December 12, 2025 Luke 1:39-47

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Please read the passage before the commentary. We  call this account the visitation, but we should ask who is visiting whom.  Two mothers meet and each is pregnant.  From appearances, the mothers are meeting, but the mystery is saying that … Continued

December 7, 2025: Matthew 3:1-12

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Please read the passage before the commentary. This passage from the prophet Isaiah starts out, “On that day.”  Let me start out “In the beginning,” when God created everything out of nothing.  Everything has one common origin, made out of … Continued

December 5, 2025 Matthew 9:27-31

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Please read the passage before the commentary. Jesus healed two blind men.  The ancient belief in the end time was that contraries would be assimilated.  The blind would see, the deaf would hear, the orchard would become a forest, the … Continued

December 1 , 2025: Matthew 8:5-11

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Please read the passage before the homily. Usually in the first week of December, which is usually the first week of Advent, in preparation for Christmas, I usually change my focus in the homily or commentary.  This coming year, I … Continued

November 30, 2025: Isaiah 2:1-5

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Please read the passage before the commentary. “In days to come.”   Isaiah sees all nations as streaming towards Jerusalem to the house of the Lord.  This is a vision we all share and long for. In a sense this vision … Continued