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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What name do YOU give to describe Jesus? 24th B
For the four years I taught high school, I was perpetually puzzled (some might say clueless) about the words students used to describe their dating relationships. Were you seeing each other, dating, just going out, going steady, or what?
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Do you have selective hearing/selective speaking? 23rd B
No one chooses to be deaf. Nor do they chose to have a speech impediment. Or at least so I would like to think. And yet, when I am honest, I realize there are times when I choose both.
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Have you cleaned out your ‘fridge lately? 22nd Sunday Year B
Though the refrigerator in the rectory is pretty much common property for the staff, Fr. Johnson and me, the bottom crisper drawer is kind of my territory – for things I use for cooking, and leftovers that I don’t want Fr. J. to find and eat. So, as I was putting away some food, I…
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Why do you stay a disciple? 21st Sunday, Cycle B 2018
Fr. Barry Moriarity C.M., the dean of formation at the seminary back in my day, once said this: “If you want to leave the seminary, you will find a reason to do so. It might be the ‘no facial hair’ part of the dress code or the celibacy demanded of priests; it might be the…
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How do you pray during these difficult times? 20th Sunday B 2018
Dear God, Sometimes I get so angry at your church. So angry! “Horrific.” “Sickening.” “Despicable.” “Intrinsically Evil.” I don’t have a big enough vocabulary to find words for my feelings of being scandalized.
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What is your favorite energy food/snack? 19th Sunday, Year B
These are times your body says: I NEED SOMETHING! I need some energy to sustain me, to take care of me. I need something to replace the electrolytes or restore the energy that has been sapped form me.