Homily: 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time

This weekend Jesus tells us through parables that the Kingdom of Heaven is like a sower who leaves weeds in his wheat…is like a mustard seed…and like yeast. So, what do these three parables have in common and, after all, what and where is the Kingdom of Heaven? And how does all this point to what we each need to be doing right now in our lives?  Check it all out…

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Homily: 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time A

Same pay for those who work a full day versus those who work only an hour?  What was Jesus thinking?  This is “Good News”?

Like many other parables, on the surface this one seems to make no sense.  But dig down a bit, and try to think more like my grandsons and you will begin to see and feel the point that Jesus was making…as he describes God’s generous love for all of us.

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Homily: 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

This weekend we hear a gospel from Matthew which is broken into three basic parts: the parable of the sower…Jesus’s reasoning for using parables… and then lastly, the explanation Jesus gave his first century followers of what this parable was all about.  But there is something so obvious to see in this story that even Jesus omitted it from his explanation. 

What did Jesus leave out of his elucidation of this gospel?  And how can that missing piece of the puzzle change your life? 

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Homily: Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Sunday we find Jesus trying to describe what the Kingdom of God, (aka, God’s love) is like.  No doubt this question continues to be asked 2,000 years later.  I always find it interesting that some people still love to state what God loves and what God doesn’t love – as if they knew!   But the answer Jesus gives resides in a parable – a puzzle.  And that somehow God’s love is like a weed - a mustard bush grown from a tiny seed.  Really?  I thought we want God’s love and vice-a-versa?  But weeds are undesirable, right?  Confused?  So were the disciples.  But actually, it all makes great sense.  See what I mean…

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