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Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. We begin a series of readings from the gospel according to Luke.  Luke seems to be writing primarily to Gentile Christians.  He has a way of bring Gentiles into the scope of … Continued

Please read this passage before reading the homily. My sisters and brothers, Jesus founded his Church on the rock of Simon Peter’s faith.  Jesus had given Simon the name Peter.  Peter is the English form of the name, derived from … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes.  Mis hermanas y hermanos, Jesús edificó su Iglesia sobre la piedra de la fe de Simón Pedro.  Jesús había cambiado el nombre de Simón a Pedro, que significa piedra.  Entonces Pedro es la piedra … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. What if all the virgins or maids of honor had brought enough oil with them?  What if the five who had brought oil had shared with the other five?  What if your … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. Monuments are ambiguous.  They can demand our respect, but they can also accuse us or demand action of us.  We tend to mark graves so that we can avoid walking over them.  … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. The human race has a long memory of its history.  The Jewish people at the time of St Matthew had to live without their beloved Jerusalem, which the Romans had conquered and … Continued

Please read this passage before reading the homily. My sisters and brothers, Jesus went into the region of Caesarea Philippi.  This about twenty miles from the Sea of Galilee.  It was also an area that had great reverence for the … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes.  Mis hermanas y hermanos, Jesús llegó a la región de Cesarea de Filipo.  Esta cuidad era cerca de veinte millas del Mar de Galilea.  El dios pagano Pan también se adoré aquí.  El dios … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. Which is the greatest commandment of the Law?  The Law cannot be boiled down to one precept.  We must love God first of all, but we mut also love our neighbors as … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. We are all grumblers.  We have grumbled when our supervisors were mean lor when a lazy coworker was promoted before us. The Israelites grumbled against God and Moses many times in the … Continued