Homilies
Since we are live streaming masses, and those masses are available online afterwards, I am not publishing my homilies in print, as you can watch/hear them on our recorded live stream HERE.
Thanks for your understanding.
Fr. Bill
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Will you dare to pray the Bartimaeus prayer? 30th B 2018
He is a lonely figure, Bartimaeus, sitting there by the roadside. Sitting there as life passes him by. Not even a bystander, but a by-sitter in the drama of life.
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Have you ever ridden shotgun? 29th Sun. B
Growing up, there were few cries that evoked more of a firestorm than the simple words: “I’ve got Shotgun!” “No fair!” “You had it last time.” “You have to wait until we’re outside to call that!”
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Have you ever gone away sad? 28th Sun. B
The gospels are often frustrating to me in that they never tell what I think are the important details in a lot of the stories. Today’s is no exception to that rule. I want to know WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?
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What is the first “not good” thing that God discovered in the creation of the world? 27th Sun. B
As you know, there are two stories of creation in the book of genesis. The first is the one we most often think about – the 6 days of creation and the day of rest at the end. And, like a refrain to each of those days we hear the words: And God saw that…
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Have you ever tried to protect God? 26th Sunday, B
Today’s readings in part are all about limits. The boundaries and limits that we put on God and the boxes we put Him in so as to control him. God could only speak to Israel through Moses…
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Do you remember the first name of the waiter/waitress from your most recent trip dining out? Or the name of the custodian at work? 25th Sunday B
His name was Mr. Sommers. He was the maintenance man at the seminary high school. You’d see him in the gym and the hallways and corridors with his buckets and mops and rags. Polishing statues of the saints. Cleaning up the….