Homily: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Before I get into this weekend’s homily – my apologies, as it seems that the blog software made a change months ago which prevented my work from being sent to you!  So, feel free to roam on back to see what you missed – and hope you will stay connected!

Meanwhile…

This Sunday we heard the conclusion of the Gospel story that began last week when Jesus said he would build his Church upon the rock of Peter. But a few lines later Jesus calls Peter, ‘Satan’ and he is told to get behind Christ and follow him. So how did Peter get it so right to the point where Jesus will use Peter as the foundation of his Church and then in the next moment Peter gets it so wrong as to be called Satan? The answer and, indeed our lesson, is rooted in the two types of thinking that we face every day. What are they? How do we distinguish them?  Check it out…

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Homily: 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

 

In last week’s Gospel Peter got it so right to the point where Jesus will use Peter as the foundation of his Church and then in the next moment, we hear this week, Peter gets it so wrong as to be called Satan? Peter goes from a foundational rock – to a stumbling block.

So why the big swing with Peter?  There seems to be competing voices going on in Peter’s head.  So what does this mean to us and the voice we need to be listening to each and every day?  Check it out…

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Homily: 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

After the disciples have spent so much time with Jesus watching him heal and teach and forgive it seems that Jesus feels it is time to give his disciples a ‘midterm test.’ He wants to see what they have learned after spending so much time watching Jesus minister to others.  But before he asks them the one and only question he has them hike 25 miles to the region of Caesarea Philippi.

Why the long hike?  What is the one question he asks them….and asks us?  And how would you answer?

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