(Please read the Scripture passages first, before the homily.) Which is easier, to say, “Your sins are forgiven”, or to say, “Rise, pick up your mat and walk”? At one time I counted the syllables, and discovered it had to … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passages first, before the homily.) Does it sound sexist to you that right after Jesus cured Peter’s mother-in-law, she had to get up to wait on them? It could, but it probably was not sexist. The … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passages first, before the homily.) Yesterday, the Christmas season officially came to an end. We now have entered an in-between time, between Advent-Christmas and Lent-Easter. For lack of a better term, we call it Ordered Time … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passages first, before the homily.) When God comes among us, God carries our burdens. This is a God-thing. When we say, “If you want to, Jesus, you can make me clean, or forgive my sins, or … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passages first, before the homily.) We have a grammar lesson for today. When I was in grade school, we called the verb to be a linking verb: it connected what went before it with what went … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passages first, before the homily.) Why did Jesus go into Galilee after John had been arrested? It is not a strange question if you consider that no prophet had come from Galilee in over 700 years … Continued
(Please read the passage cited above first.) My sisters and brothers, We celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord today. The word epiphany means manifestation or revelation. It is like unwrapping a present to find the gift itself: it had always … Continued
(Por favor lean este pasaje antes) Mis hermanos y hermanas, Hoy celebramos la Solemnidad de la Epifanía del Señor. La palabra Epifanía significa manifestación o bien revelación. Es como si alguien desenvuelve un regalo y en el desenvolver se revela … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passages first, before the homily.) Today we are still celebrating the Birth of the Lord Jesus. St Paul was emphatic, that God had sent his Son, born of a woman. He was saying that this Son … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passages first, before the homily.) There are two Josephs. Joseph of Egypt was one of the twelve patriarchs of Israel. He had dreams. Some of them got him in trouble and some of them saved others … Continued