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Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. Today we have a grammar lesson on the divine passive.  The divine passive is nothing to be alarmed about.  It does not mean that God is passive about us.  The divine passive … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. It all happened in one chapter, not in one day, but in the first chapter.  Jesus had called his first four disciples, he had taught and healed in a synagogue.  Then he … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. Do you remember how the Israelites escaped from Egypt at the time of the Exodus?  They crossed through the water and entered a desert.  They wandered the desert for forty years.  Then … Continued

Please read this passage before reading the homily. There are in this gospel kings, priests, prophets, dreamers such as Joseph the patriarch, and gifts such as incense, gold and myrrh.  Besides there is much mysterious magic.  The mysterious magi come … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes.  Mis hermanas y hermanos, Hay en este evangelio reyes, sacerdotes, profetas, los que sueñan sueños como José el patriarca, regalos como oro incienso y mirra.  Hay también muchos misterios y magos.  Los misteriosos magos … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. Jesus is full of grace and truth.  Jesus shares his grace ad truth with us humans.  Our passage today concerns our reaction to this grace and truth. John the Baptist truthfully points … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. The Gospel according to John starts out telling us that grace and truth have come to us through Jesus Christ (John 1:17).  We may ask what the truth is about John the … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. Think of this passage in terms of family.  God has a family.  In Christian language we speak of a Trinity of persons we call Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  This is God’s … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. The life and struggles of Adam and Eve we replicate in our own lives.  Somehow, we relive the ups and downs of our history in our own lives.  This is true also … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. Yesterday we started our celebration of Christmas, the birth of Jesus.  Today we remember the first martyr, St Stephen.  Jesus tells us to “beware of men” because they will hand us over … Continued