(Please read the Scripture passages first, before the homily.) This is the first of three parables about seeds. The second and third parables are used for Friday’s reading. To understand them, we should probably read them one after the other. … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passages first, before the homily.) Today we celebrate the conversion of Paul the Apostle from being a persecutor to a believer in Christ. The Gospel reading celebrates the need to proclaim conversion. In the earliest manuscripts … Continued
(Please read the passage cited above first.) My sisters and brothers, Life is passing away. We do not own our own lives. We own nothing, except out sins. Everything is on, loan; nothing is our own. Our money is not … Continued
1 Corintios 7:29-31: Homilía: El 24 de enero: el tercer domingo de OT (Por favor lean este pasaje antes) Mis hermanos y hermanas, La vida es corta. No somos dueños de esta vida. No poseemos nada, excepto nuestros pecados, porque … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passages first, before the homily.) Moses went up the mountain. He met God. He brought God’s Law to the twelve tribes of Israel. The mountain and the number twelve are significant. Abram became the father of … Continued
(Please read the Scripture passages first, before the homily.) “Why do your disciples not fast?” was a question asked by other groups to Jesus. I have been to many funerals. Often the obituaries or the comments made concern food and … Continued
(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