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Please read the passage before the homily. Why do we celebrate Sabbath or Sunday?  On Sabbath, God rested from the labor of creating the world.  God rested and so invites us to share this divine rest.  The Sabbath is a … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily. What is love? The gospel tells us to love God with our whole heart and our neighbors as ourselves.  Love completes the law and the prophets. IN our liturgy, the first reading is … Continued

Mis hermanas y hermanos, ¿Qué es amor?  El evangelio dice que debemos amar a Dios con todo corazón y a los prójimos como a nosotros mismos.  Amor cumple toda la ley y los profetas. En nuestra liturgia, la lectura prima … Continued

Luke 12:54-59 Please read the passage before the homily. I have my copy of the Old Farmer’s Almanac for 2024.  It gives good advice for planting and growing crops.  It has good presentations on weather, good stories and items of … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily. Apparently, there was a burglar who called Jesus up ahead of time to make an appointment to burglarize his house.  Jesus, however, being a smart person, waited up for him and commandeered him … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily. It is all about me.  My brother gets all the inheritance, but I want some of it.  I have had a bumper crop of wheat this year and I can sell it on … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the homily.  Mis hermanas y hermanos, Is it lawful to pay the census tax to Caesar or not?  Jesus has no money, but his enemies have Roman money with the image and name of … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes.  Mis hermanas y hermanos, ¿Es licito o no pagar al tributo al Cesar?  Jesús no tiene la moneda, pero si, sus enemigos tienen la moneda con la imagen y el nombre del César.  Ellos … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily. The reading for today flows from a dinner to which Jesus had been invited and at which the host looked down on Jesus for not washing before eating.  This meal is discussed in … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily. In one sense the 70/72 are sent out into the whole world, and in another sense, we are being sent out as apostles. The task is dangerous, like sheep versus wolves.  The task … Continued