Please read the passage before reading the commentary. Some people believe that the stars can order our lives and determine our days. The Israelites had met astrologers in Mesopotamia during the exile. What role could these stars have once they … Continued
Please read the passage before reading the commentary. “God chose us to be in Christ, holy and without blemish.” If God has chosen us to be holy and without blemish, why are we not holy and without blemish? Is this … Continued
Please read the passage before the homily. Nothing that God does, nothing that happen, happens in a vacuum or without a context. What happened in the fifteenth year of Tiberius Caesar under Pontius Pilate happened in a context, in a … Continued
Por favor, lean este pasaje antes de la homilía. Hermanas y Hermanos, Nada que Dios hace y nada que sucede, sucede en un vacío, sin contexto. Lo que sucedió en el año décimo quinto del reinado de César Tiberio, bajo … Continued
Please read the passage before reading the commentary. Apples galore! When God changes the forest into an orchard and then changes the forest into an orchard. I have the picture of a family-sized orchard becoming as big as a national … Continued
Please read the passage before reading the commentary. Advent denotes a season for coming. God is coming. Why is God coming? God is coming to destroy, not us nor sinners, but death itself. God is coming to put an end … Continued
Please read the passage before reading the commentary. It is the beginning of a religious season called Advent. This is how some Christians prepare for Christmas. The economic world prepares for Christmas by celebrating Black Friday, Cyber Monda, and a … Continued
Por favor, lean este pasaje antes de la homilía. Hermanas y Hermanos, Nunca ha habido un momento en la historia de la humanidad en el que hayamos estado libres de guerras, catástrofes y hambruna. Las bombas atómicas allanaron dos grandes … Continued
Please read the passage before reading the commentary. God has been remaking the universe to make it stand firm forever. It includes a new heaven and a new earth, but no sea. The sea tends to be chaotic, spewing forth … Continued
Please read the passage before reading the commentary. The book of Exodus described the Israelites as dancing in the desert after they have escaped from the Egyptian army by crossing the Red Sea. John described the Book of Revelation as … Continued