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26th Sunday in Ordinary Time | 26º dom. del tiempo ordinario

Ezekiel 18:25-28; Philippians 2:1-11; Matthew 21:28-32 In September 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated. As our nation reeled from shock and sorrow, his Vice President, Theodore Roosevelt, became the...

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time | 25º domingo del tiempo ordinario

Isaiah 55:6-9; Philippians 1:20c-24, 27a; Matthew 20:1-16a This past New Year’s Eve, Danielle Franzani was working as a server at the Thunder Bay River Restaurant in Alpena, Michigan. A single mother and recovering...

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time | 24º domingo del tiempo ordinario

Homily for September 13, 2020  Sirach 27:30-28:7; Romans 14:7-9; Matthew 18:21-35 The United States is bordered by two oceans, the Atlantic and Pacific. But it is covered in a sea of red ink. The federal...

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time | 23º domingo del tiempo ordinario

Ezekiel 33:7-9; Romans 13:8-10; Matthew 18:15-20 The triple-digit temperatures that are forecast this weekend in the Santa Ynez Valley are hopefully the last we will see until next year. We pray that they are the last gasp...