Homilies from January, 2018

Quiet!

Homily for January 28, 2019 (4th Sunday in Ordinary Time) Deuteronomy 18:15-20; 1 Corinthians 7:32-35; Mark 1: 21-38 Last weekend an estimated 300,000 people gathered in Grant Park here in Chicago for a Women’s...

Time is always running out

Homily for January 21, 2018 (3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time) Jonah 3:1-5, 10; 1 Corinthians 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-20 What would you do if you received the following text message on your smart phone? BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT...

“Here I am, you called me.”

Homily for January 14, 2018 (2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time) 1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19; 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20; John 1:35-42 “Here I am, you called me.” That was the response of young Samuel when he thought he...

We are all God’s children

Homily for January 7, 2018 (The Epihany of the Lord) Isaiah 60:1-6; Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12 They call it La Bestia in Spanish.  In English it’s “The Beast,” the network of freight trains...