The Epiphany of the Lord 2016
Isaiah 60:1-6; Ephesians 3:2-3,5-6; Matthew 2:1-12 The account we have just heard from St. Matthew’s gospel is rich, so rich that it requires symbols in order to carry its weight. Using the language of...
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Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11; Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7; Luke 3:15-16, 21-22 One of the things I like about eating at a Chinese restaurant is that you are always given a fortune cookie. One such fortune read: “You...
View Article2nd Sun [C] 2016
Isaiah 62:1-5; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2:1-11 Here we are at the beginning of a new year with high hopes that this year will be better than 2015. We have our hopes even though we know that there is...
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Nehemiah 8:2-10; I Corinthians 12:12-30; Luke 1:1-4, 4:14-21 All of us are quite familiar with inaugural addresses, especially when presidents of our country take office and begin their elected terms....
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Jeremiah 1:4-5, 17-19; 1 Corinthians 13:4-13; Luke 4:21-30 We have strong feelings when we discover that someone has lied to us or deceived us. We want the truth, even the unpleasant and painful truth....
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Isaiah 6:1-2, 3-8; 1 Corinthians 15: 1-11; Luke 5:1-11 Simon Peter was a fisherman. It was his livelihood. He wasn’t a sport fisherman, fishing simply because he liked to fish. His life and the lives...
View ArticleAsh Wednesday – 2016
Joel 2:12-18; 2 Corinthians 5:20-6:2; Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Womb to tomb is the pattern of all human life. You, and I with you, are on individual and collective pilgrimages, processions, journeys. Here...
View Article1st Lent [C] 2016
Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13 Oscar Wilde was a much-celebrated Anglo-Irish literary figure, very witty… and very worldly. He once wrote: “I can resist everything but temptation.”...
View Article2nd Lent [C] 2016
Genesis 15:5-12, 17-18; Philippians 3:17-4:1; Luke 9:28-36 We hear a lot about the high cost of living. Today I’d like to turn the phrase a bit and share some thoughts with you about the high cost of...
View Article3rd Sunday of Lent [C] 2016
Exodus 3:1-8,13-15; 1 Corinthians 10:1-6,10-12; Luke 13:1-9 In our newspapers we read of disasters and watch catastrophes on television. And we deal with painful tragedies in the lives of our friends...
View Article4th Sun Lent [C] 2016
Joshua 5:9a, 10-12; 2 Corinthians 5:17-21; Luke 15:1-3,11-32 There are three characters that in this parable Jesus is asking us to examine. Actually, Jesus is presenting them to us so that we might...
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Ezekiel 37:12-14; Roman 8:8-11; John 11:1-45 (RCIA Readings) In the opening prayer of this Mass we heard the words: “Help us to embrace the world that you have given us, that we may transform the...
View ArticlePalm Sunday [C] 2016
Isaiah 50:4-7; Philippians 2:6-11; Luke 22-14:23 – 23:56 Once again the Book of Life is opened and the Liturgy calls us to recognize ourselves and recognize our God. Once again the Church places the...
View Article2nd Easter [C] 2016
Acts 5:12-16; Revelation 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19; John 20:19-31 There’s a lot of skepticism in our world these days. We are skeptical about the war in Iraq: Is it a war against radical Islamic...
View Article3rd Sun Easter [C] 2016
Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41; Revelation 5:11-14; John 21:1-19 Christ’s resurrection from the dead immediately caused controversy brought on by those who sought to suppress that event. That controversy...
View ArticleAbortion & Politics
Abortion & Politics (Revised) Posted on January 11, 2015 by Charles Irvin Jennifer Granholm, Freedom of Choice and Abortion or Black Slaves, Fetuses and the Law The stupendous American question of...
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Abortion & Politics (Revised) Posted on January 11, 2015 by Charles Irvin Jennifer Granholm, Freedom of Choice and Abortion or Black Slaves, Fetuses and the Law The stupendous American question of...
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