playing games when you were a child.  We could play house, congress, doctor, soldier, priest, teacher, our mom or dad, or anything we wanted to play.  It was fun … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the commentary. Some people believe that the stars can order our lives and determine our days.  The Israelites had met astrologers in Mesopotamia during the exile. What role could these stars have once they … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the commentary. “God chose us to be in Christ, holy and without blemish.”  If God has chosen us to be holy and without blemish, why are we not holy and without blemish?  Is this … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily. Nothing that God does, nothing that happen, happens in a vacuum or without a context.  What happened in the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar under Pontius Pilate happened in a context, in a … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes de la homilía. Hermanas y Hermanos, Nada que Dios hace y nada que sucede, sucede en un vacío, sin contexto.  Lo que sucedió en el año décimo quinto del reinado de César Tiberio, bajo … Continued