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Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. Thinks about how many times we take on airs.  We have said, we have heard others say, that so-and-so thinks he or she is God Almighty.  We like the limelight and places … Continued

Homily: 12 September 2022: 1 Corinthians 11:17-26,33Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. If you have a tail-gate party in the parking lot before your favorite team’s big game and disinvite some of the people from attending, then you … Continued

 Please read this passage before reading the homily.  I was ordained 58 years ago, and I have only seen one person sin in all that time.  I have not seen more than one person sinning.  I have only seen myself … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes.  Mis hermanas y hermanos,  Hace más que cincuenta y cuatro años soy ordenado sacerdote y no vi más que una persona que estaba pecando.  Yo vi sólo una persona que estaba pecando.  Yo me … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. What are the requirements for being an apostle?  Did apostles have to have seen the Lord and walked with him in his public life?  Paul had not.  Were not the apostles supposed … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. These are the last times, but we do not know when the end will come.  Imagine the grief and the distress of knowing that your parents, spouse or children are in a … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. “A man living with his father’s wife.”  In the second book of Samuel (16:20-2), Absalom slept with the concubines of his father, King David.  He did this to infuriate his father.  In … Continued

 Please read this passage before reading the homily.  The letter to Philemon is the smallest letter of Paul.  Onesimus was a runaway slave of his master Philemon.  He had gone to Paul where he was converted to faith in Christ.  … Continued

  Por favor, lean este pasaje antes.  Mis hermanas y hermanos,  La carta de San Pablo a Filemón es la más pequeña de todas sus cartas.  Onésimo era esclavo fugitivo de su amo, Filemón.  Ha llegado a Pablo donde se … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. Have you ever noticed how florists add green leaves and light, thin lacy branches to the flowers in the bouquets they make?  These little, small items enhance the beauty of the flowers … Continued