Homilies from July, 2018

God does a lot with a little

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2 Kings 4:42-44; Ephesians 4:1-6; John 6:1-15   It was 1929.    The United States and much of the world             were...

“You’re fired!”

Homily for July 22, 2018 (16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, B) Jeremiah 23:1-6; Psalm 23; Ephesians 2:13-28; Mark 6:30-34   “You’re fired!”   Those were the words most feared by contestants in a...

Vivir la Gran Comisión

Homilía del 15 de julio de 2018 (15º domingo del tiempo ordinario) Amos 7: 12-15, Salmo 85: 9-14; Efesios 1: 3-14; Marcos 6: 7-13   La semana pasada, nuestras lecturas de las Escrituras nos invitaron...

Our Common Call

Homily for July 8, 2018 (14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, B) Ezekiel 2:2-5; 2 Corinthians 12:7-10; Mark 6:1-6   In his classic Civil War novel, The Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane writes: ...