2023 Homilies
July through December
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July 2, 2023
July 9, 2023
July 16, 2023
July 23, 2023
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
July 30, 2023
August 6, 2023
August 13, 2023
August 20, 2023
August 27, 2023
September 3, 2023
September 10, 2023
September 17, 2023
September 24, 2023
October 1, 2023
October 8, 2023
October 15, 2023
October 22, 2023
October 29, 2023
November 5, 2023
November 12, 2023
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
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“'The kingdom of heaven can be likened to ten attendants.'” This is the line that stuck out to me in our Jesus parable this morning. Because Jesus didn’t say that the kingdom of heaven is like 'five wise attendants.' He said 'ten attendants.' This tells me that the attendants Jesus calls foolish are in the kingdom of God, too. This is so good, because it means that there is room for us. Because as much as we’d like to always be the wise ones– the ones who have it together, the ones who brought the extra oil, the ones who were prepared for anything- we aren’t always those people."
November 19, 2023
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
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"Remember, when we search for wisdom, we’ll find it, because it’s also searching for us. And if we open our eyes to kindness and to good works, we’ll find those too. I would argue that wisdom and good works may just be one and the same. And, when we spot them, we have a choice. We can make the observation and ignore it, bury it in the sand, or, see it for the 5000 dollar gift that it is, take it to heart, and start doing it too, multiplying its plenty."
November 26, 2023
December 3, 2023
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If Christmas is the celebration of the arrival of a child, then advent has parallels to the pregnancy leading up to that birth. In today’s Gospel reading, Jesus says “Be watchful! Be alert! You do not know when the time will come.” What we do know is that once the baby is born unto all of us, our lives will never be the same.
December 10, 2023
December 17, 2023
December 24, 2023
Fourth Sunday of Advent
December 25, 2023
December 25, 2023
December 31, 2023