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Please read the passage before the homily. Did Jesus see us, as children, playing in the streets and vacant lots our childish games of dolls, tag, funeral, weddings, baseball, football, house and similar games?  Did he perhaps see us as … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily. In times of persecution of Jewish people and Muslim people in Spain, neighbors would invite people suspected people of being Jewish or Muslim and feed them ham.  Those who refused were then persecuted … Continued

Please read this passage before reading the homily. My sisters and brothers, What is the kingdom of heaven like?  It is the forgiveness of all the evils of the whole world. The Gospel speaks of a huge amount of debt, … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes.  Mis hermanas y hermanos, ¿Cuál es el reino de Dios?  El Reino de Dios es el perdón de todos los pecados y de toda la maldad del mundo. El evangelio habla de una deuda … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily. Catholics celebrate the fifteenth of September as a commemoration of the sorrowS of Mary, especially after death of Jesus on the cross.  September 15 follows the fourteenth, which has for many years celebrated … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily. Matthew’s sermon is called the Sermon on the Mount; Luke’s could be called the Sermon on the Plain.  Matthew uses the third person, “Blessed are they” while Luke uses the second person, “Blessed … Continued

Please read the passage before the homily. When you have paparazzi following you, you know you are popular.  The scribes and Pharisees are paparazzi for Jesus.  He had become popular, so the reporters went out to follow him and take … Continued

Please read this passage before reading the homily. My sisters and brothers, I find this Gospel hard to comment on. The desert fathers were the ancient holy ones who preferred to spend their lives in deserts than in the cities.  … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes.  Mis hermanas y hermanos, Una vez en la historia de la Iglesia, existían los Padres del Desierto.  Eran los que preferían vivir en el desierto más que en las ciudades.  Una vez, el anciano … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. It is Moses leading the Israelites out of Egypt through the Red Sea to the freedom of the desert.  It is the Allies pushing the enemy back in the Battle of the … Continued