Please read the passage before reading the commentary. 25 December: Luke 2:15-20 Please read the passage before reading the commentary. The angels left the shepherds. The shepherds are asking what happened and what they are to make of all this. … Continued
Please read the passage before reading the commentary. In these last few days before Christmas, we focus on John the Baptist. The first chapter of the Gospel according to Luke tells of John’s conception and birth. It can prompt the … Continued
Please read the passage before the homily. Sometime around the year 950 B.C., a royal procession danced its way to Jerusalem. It was King David and the arc of the covenant with the ten words God had given Moses on … Continued
Por favor, lean este pasaje antes de la homilía. En algún momento, cerca de novecientos cincuenta años antes de Cristo, una procesión real bailaba hacia Jerusalén. Era el rey David con el arca del pacto con las diez palabras que … Continued
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