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Por favor, lean este pasaje antes.  Mis hermanas y hermanos, ¿Qué es talento y cuánto vale?  Para nosotros significa los dones y capacidades que recibimos de la naturaleza humana.  Para Jesús era una moneda con el valor de ochenta años … Continued

Please read this passage before reading the homily. When will all this happen?  This is the question that opens this section of Luke’s gospel.  One might answer that it will happen when Noah enters the arc again or when Lot … Continued

Please read this passage before reading the homily. This seems like a simple story.  Jesus travels, heals some lepers and only one returns to thank him.  Nine ungrateful and one grateful, lesson in thanksgiving taught and learned. We might say, … Continued

Please read the passage before that the homily. If you had owned a millstone in the ancient world, you would have owned a very valuable piece of equipment.  It was designed to make processing grain into flour more easily and … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the homily.  My sisters and brothers, What is a wedding without the photographer?  Suppose you brother agreed to photograph your daughter’s wedding and he did not show up or offer an excuse: would you … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes.  Mis hermanas y hermanos, ¿Cuál es una boda sin el fotógrafo?  Supongamos que tu hermano se acuerde de fotografiar la boda de tu niña y no vino a la boda ni se justificó: ¿va … Continued

Please read the passage before that the homily. How many people are mentioned in the story Jesus told?  We have the rich man, the steward and the debtors: anyone else?  Good question!  Who commended the unjust steward, the rich man … Continued

Please read the passage before that the homily. Herod the Great built a huge castle for himself; it had three towers, the ruins of one remain.  It is said that Herod knew how to work the emperor to Herod’s best … Continued

Please read the passage before that the homily. We do it for Thanksgiving Day; why not do it every day?  We celebrate the Eucharist every day, and Eucharist means thanksgiving; every day, then, is a Thanksgiving Day.  What do we … Continued

Please read the passage before reading the homily.  Mis hermanas y hermanos, The scribes and the Pharisees would read the law of Moses, but they did not do the works of Moses.  They preferred to become great and be given … Continued