Category: Homilies
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A Race to Irrelevance & Obscurity
Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time Despite claiming to be law-abiding citizens while professing faith in God most merciful, we grow numb to the corrosive divisiveness and callous disregard for human dignity popping more frequently each day all across the country. Gun violence and police misconduct are top of the list right now. How do we […]
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Love Will Eat You Alive
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time A teenager approaches you, believing you have wisdom and experience, and asks you, “How can I tell if I’m in love?” “Finally,” you say to yourself. “This is the moment I’ve been waiting for all my life.” While the temptation is overwhelming, you restrain yourself admirably. You don’t ask, “What’s […]
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No Exceptions
The Epiphany of the Lord The wise men came from the east, Persia, Arabia, Turkey perhaps, to do homage to a newborn infant lying in a manger. The word “magi” indicates they were learned men, astrologers, possibly leaders among their own people. Scripture does not say how many of them came to visit, only that […]
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Our God Comes to Stay
The Nativity of the Lord “So where are you really from?” That question landed a former lady-in-waiting to the late Queen Elizabeth and godmother of Prince William in hot water recently, forcing her into early retirement at age 83. It sounds innocent enough. But for those accustomed to hearing the question even if no malice […]
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The Kingdom Incognito No More
Third Sunday of Advent I like being incognito. It’s more challenging here since I’m easy to pick out of a crowd. I like walking into another church, for example, and sit in the assembly, and just blend in, listening, praying, and singing like everyone else. I like walking around a shopping mall or commuter station […]
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Give Evidence of Your Repentance
Second Sunday of Advent At the start of a new year, resolutions mark a kind of new beginning, to better ourselves—more exercise, less junk food; more substantial reading, less mindless entertainment; more productive activity, less wasted time; more organization, less sloppiness; more purpose and direction, less wishy-washiness. At the end of the year, when we […]