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Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. “Are we there yet?” is a question we asked our parents many times during long and boring road trips.  It meant that we were not happy to be hauled away from selfish … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. Notice that Mary went in haste to the hill country.  She went in haste, possibly to avoid being stoned for adultery; possibly to recount the joy and merriment of the time when … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. This week our Gospel passages come rom chapter one of Luke’s account.  Luke emphasizes the continuity of Jesus with the history of ancient Israel.  He places the beginnings of his Gospel in … Continued

Please read this passage before reading the homily. I have a nephew who is not related to me in any way by blood.  Yet he is a Vincent through and through.  He is my sister’s adopted son.  To be a … Continued

Por favor, lean este pasaje antes.  Mis hermanas y hermanos, Tengo un sobrino que no es de la sangre de mi familia.  Pero si, es un Vincent por entero.  Mia hermana le adoptٖó.  A ser Vincent es estar relacionado con … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. Who was John the Baptist is one of the concerns of the Scriptures, especially two weeks before Christmas.  Oday’s reading shows us John as a witness to Christ, but his testimony was … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. The prophet Isaiah quotes God as saying, “I am he; there is no other than I.  I create everything (see Is. 45:6c-8).” John the Baptist sent messengers to Jesus to ask if … Continued

Please read the Scripture passage before the homily. I think of the story of how David brought the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem.  The ark contained the word of God, inscribed on the two tablets of stone in the … Continued

Please read this passage before reading the homily. John started is career by proclaiming in the desert the need for repentance.  He was arrested because the authorities did not like his message.  He had baptized Jesus in the course of … Continued

Mis hermanas y hermanos, Juan el Bautista comenzó a predicar en el desierto de Judea y acudían a oírlo los habitantes de Jerusalén y toda la región.  Se arrestó porque las autoridades no querían su mensaje.  Bautizó a Jesús y … Continued