Homily: 03 September: Luke 5:33-39
(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily. This something I find fascinating. God is often described in the Hebrew Scriptures as the Bridegroom of his people. In other words, God is married to his people. God and his … Continued
Homily: 01 September: Luke 4:38-44
(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily. You may want to read verses 31 to 37 of this chapter also. In that passage Luke tells us how Jesus cast the devil out of a man on the Sabbath … Continued
Homily: 30 August: Luke 4:16-30
(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily. The Gospel according to Luke devotes two chapters to the conceptions and births of John the Baptist and Jesus. It then devotes half of the third chapter to the ministry of … Continued
Homily: 27 August: Matthew 25:1-13
(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) Consider life without electricity, Internet, or the other amenities we take for granted. Consider also a time when the bride would leave her family and join permanently the family of her … Continued
Homily: 25 August: Matthew 23:27-32
(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) Some of our enemies have become our friends and sometimes our friends become our enemies. We fought the Japanese people in World War II and invented the name Japs for them. … Continued
Homily: 18 August: Matthew 20:1-16
(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) Parables should be easily understood by the original hearers. It is vintage time. The grapes are ripe, even at their peak and tomorrow will be too late. It is necessary to … Continued
Homily: 16 August: Matthew 19:16-22
-(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) The prophets kept telling the people to love the Lord their God wholeheartedly and to follow God’s way without reservation. The commandments are a brief summary of how to love God … Continued
Homily: 15 August 2021: 1 Corinthians 15:20-27
(Please read the passage cited above first.) Christ has been raised. He is risen as the first-fruits of the dead. Just as in Adam we all have died, so also in Christ we all rise to new life. First Christ … Continued
El 15 de agosto: 1 corintios 15,20-27: Homilía
(Por favor lean este pasaje antes) Mis hermanos y hermanas, Cristo resucitó, y resucitó como la primicia de todos los muertos. Así como en Adán todos morimos, así en Cristo todos volveremos a la vida. Primero Cristo resucitó, como primero; … Continued
Homily: 13 August: Matthew 19:3-12
-(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) Recently in Finland archaeologists discovered a thousand-year-old grave of a (perhaps) female warrior. They did a DNA study and discovered that the person had xxy chromosomes. This known as Klinefelter Syndrome … Continued