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30th Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 23, 2022 I want to return to the question that ended our Gospel last Sunday: “When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?” “¿Creen que encontrará fe sobre la tierra?” Because we have been made in the image and likeness of God, there will always be faith! As human beings,Continue reading “30th Sunday in Ordinary Time“
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time
October 16, 2022 Often, I hear Catholics say: “I am praying very hard for this or that to happen in my life.” I think that this means that the person is being consumed or preoccupied by something, is seeking relief or a good outcome. I think it also means that they are saying prayers, seekingContinue reading “29th Sunday in Ordinary Time“
Short Homily #3 from Fr. Mangini’s European Pilgrimage
October 2022 Intro From Spain to Prague in 1556 and around the world, the devotion to the Infant of Prague venerating the childhood of Jesus has spread. I was introduced to the statue at Queen of All Saints School in 1949 where it stood atop a tall pedestal, gold and crowned in liturgical colors –Continue reading “Short Homily #3 from Fr. Mangini’s European Pilgrimage“
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Manifesting in Biblical Times – “Write the vision down clearly, for the vision still has its time, presses on to fulfillment, and will not disappoint”
October 2, 2022 When the apostles ask Jesus “to increase their faith” for what are they asking? “Faith” is not a product or a better result or a protective charm or a spiritual vitamin or an idea or a system of thought??? Is it something that God does to help us? Or is it somethingContinue reading “27th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Manifesting in Biblical Times – “Write the vision down clearly, for the vision still has its time, presses on to fulfillment, and will not disappoint”“
Short homily No. 1 from Oberammergau Passion Play Pilgrimage
October 4, 2022 Introduction More than St. Francis of Assisi, October 4 is always a special day for me, as I remember the 85th wedding anniversary of my parents, Raymond and Margaret in Concord, California at Queen of All Saints Church in 1936. I would be born in 1940. A wedding day, a future life,Continue reading “Short homily No. 1 from Oberammergau Passion Play Pilgrimage“
26th Sunday
September 25, 2022 I re-read the last sentence of last week’s gospel: “You cannot serve both God and Mammon.” In Aramaic, the word “mammon” refers to money, wealth and possessions. Medieval Christians regarded the word as the name of a demon who lead people to covetousness, a desire to have and keep and amass moreContinue reading “26th Sunday “
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jesus invites us after a shockwave to put our ingenuity to work, to walk through positive possibilities with the help of others who will appear
9/18/22 We have to work. We need a job that is fair and pays well. We need money. We need a career which fulfills our life. We need relationships that complement and fulfill ourselves as human beings. We need values. We set priorities. We need our families and our human relationships. We need to beContinue reading “28th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Jesus invites us after a shockwave to put our ingenuity to work, to walk through positive possibilities with the help of others who will appear”
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Tame our ego, look for the truth, have some personal discipline and invite God to help
September 11, 2022 As a younger child, I used to go to “confession” every Saturday night, and I repeated the same sins of fighting with my brothers and sister and disobeying my parents – for years. I did not substitute a molten calf for Jesus in the blessed sacrament. I was not a “stiff neckedContinue reading “24th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Tame our ego, look for the truth, have some personal discipline and invite God to help”
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Thoughts on Humility
August 28, 2022 One of the things that I find most difficult to do as a priest is to sit at a head table or at “the” most special seat of honor. I understand “the special seat” as a sign of love and affection and that it is a sign of thanks and admiration. WhileContinue reading “22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time: Thoughts on Humility“
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Heaven is God’s Gift to Us
August 21, 2022 The first thing/idea that strikes my attention is the question that someone asked Jesus. Maybe it was the Gospel writer or maybe the Gospel writer had heard the question asked many times: “Lord, will only a few be saved?” Hmmm, I thought to myself: I went back several Sundays – questions? Jesus’Continue reading “18th Sunday in Ordinary Time: Heaven is God’s Gift to Us”
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