Homilies from January, 2019
Third Sunday in ordinary time
January 26, 2019
Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-11; 1 Corinthians 12:12-30; Luke 1:1-4, 4:14-21
Proclamation is provocation. When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, DC over 55 years ago, he...
Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
January 19, 2019
Isaiah 62:1-5; 1 Corinthians 12:4-11; John 2:1-11
I was at Midway Airport on Tuesday for a flight to Montana. I noticed that I and many other passengers did something that we normally don’t think of as we rush to...
The Baptism of Our Lord
January 12, 2019
Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7; Acts 10:34-38; Luke 3:15-16. 21-22
If someone asked you, “Are you anointed?” how would you answer?
Hopefully with a simple, “Yes, thank you.” It may seem presumptuous or...
Solemnity—Epiphany of the Lord
January 6, 2019
Isaiah 60:1-6; Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12
Nancy Gibbs, a veteran journalist and the first woman to serve as Editor-in-Chief of
Time magazine, once remarked:
We know what the birth of a revolution looks like: A...