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Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. This episode is based on the fact that Jesus had the power to cast out demons.  Once the opponents accepted this as factual, then they could explain it away by saying that … Continued

Please read this passage before reading the homily. John baptized Jesus in Galilee.  Then John continued baptizing in Galilee while Jesus went to Judea.  After John’s arrest, Jesus returned to Galilee.  John was Jesus’ teacher and Jesus wanted to continue … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes.  Mis hermanas y hermano Juan el Bautista bautizó a Jesús en Galilea.  Entonces, Juan continuaba bautizando en Galilea y Jesús iba a Judea.  Después del arresto de Juan, Jesús se retiró a Galilea.  Juan … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. Jesus climbed a mountain, called the people to himself, and named twelve.  He climbed, as Moses had climbed.  Moses climbed Mount Sinai; Jesus’s mountain has no name, but it resembles Sinai.  Jesus … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. They were watching Jesus to see if, or when, Jesus would heal someone on the Sabbath.  It was a foregone conclusion that Jesus would heal, since he had already shown his power … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. People seemed to have recognized Jesus as a teacher, one like John the Baptist or like one of the Pharisees.  Hence the question to Jesus why Jesus had not taught his pupils, … Continued

Please read this passage before reading the homily. With the feast of the Epiphany and the Baptism of the Lord, the season of Christmas has ended.  The feast of the Epiphany celebrates three mysteries, the coming of the magi, the … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes.  Mis hermanas y hermanos, Con las fiestas de la Epifanía y del Bautismo del señor, el tiempo de la Navidad es terminado.  La Epifanía se celebra tres misterios: la venida de los magos, el … Continued

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