Sunday, July 19, 2015

God conquers division through intimate embrace – Mark 6:30-34, Eph 2:13-18

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OT 16, Yr C ; Sacred Heart parish. Do you ever wonder how the apostles felt?  They’d just come back from their first mission experience w...
Sunday, July 12, 2015

God heals through our dependency – Mark 6:7-13, Eph 1:3-10, Amos 7:12-17

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Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time ; Holy Cross parish. As a Brit living in America, I always find celebrating Independence Day a little o...
Sunday, July 5, 2015

God reaches out to us in the mundane – Mark 6:1-6a, 2 Cor 12:7-10, Ezek 2:2-5

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14th Sunday in Ordinary Time ; St. Adalbert's, South Bend.  (one English Mass; one Spanish). Jesus was amazed.  Jesus didn’t get amaz...
Sunday, June 21, 2015

Two weeks off preaching

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I have a couple of weekends (this and next) without any preaching commitments, as I transition to Notre Dame.  In July, I have parish assist...
Sunday, June 14, 2015

God gives surprising growth – Mark 4:26-34, Ezek 17:22-24

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11th Sunday of Ordinary Time ; last Masses at Holy Cross and St. Stanislaus parishes! For some reason that right now escapes me, I though...
Sunday, June 7, 2015

God joins Himself to us – Exod 24:3-8, Mark 14:12-26

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Corpus Christi, Year B ; Holy Cross parish. I have a confession to make: over the Easter season, I really enjoyed sprinkling all the wate...
Sunday, May 31, 2015

God brings us into His divine Life – Deut 4:32-40, Rom 8:14-17, Matt 28:16-20

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Trinity Sunday, Year B (baptisms during Mass) -- Holy Cross parish “The Lord is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.”  That’...