Homily: 2nd Sunday of Advent

As we each walk through this season of Advent, we may just find ourselves in some form of wilderness, thirsting for peace, reconciliation and healing – and thus it’s a time we need to be alert, awake, watchful and vigilant to God’s presence. So, perhaps we take the lead from Isaiah where we spend time seeking how we can better “Prepare the way of the Lord”…of how we can look at the valleys, at the crookedness, and the rough places not just in the outside world, but also in our own hearts. What does that look like?  Check it out…

 

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Homily: 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Over the past few weeks our Sunday Gospels have given us this ongoing dialogue of Christ with his disciples and his patient efforts in trying to teach them what it means to be fully alive.  This past week, as he travelled through our country, Pope Francis was actually doing the same thing.  So what does it look like when the Gospels and Francis come together to teach us how to live?

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