October 20, 2025: Romans 4:20-25

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Please read the passage before the homily: Paul says that Abraham believed God and it was reckoned to him s righteousness.  Paul also reckoned the unity and cohesiveness of the Scriptures, that despite the centuries they cover and the differences … Continued

October 13, 2025: Romans 1:1-7

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Please read the passage before the homily: Paul wrote to the Romans.  He was not known to the Romans; others had brought the gospel to the city.  Paul was an outsider, with the audacity of writing to the Romans   The … Continued

October 12, 2025: Luke 17:11-19

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Please read the passage before the commentary. What is today’s story about?  Lepers?  Ten, nine or one? About socially acceptable diseases versus socially unacceptable diseases?  About Israelites and Samaritans?  Perhaps about Democrats and Republicans? Is it about the ninety-nine percent … Continued

October 10, 2025: Joel 1:13-5;:1-2

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Please read the passage before the homily: An agricultural society in the Middle East would live in constant fear of droughts or plagues of locusts.   Usually locusts do not invade when drought happens.  Drought one year and locusts another would … Continued

October 10, 2025: Joel 1:13-5;:1-2

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Please read the passage before the homily: An agricultural society in the Middle East would live in constant fear of droughts or plagues of locusts.   Usually locusts do not invade when drought happens.  Drought one year and locusts another would … Continued

October 8, 2025: Jonah 4:1-11

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Please read the passage before the homily: The prophet Jonah wanted the evil and hated Ninevites dead completely.  God, on the other hand, was all for accepting repentance from the Ninevites and giving them forgiveness.  Jonah’s position was that he … Continued