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Homily – October 20th, 2024 – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Homily – October 20th, 2024 – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Scholars still don’t know who wrote The Letter to the Hebrews, that second reading we heard. But what they do know is that, like all the other books of the Bible, The Letter to the Hebrews is inspired by God. What I find inspirational, personally, is the part where the author says, “We have a great high priest (referring to Jesus) who, although he was in heaven, was never content with remaining there ruling the world from a distance. He ...

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Fr Phil

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Reflection – October 20th, 2024 – 29th Sunday in Ordinary TIme

Reflection – October 20th, 2024 – 29th Sunday in Ordinary TIme

My mother had a multitude of pithy sayings, some her own phrases, some borrowed from others. One such saying was, “Misery loves company.” I thought of that when I read today’s second reading. “We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are,” Paul writes to the Hebrews. Someone who can sympathize with us; someone who understands our sufferings; someone who ...

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Ellen Bennett

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Reflection – October 13th, 2024 – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reflection – October 13th, 2024 – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Room for God to Work

Can you tell me how God is at work in your life today? Maybe pause for a moment and give this some thought…where do you see evidence of the Holy Spirit moving through your life?

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What did you come up with? I suspect each person will have a unique take on this. Did anyone answer, “I don’t know”?

If I am being honest, I rarely feel confident in my understanding of how God works in my life at ...

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Trevor Droesbeck

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Homily – September 29th, 2024 – 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Homily – September 29th, 2024 – 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

I am no mind reader. However, I know that questions do swirl around in the minds of many people who form the Church, questions like, “Who’s who and what’s what? Who has the right to say or to do what, when and where? Who’s in and who’s out? These are questions in today’s scripture passages and, as petty as it may sound, are still being asked today. I think a lot of it has to do with control and how ...

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Fr Phil

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Reflection – September 29th, 2024 – 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reflection – September 29th, 2024 – 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Would that all the Lord’s people were Prophets, and that the Lord would put his spirit on them!”  Isaiah 11:29

If we took time to give it some thought, we could all probably think of the person or persons in our lives who have told us about God.  For most, I think our parents would be the first to have introduced God to us by teaching us our prayers and encouraging us to call on God for help.  In my home, ...

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Mark Mahoney

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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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Fr Phil

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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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Fr Phil

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

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

“You shouldn’t have to suffer … You don’t know that that’s what’s going to happen. … You have to stay positive! … There must be something you can do to change it. … Have you thought of … I think you should try … Why don’t you talk to …” 

I don’t know what Peter’s words were, when he was rebuking Jesus for talking about his impending death.  I imagine that they may have been similar to many of ...

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Pam Driedger

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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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Fr Phil

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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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Fr Phil

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