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Please read the passage before the homily: Paul says that Abraham believed God and it was reckoned to him s righteousness.  Paul also reckoned the unity and cohesiveness of the Scriptures, that despite the centuries they cover and the differences … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily: When you pay someone to work for you, you give the person something owed to the person.  When you give a present to someone on a birthday or at Christmas, the gift is … Continued

October 15, 2025: Romans 2:1-11 Paul had never preached in Rome before.  This letter is something of an introduction of himself to the Romans.  He had started his letter my calling himself a slave of Jesus Christ, which would resonate … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily: Paul wrote to the Romans.  He was not known to the Romans; others had brought the gospel to the city.  Paul was an outsider, with the audacity of writing to the Romans   The … Continued

Please read the passage before the commentary. What is today’s story about?  Lepers?  Ten, nine or one? About socially acceptable diseases versus socially unacceptable diseases?  About Israelites and Samaritans?  Perhaps about Democrats and Republicans? Is it about the ninety-nine percent … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje ante de la homilía. ¿Se trata de los católicos y de los protestantes?  ¿Se trata de los heterosexuales o de los gay?  ¿Se trata de un cierro gubernamental o de un funcionamiento?  Se trata de … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily: An agricultural society in the Middle East would live in constant fear of droughts or plagues of locusts.   Usually locusts do not invade when drought happens.  Drought one year and locusts another would … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily: An agricultural society in the Middle East would live in constant fear of droughts or plagues of locusts.   Usually locusts do not invade when drought happens.  Drought one year and locusts another would … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily: The prophet Jonah wanted the evil and hated Ninevites dead completely.  God, on the other hand, was all for accepting repentance from the Ninevites and giving them forgiveness.  Jonah’s position was that he … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily: This is the book of Jonah.  Jonah is known as the unwilling prophet who tried to run away from being a prophet.  His escapade includes being swallowed by a whale as he experienced … Continued