Category: Homilies
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How Can Anyone Tell?
Fifth Sunday of Easter Would anyone know what you did for a living if you never mentioned it when you meet them? Some people just have that unique look that gives it away. Maybe it’s just a stereotype and doesn’t fit everyone. Maybe the look comes from iconic historical figures and famous characters in the […]
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A Shepherd Snaps
Fourth Sunday of Easter Paul and Barnabas had set out on their first missionary journey after the Holy Spirit inspired the church in Jerusalem to set them aside for a special purpose. After arriving in Antioch in Pisidia, they came to the synagogue on the sabbath to join in the worship. The synagogue official invited […]
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An Enduring Friendship
Third Sunday of Easter Simon Peter was an experienced fisherman who lived by the Sea of Tiberias, also called the Sea of Galilee. He knew the water well and where the fishing was best. It was there Jesus called him and his brother Andrew, and their friends James and John, to come with him. They […]
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Be More Eager to Live Than to Die
Easter Sunday Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Χρίστος ἀνέστη! Ἀληθῶς ἀνέστη! (Christos anesti! Alithos anesti!) ¡Cristo ha resucitado! ¡En verdad, ha resucitado! Each of us who is given by God a share of life is entrusted a treasure beyond price that is meant to be celebrated, nurtured, prospered, and shared as a blessing […]
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We Do Who We Are
Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper I don’t remember learning how to ride a bike. I know it happened because none of us are born knowing how. Still, I don’t remember what it was like not to know how. Like all the skills I had to learn, tying my shoelaces, saying “please” and “thank […]
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Encounter Jesus. Know Jesus. Proclaim Jesus.
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion With each passing year my thoughts often drift to people and events recent and long past seared in my memory. And I marvel at progress and new discoveries, just recently advances in science and medicine and the renewed conquest of outer space and the historic vote to confirm the […]
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Serpent on a Pole
Tuesday of Week 5 of Lent This mass was offered for the repose of +Carol & Charley Stem. Rolo B Castillo © 2022
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Go & Steer Clear of Potholes
Fifth Sunday of Lent From time to time, even accomplished celebrated people inflict upon themselves catastrophic career-ending injury and damage. At times that utterly awful cringeworthy blunder is an accidental reckless thoughtless misstep. But at times it can be a measured well-orchestrated malicious offence. And judgement aside, we see them differently. We are stunned in […]
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When Good People Go Bad
Friday of Week 4 of Lent This mass was offered for the repose of +Garnet Groome. Rolo B Castillo © 2022
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