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Homily – September 22nd, 2024 – 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Homily – September 22nd, 2024 – 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time

This competing for power, this desire to be recognized by Jesus as the most important or the greatest Apostle among the twelve is spun out a little differently in the various gospels. It must have been a real problem, though, because it’s mentioned six times in the gospels of Matthew, Mark and Luke. Because human nature is human nature, what Jesus has to say to them he also has to say to us.

When these ancient texts were written, the authors ...

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Homily – September 15th, 2024 – 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Homily – September 15th, 2024 – 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Do we ever know who another person really is? Do we ever know who we, ourselves, are? Sixteen years ago, I participated at a Men’s Rite of Passage Retreat (M.R.O.P.) in Southern California with 50 other men of various ages and backgrounds. After the first night’s talk, the assignment was to go back to our cabins and to share with the other men in our cabin this way. Each man was to describe himself to the others in 10 ways ...

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Homily – September 8th, 2024 – 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Homily – September 8th, 2024 – 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Once again the Scriptures give us a wicked piece of humour. You may have picked up on it. Jesus encounters a man who was not able to speak, he heals the man of his muteness, and immediately proceeds tells him to shut up and not tell anyone what just happened.

The people in Biblical times were not Scripture scholars any more than we are. Yet, those who experienced Jesus opening the ears and mouth of this deaf and mute man, on ...

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Homily – September 1st, 2024 – 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

Homily – September 1st, 2024 – 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time

We have all heard sayings or proverbs that seem to contradict each other. For example you’ve heard, “Don’t put all your eggs in the one basket.” Maybe it was your financial advisor telling you to diversify your investments so that if one area of the economy crashes you won’t lose all your hard-earned savings. But you’ve also heard, “Don’t spread yourself too thin.” So, which one of these two are true? Here’s another one. You’ve all heard, “Practice makes perfect,” ...

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Homily – August 25, 2024 – 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Homily – August 25, 2024 – 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Peter, the Apostle, is one of my favorite characters in the Gospels, and it’s not because he’s considered the leader of the pack or the first pope of the Church. He’s one of my favorites because he’s so human; he’s so relatable. When he’s on his game, there’s nobody like him. For instance, when Jesus asked the 12, “Who do you say that I am?” It was Peter who gave the brilliant answer, “Jesus, you are the Christ, Son of ...

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Homily – August 18th, 2024 – 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Homily – August 18th, 2024 – 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time

For those of you who enjoy reading, I’m sure have read at least one book in your lifetime that you had a hard time putting down. If the author was good, they were able to get your attention and keep your attention from chapter to chapter. Usually at the end of one chapter, there was a “hook” that grabbed hold of you and made you want to read the next chapter. This “hook” pushed you deeper into the plot or ...

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Homily – August 11th, 2024 – 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Homily – August 11th, 2024 – 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Twenty one years ago, while driving back from a retreat in Arizona, I visited Bryce Canyon National Park in Utah. It was November, and the tourists were pretty much gone for the season except for a few stragglers like myself. I remember getting very close to the mule deer, within a few meters, and they weren’t afraid at all. I suspected that they had gotten acclimated to the huge number of visitors to the park over the summer, and I ...

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Homily – July 28th, 2024 – 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Homily – July 28th, 2024 – 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

The story of the feeding of the multitude apparently is the only “miracle” story that’s common to all four gospels writers. However, John—our gospel writer today—prefers to use the word “signs,” over the word miracles. I think the reason he does this is that a miracle keeps you right where you are, in a place of awe, excitement and fascination. But a sign invites you forward into deeper reflection. It was the great philosopher Socrates, as you may recall, who ...

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Homily – July 21st, 2024 – 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Homily – July 21st, 2024 – 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jesus, no doubt, worked miracles. As a child, the first Biblical stories that stuck with me—and it’s probably true of you, too–were the stories of Jesus’ miracles. I would be fully content with skipping over his teachings just to get to the next story of a blind person seeing, a lame person walking, the calming of a storm, or the multiplication of the fish and loaves. Only as I got older did I realize the miracles of Jesus never stand ...

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Homily – July 14th, 2024 – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Homily – July 14th, 2024 – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

I know some of you have been watching the series called “The Chosen.” It is, by far, the best portrayal of Jesus and his early followers I have ever seen. I’m watching it by the old fashion method of DVDs that I purchased. However, if you are able to access this series by going to The Chosen app or The Chosen website or even YouTube or Facebook or Netflix, it would be well worth your effort. Some episodes have even ...

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