A Homily for the Thirty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups. –George Carlin– Some of you may be familiar with the Texan comedian Bill Engvall. He does a routine in which he says: I just hate stupid people. They should
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A Homily for Trinity Sunday As part of my classroom lesson on the Trinity, I would give my high school sophomores the following instructions: “Using six lines of exactly the same length, construct four equilateral triangles of exactly the same size.” Well, the kids would take out their paper,
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A Homily for January 1 Father Bernard J. Ezaki A few years ago when my friend Ken came to visit me from Nebraska, I was not all that concerned about the flight by which he had arrived—what kind of plane he had taken; whether he had flown first or
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After all the people had been baptized and Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, heaven was opened and the Holy Spirit descended upon him in bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.” –Luke
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