Baccalaureate Homily for the Class of 2004, Bethlehem Catholic High School Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Trinity Sunday, 6 June 2004 Today the Church celebrates the Feast of the Most Blessed Trinity. When I talk about the Trinity, I normally use a doctrinal formula: In the
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Now while they were talking of these things, Jesus stood in their midst, and said to them, “Peace to you! It is I, do not be afraid.” –Luke 24:36– When it was late that same day, the first of the week, though the doors where the disciples gathered had been
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A Homily for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A I love murder mysteries. Perhaps this is because, like many fans of the genre, I have a heightened sense of justice. I want to see the bad guy get his comeuppance. I want to see the murderer
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A sower went out to sow. –Matthew 13:3– Seeds come in many different varieties. I have here, ladies and gentlemen, a bag of sesame seeds. I love them sprinkled on a bagel, but they can sure be annoying. Whenever I eat a sesame seed bagel I usually get one or
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A Homily for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor
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Go and show him his fault, between thee and him alone. –Matthew 18:15– I shall never forget the first time I met Cindy Gibson way back in our Moravian College days. She very discretely told me that I had something green on my front tooth! I liked her then
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A Homily Delivered 7 December 2014 for the Second Sunday of Advent (Year B) December 7, 1941, “a day that will live in infamy,” a day that marks our country’s entry into World War II due to the bombing of Pearl Harbor by the Japanese. Today, seventy-three years later,
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Character is who you are when you think no one is looking. –Dr. Laura Schlessinger– Of all the personal testimonies confided to me, I find none more compelling than the one related here. Decades later, I have written it down as best as I can recall, with the permission
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None but I makes much of naught. –Francis Thompson, The Hound of Heaven– When I was growing up in Allentown, Pennsylvania, during the 1960’s, a man who lived down the street from our family happened to be a fishing buddy of none other than Ted Williams, the retired left fielder
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Garrison Keillor and his Hopeful Gospel Quartet perform a wonderful song entitled, Life Is a Ballgame. Here are some of the lyrics: Life is a ballgame Bein’ played each day. Life is a ballgame Everybody can play. You know, Jesus standing at the home plate He’s awaitin’ for you there.
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