Homily: 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Certainly listening to today’s readings of apocalyptic literature, dealing with end times as well as the destruction of the temple may make some of us squirm a bit in our seats. But if you look carefully at when and why it was written you realize that this scripture is not about future events rather it is about imminent reality – the here and now.  So where does our focus need to be? And what insight can theologian N.T. Wright provide which just may open our eyes to where God is present?  Check it out…

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Homily: 4th Sunday of Advent 2018

In just two days we will celebrate the birth of Mary’s child – Jesus, the Son of God, the son of Mary – born fully human and fully divine.  And our finest Christmas present is something that we already have, independent of who we are, what we have done or what we have failed to do.  What is it?  Check it out.

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Homily: 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Really?  We have to love those that we fear?  Those who are different from us? The ones who are strangers?

In the past few weeks there has been much written about the plight of the refugees.  Politics aside, as Christians, we are called to live the Gospel…which is much harder than reading or preaching about it.  So what does Jesus say in the Beatitudes?  And how can Pope Francis, Brian McLaren and Leonardo DaVinci add some light on this hotly debated subject?

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Homily: Third Sunday of Easter

So we moved from Lent into Easter, singing our alleluias, with the church bells pealing, rejoicing that Jesus Christ is risen indeed – but what do we do now?  How does this Easter Season change us?  How do we live differently than we did before?  

In this week’s readings we hear a word repeated twice which leading linguistics experts say is a, “linguistic and theological tragedy and the worst translation in the New Testament.”  What is the word? And once you understand what it really means – how can it answer the questions raised?

How can it change your life?

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