Work without Prayer Destroys
"’Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her.’"
Category: Homily
Homilies for Sundays and Special Feast Days
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Jesus Was a Socialist
"’And who is my neighbor?’"
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You Cannot Fail
“At that time the Lord appointed seventy-two others whom he sent ahead of him in pairs to every town and place he intended to visit.”
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Fit for the Kingdom of God
“But he replied, ‘Lord, let me go first and bury my father.’ But he answered him, ‘Let the dead bury their dead. But you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God.’”
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They Have Eyes but Cannot See
“For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.”
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God Doesn’t Measure Up
“’Everything that the Father has is mine; for this reason I told you that he will take from what is mine and declare it to you..’”
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One in the Spirit?
“’Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained.’”
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Let Us Go Up to the House of the Lord
“As he blessed them he parted from them and was taken up to heaven.”
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Where Have We Gone Wrong?
“’I made known to them your name and I will make it known, that the love with which you loved me may be in them and I in them.’”
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Us Against Them
“I give you a new commandment: love one another.”
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Who Are His Sheep?
“’My sheep hear my voice; I know them, and they follow me.’”
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Right Where You Are
“So the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, ‘It is the Lord.’”
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The Living Faith of Thomas
So, Thomas gets criticized for his skepticism. That criticism isn’t restricted to Thomas. It extends to anyone who doubts or questions matters of faith. The critics believe that anyone who questions their beliefs is lacking in faith and therefore not a “good” Christian.
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Resurrection of the Body?
Our personhood will arise and transcend the grave. Like Jesus, we, too will leave behind our image—a testimony of our love and compassion, the relics of our resurrection.
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Was Jesus’s Death in Vain?
"But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins; upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we were healed."
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A Eucharist of Service
"'I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.'"
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God Hides in Plain Sight
Showing our true selves is always risky. We risk rejection, especially if we wish to be agents of change. Anyone who promotes change—even change for the better—will encounter opposition.
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The Repentant Pharisees
"'Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her.'"
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The Loving Son and His Older Brother
“’But now we must celebrate and rejoice, because your brother was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’”
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Against the Pagan “Christians”
The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ is not the god most “Christians” worship. They’ve fallen into this idolatrous pit because they don’t read the Scriptures carefully enough.