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(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) Why did God become human?  Some think this was Plan B, what God had to do after Adam and Eve sinned and messed everything up.  So God would have to come … Continued

(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) Nicodemus is famous for coming to see Jesus at night.  John’s gospel introduces us to him here and he also is present at the crucifixion as “he who came to Jesus … Continued

(Please read the passage cited above first.) My sisters and brothers, St John writes that all who believe that Jesus is the Christ are begotten by God.  What does it mean to be begotten or born of God?  We call … Continued

(Por favor lean este pasaje antes) Mis hermanos y hermanas, San Juan en su prima carta escribió, “Todo el que cree que Jesús es el Mesٌías ha nacido de Dios.”  ¿Qué se dice “nacido o bien el unigénito de Dios?”  … Continued

(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) Two people on a road, making a sorrowful journey, were joined by a stranger.  They walked together and the stranger commented on their sadness.  Then started a long conversation that ended … Continued

(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) The icon is a picture-prayer, just as the Our Father is a word-prayer.  It is of Eastern origin.  It is not painted but prayed into existence.  It shows Jesus kicking open … Continued

(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) This is a hard Gospel .Jesus is in charge.  He knows who will betray him.  He does not reprimand.  Some say that Judas actually had tried to prevent Jesus’ death but … Continued

(Please read the Scripture passage before reading the homily.) We have a heroine and we have an anti-hero.  The heroine is Mary who anointed the feet of Jesus with expensive perfumed oil worth about a year’s salary.  The other is … Continued

(Please read the passage cited above first.) My sisters and brothers, Homily: March 28 2021: Philippians 2:6-11 (Please read the passage cited above first.) My sisters and brothers, Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not … Continued

(Por favor lean este pasaje antes) Mis hermanos y hermanas,  áéíóúñ Cristo se despojó de su grandeza y no era muy engreído.  Ustedes tengan los sentimientos que corresponden a quienes están unidos  a Cristo Jesús.  Tenga también, yo, los mismos … Continued