Homilies from July, 2016

Let’s remember what our business really is

July 30, 2016
Homily for July 31, 2016 (18th Sunday of Ordinary Time) Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23; Psalm 90; Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11; Luke 12:13-21 It may seem a little odd to speak about Charles Dickens’ classic tale A Christmas Carol...

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Prayer is something we are taught

July 23, 2016
Homily for July 24, 2016 (17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, C) Genesis 18:20-32; Psalm 138; Colossians 2:2-14; Luke 11:1-8 The first prayer I can remember saying is one that I offered on my knees at the side of my bed, with my...

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Are we willing to pay attention?

July 16, 2016
Homily for July 17, 2016 (16th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Genesis 18:1-10a; Psalm 15; Colossians 1:24-28; Luke 10:38-42 When I first began to see the commercials and trucks for the online grocer Peapod over twenty years ago, I...

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Celebrate God’s love and mercy every day

July 9, 2016
Homily for July 10, 2016 (15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, C) Deuteronomy 30:10-14; Psalm 69; Colossians 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37 43 years since the Supreme Court of the United States held in Roe v. Wade that women in our country...

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