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Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. It is disciples of John who ask this question of Jesus.   These are not adversaries of Jesus.  These are friends of the best man.  There is a wedding coming up, and the … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. Jesus talks about hypocrites.  The word hypocrite originally meant an actor in a dramatic play.  Hypocrites were playing characters on a stage, entertaining the audience.  They could be hero or villain on … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. Once upon a time, I served as a chaplain for a National Scout Jamboree.  One unit came in a night early and the Senior Patrol Leader was having trouble getting his troop … Continued

Please read this passage before reading the homily. My sisters and brothers, If someone slaps you on your right cheek, he has slapped you with the back of his hand and that is very insulting. The Romans were the imperialists … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes.  Mis hermanas y hermanos Si una persona te golpea en la mejilla derecha, te ha golpeado con revés, que es muy insultante. Los romanos eran los imperialistas del mundo antiguo.  Su imperialismo fue muy … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. Mark recorded several times when Jesus asked his disciples why they did not understand.  The multiplications of the loaves were more about use of power than about yeast and dough.  Hospitality was … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. Part of the thrust of Mark’s Gospel is to answer the question about who has power.  Another part is that Jesus somehow relives and undergoes in himself the entire history of the … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. What is the difference between magic and ritual?  Perhaps magic is using symbolic gesture and actions to cause something, and ritual is using relevant gestures and actions to explain something. In the … Continued

Please read this passage before reading the homily. My sisters and brothers, Christ came to complete the law, not to abolish it.  The fulness of the law is Christ.  Christ likewise is the fulness of Israel, the new Israel.  The … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes.  Mis hermanas y hermanos Cristo vino para cumplir la ley, no para abolirla.  La plenitud de la ley es Cristo.  Cristo también es la plenitud de Israel, el nuevo Isael.  Toda la ley se … Continued