(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) The icon is a picture-prayer, just as the Our Father is a word-prayer. It is of Eastern origin. It is not painted but prayed into existence. It shows Jesus kicking open … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) This is a hard Gospel .Jesus is in charge. He knows who will betray him. He does not reprimand. Some say that Judas actually had tried to prevent Jesus’ death but … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) We have a heroine and we have an anti-hero. The heroine is Mary who anointed the feet of Jesus with expensive perfumed oil worth about a year’s salary. The other is … Continued
(Please read the passage cited above first.) My sisters and brothers, Homily: March 28 2021: Philippians 2:6-11 (Please read the passage cited above first.) My sisters and brothers, Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not … Continued
(Por favor lean este pasaje antes) Mis hermanos y hermanas, áéíóúñ Cristo se despojó de su grandeza y no era muy engreído. Ustedes tengan los sentimientos que corresponden a quienes están unidos a Cristo Jesús. Tenga también, yo, los mismos … Continued
(Please read this passage before the homily.) Jesus is Jewish. Joseph and Mary are Jewish. The apostles and the early Church is Jewish. Believers in Jesus lived and worshiped alongside other Jews for decades after the resurrection. Eventually there was … Continued
(Please read this passage before the homily.) There are two women “caught in the act” in the gospel accounts. The mother of Jesus is found to be with child before she and Joseph had come to live together. She is … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) There were two Josephs in the Bible. Both had dreams, Joseph, one of the twelve patriarchs of Israel, and Joseph, husband of Mary and adopting father of Jesus. Both were outsiders … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) Jesus had just healed a man who had spent waiting 38 years at the pool of Bethesda. It was a Sabbath and some took this as a thing unlawful to do. … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) It was a miracle when Jesus healed the royal official’s son. But that was not important. We see miracles every day, so we could ask why this should be a big … Continued