Homily – Page 13 – Apology Analogy

Of Beetles, Bombs, & Believers: United We Conquer

January 21, 2017 Father Bernard J. Ezaki Homily

“I pray not only for them, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, so that they may all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I in you, that they also may be in us, that the world may believe that you sent

No Time to Waste

January 21, 2017 Father Bernard J. Ezaki Homily

Teach us to number our days aright, that we may gain wisdom of heart. –Psalm 90:12– I grew up during the era of television game shows. To Tell the Truth, Password, Let’s Make a Deal, Queen for a Day, Concentration, Truth or Consequences, The Match Game, I’ve Got a

Make Way for Babies

January 21, 2017 Father Bernard J. Ezaki Homily

He [viz. John the Baptist] went throughout [the] whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one crying out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way of

Joyce Makes a Choice: An Angelic Alternative

January 21, 2017 Father Bernard J. Ezaki Homily

My friend Joyce had been working as a chaplain at the state hospital for the mentally ill, some thirteen years ago, when the staff got the word that the facility would be closing. It was a gradual process, and every effort was made to find other places for the employees

Better than New

January 21, 2017 Father Bernard J. Ezaki Homily

In the 1996 movie The Preacher’s Wife, Denzel Washington plays the role of an angel named Dudley. One scene is a particular favorite of mine. A little boy, unaware that he is speaking to an angel, asks Dudley to fix a broken toy ambulance. Dudley takes the little vehicle, turns

Appreciation

January 21, 2017 Father Bernard J. Ezaki Homily

And wherever he [Jesus] went, into village or hamlet or town, they laid the sick in the market places, and entreated him to let them touch but the tassel of his cloak; and as many as touched him were saved. –Mark 6:56– Years ago, my friend Mary gave me

All that Glitters Is Not God: Another Look at the Sacrifice of Abraham

January 21, 2017 Father Bernard J. Ezaki Homily

I am a great fan of good children’s literature. One of my favorite books for young people is The Adventures of King Midas by the British author Lynne Reid Banks. Banks got a lot more notoriety for having written The Indian in the Cupboard

Ever So Gradually

January 21, 2017 Father Bernard J. Ezaki Homily

Jesus said to the crowds: “This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise night and day and through it all the seed would sprout and grow, he knows not how.

The Holy Bible: More Precious than Diamonds

January 21, 2017 Father Bernard J. Ezaki Homily

When I found your words, I devoured them: they became my joy and the happiness of my heart, because I bore your name, O Lord, God of hosts. –Jeremiah 15:16– For the word of God is a light to the mind and a fire to the will. It enables man

H.M.S. Incarnation

January 21, 2017 Father Bernard J. Ezaki Homily

For he [i.e. Christ] assumed at his first coming the lowliness of human flesh, and so fulfilled the design you formed long ago, and opened for us the way to eternal salvation…. –Preface I of Advent– Have you ever wondered how craftsmen are able to put model ships inside