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Please read the passage before the homily You are all slaves.  Your masters bought you.  They paid money for you.  They own you and have power over your life and your death.  This is the thinking behind slavery.  This was … Continued

Please read the passage before the commentary. The Pharisee is correct: he has done all these things.  His conduct is praiseworthy.  The tax collector was also correct: his conduct had been blameworthy. Yet, both were wrong.  None of our goodness … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje ante de la homilía. El fariseo fue correcto: ha hecho muchas buenas obras.  Su conducta es loable.  El publicano también fue correcto: su conducta fue censurable. Sin embargo, los dos fueron equivocados.  Ninguna de nuestras … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily Paul continues his letter to the Romans.  Remember that 80% of the city of Roma were slaves.  This fact keeps the symbol of slavery alive for Paul.  What about sin in our lives? … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily. Slaves have to obey the desires of their masters.  If sin masters us, then we are slaves of sin and not free people.  Therefore, Paul exhorted the Romans not to put themselves under … Continued

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