(Please read this Scripture passage first, before the homily.) When my older brothers and sisters were growing up, our parents were naïve. If they were leaving, they would say, “Good bye and don’t fight.” We found many ways of not … Continued
(Please read this Scripture passage first, before the homily.) Paul continues his argument against those who wanted him to preach a gospel that would have his Gentile converts first become Jewish. Paul himself was Jewish and considered himself a faithful … Continued
(Please read this Scripture passage first, before the homily.) I would not want to debate St Paul if he were upset. I would not survive a fact check on him. I would find him fair and his arguments unbeatable. I … Continued
(Please read this Scripture passage first, before the homily.) When you open your Bible to the New Testament, you will find the four Gospels first and later on the letters of St Paul. The writing of Paul, however, predated the … Continued
(Please read this Scripture passage first, before the homily.) Wow! Is Paul upset! We begin a series of readings from the letter of St Paul to the Galatians. This does not sound like a letter of congratulations or the type … Continued
(Please read this Scripture passage first, before the homily.) We have grappled with hard questions, such as, why bad things happen to good people and why we have suffering in the world. We have debated the issues, much as lawyers … Continued
(Please read this Scripture passage first, before the homily.) As I inferred Monday, the book of Job is like a legal trial. I made you the jurors Monday and look forward to the decision of the jury at the end … Continued
(Please read this Scripture passage first, before the homily.) Job belongs in a series of books with Proverbs and Ecclesiastes (Qoheleth). We spent a week on Proverbs and Qoheleth, and we spend this week of Job. All three deal with … Continued
(Please read this Scripture passage first, before the homily.) A couple I know buried their eleven-year-old son who had died in a freak playground accident at school. The boy’s headstone reads 1990-2002. The parents told me to look at the … Continued
(Please read this Scripture passage first, before the homily.) We have a reading from the book of Proverbs. Proverbs belongs to a collection of biblical books, called the books of wisdom. Proverbs provides us with many practical sayings about life … Continued