Homilies from July, 2019

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Genesis 18:20-32; Colossians 2:12-14; Luke 11:1-13 “I’m sorry to bother you.”  All of us have heard or used that simple sentence.  It’s both an apology and an appeal.  It’s the...

16th Sunday in Ordinary Time

“Martha, Martha….” When we hear those words in today’s gospel reading, how many of us can hear our own names?  “John, John [or your name here], you are anxious and worried about many...

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Deuteronomy 30:10-14; Colossians 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37 The United States government recently informed Dr. Scott Warren that it was going to retry him on charges that he was harboring undocumented immigrants.  That was...

14th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Isaiah 66:10-14c; Galatians 6:14-18; Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 You may not know the Pareto Principle by name, but you have likely seen it in practice.  It is named after Frederico Damaso Pareto, a 19th century Italian...