A Homily for the Second Week in Ordinary Time, Year A John the Baptist saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.” –John 1:29– In our Gospel today, Saint John the Baptist identifies Jesus as “the
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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 the Fourth Sunday of Lent, Year B Imagine you’ve been in bed for a few days due to the flu. You are on your way to recovery, but you still feel lousy. Your room reeks of sickness and needs to be aired out. The waste can
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A Homily for the 29th Sunday in Ordinary time, Year A This past Monday night, as I was coming back to my rectory from a Forty Hours celebration at Saint Theresa’s Church in Hellertown, the young man who happened to be driving me slowed his car and then came to
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A Homily for the Second Sunday of Advent, Year A Jesuit priest Father Mark Link tells this story: John was a contractor for a construction company. To increase his personal income, he routinely cheated on materials that went into the homes he built. He was so adept
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And a leper came to him, entreating him, and kneeling down he said, “If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.” –Mark 1:40– Once, when I was about eight or nine years old, I said to my sister Marybeth, “Hey, Marybeth! Wouldn’t it be neat if we couldn’t feel
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