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(Please read the Scripture passages first, before the homily.) We have a grammar lesson for today.  When I was in grade school, we called the verb to be a linking verb: it connected what went before it with what went … Continued

(Please read the Scripture passages first, before the homily.) Why did Jesus go into Galilee after John had been arrested?  It is not a strange question if you consider that no prophet had come from Galilee in over 700 years … Continued

(Please read the passage cited above first.) My sisters and brothers, We celebrate the Epiphany of the Lord today.  The word epiphany means manifestation or revelation.  It is like unwrapping a present to find the gift itself: it had always … Continued

(Por favor lean este pasaje antes) Mis hermanos y hermanas, Hoy celebramos la Solemnidad de la Epifanía del Señor. La palabra Epifanía significa manifestación o bien revelación.  Es como si alguien desenvuelve un regalo y en el desenvolver se revela … Continued

(Please read the Scripture passages first, before the homily.) Today we are still celebrating the Birth of the Lord Jesus. St Paul was emphatic, that God had sent his Son, born of a woman.  He was saying that this Son … Continued

(Please read the Scripture passages first, before the homily.) There are two Josephs.  Joseph of Egypt was one of the twelve patriarchs of Israel.  He had dreams.  Some of them got him in trouble and some of them saved others … Continued

Please read the passage cited above first.) My sisters and brothers, Today in the letter to the Colossians we have a teaching of St Paul’s on the virtues needed by Christian families. The letter to the Colossians is a later … Continued

(Por favor lean este pasaje antes) Mis hermanos y hermanas, Hoy celebramos la fiesta de la Sagrada Familia. Hoy, en la carta a los colosenses, tenemos la enseñanza de San Pablo de las virtudes acerca de las familias cristianas.  Esta … Continued

(Please read the Scripture passages first, before the homily.) Believe it or not, the passage from the beginning of the Gospel according to John is a Christmas gospel.  All the words that both Matthew and Luke use to describe the … Continued

(Please read the Scripture passages first, before the homily.) Luke wrote this story of the visit of Mary to Elizabeth.  He used references to David, to the Song of Songs and to the prophet Zephaniah as an important aspect of … Continued