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Homily – August 4th, 2024 – 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Homily – August 4th, 2024 – 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time

While looking at the readings for this weekend and preparing my reflection, I was reminded of a story my father told me about something he and a friend did in his younger days.  Apparently, when he was all of 14 years old, he had had enough of living at home and he and his friend quit school and boarded a train bound for Montreal to begin their “adult life” there.  This is hard to imagine by today’s standards, but this ...

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Mark Mahoney

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Homily – June 16th, 2024 – 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Homily – June 16th, 2024 – 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time

The gospel ends with, “Jesus explained everything in private to his disciples.” Oh, great. We’re going to get it all explained to us as well. No! Mark, the gospel writer tells us that Jesus explained everything to them, but he doesn’t tell us what Jesus told them. Thank you very much. Maybe some of us, who have to put homilies together, would like an explanation, a bone thrown in our direction once in a while.  

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Fr Phil

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