September 1, 2024

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August 25, 2024

TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Joshua 24:1-2,15-18 Ephesians 5:21-32 John 6:60-69 The new space telescope, the James Webb, has given humanity an astounding vision of the universe. There are somewhere in the neighborhood of two trillion galaxies, ten times more than we could see with the Hubble Telescope, each with about a hundred billion stars… Read More »

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August 18, 2024

TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – B Proverbs 9:1-6 Ephesians 5:15-20 John 6:51-58 A childhood memory: I come home from school and find some Utz potato chips that I happily start munching on. My mother sees this and says, put those chips away. You’ll spoil your supper. I try to reason with her that I’m… Read More »

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August 11, 2024

NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – B 1 Kings 19:4-8 Ephesians 4:30-5:2 John 6:41-51 If you’re going to talk the talk, you’d better walk the walk. What you do shouts so loudly I can’t hear what you are saying. Show me, don’t tell me. Actions speak louder than words. The world is changed by your… Read More »

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August 4, 2024

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July 21, 2024

SAINT JAMES DAY – 2023 2 Corinthians 4:7-15 Acts 11:19-21, 12:1-3, 24 Matthew 20:20-28 Do you remember the ad campaign a few years ago (is thirty years a few?) “Be Like Mike.” Don’t you want to be a winner like Michael Jordan? Drink some Gatorade. (Gatorade never did improve my jump shot, however.) Something somewhat… Read More »

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June 23, 2024

TWELFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME — B Job 38:1,8-11 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 Mark 4:35-41 In the study of philosophy one of the first things we studied was the Socratic Method – named after Socrates, of course. He would ask questions not so much seeking information or to get an answer but to challenge his dialogue… Read More »

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June 16, 2024

From Elie Weisel: When tragedy would threaten Israel the Baal Shem Tov would go into the holy forest, light the sacred fire, say the special prayer and Israel would be saved. His successor was not the man he was and when tragedy next threatened Israel Rabbi Ezekiel had forgotten the location of the holy forest… Read More »

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June 9, 2024

TENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – B Genesis 3:9-15 2 Corinthians 4:13-5:1 Mark 3:20-35 History buffs will remember that, when Abraham Lincoln was running for the Senate, he gave a speech using the image of a “house divided against itself cannot stand” which he had, no doubt, learned from the Gospel of St. Mark. When… Read More »

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May 26, 2024

THE MOST HOLY TRINITY – B Deuteronomy 4:32-34,39-40 Romans 8:14-17 Matthew 28:16-20 There is a section in the book store or on the movie guide called “mystery.” In this genre of story, a crime has been committed and it is up to the detective (who is usually a little quirky) to determine whodunnit. The mystery… Read More »

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