Homily: 9 May 2022: Acts 11:1-8

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(Please read the Scripture passage before the homily.) Uh-oh, Peter is in trouble.  He has been rating and associating with Gentile, those vile people.  Why would the great Peter do such a sacrilegious thing? Peter has his reply.  He was … Continued

Homily: 4 May 2022: Acts 8:1b-8

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(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) A severe persecution of the Church in Jerusalem broke out.  People dragged people out of their homes.  This seems more like a riot or an action of a mob than a … Continued

Homily: 2 May 2022: Acts 6:8-15

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(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) The United States is not a unity without diversity.  Indigenous peoples, citizens, refugees, green card holders; Christians, Jewish people, Muslims, peoples from Asia, Africa, Oceania, people of different sexual expressions.  Ours … Continued

Homily: 27 April 2022: Acts 5:17-26

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(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) Look at the humor.  The authorities say, “Lock them up.”  An angel says, “Go back where you started from and keep on teaching.”  The authorities cannot find them.  The authorities send … Continued

Homily: 25 April 2022: 1 Peter 5:5-14

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(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) Today we are celebrating Mark the Evangelist.  This passage is from First Peter because it mentions Mark by name. Mark, possibly the same person as John Mark, seems to have been … Continued