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Can You Drink the Cup?: March 2014
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Can You Drink the Cup? My wanderings and wonderings along the road as a Priest of Jesus Christ. Gabriel's Steps to Evangelization. Homily for the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord. This may seem like an overwhelming task at first, but when we look at the example Gabriel gives to us in today’s Gospel, it’s really not that difficult. Step One: Be open to the will of God. Step Two: Meet people where they are at. Step Three: Tell the Good News. Step Four: Allow the people time to respond. Give the pe...
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Can You Drink the Cup?: January 2015
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Can You Drink the Cup? My wanderings and wonderings along the road as a Priest of Jesus Christ. The Homiliy that Never Was. I w rot e this homily to preach. Homily for the 2. Sunday in Ordinary Time. You walk along our shoreline, where land meets unknown sea,. We hear your voice of power, “Now come and follow me. And if you still will follow through storm and wave and shoal,. Then I will make you fishers, but of the human soul.”. You call us, Christ, to gather the people of the earth. This is something t...
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Can You Drink the Cup?: February 2014
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Can You Drink the Cup? My wanderings and wonderings along the road as a Priest of Jesus Christ. Homily for the Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time. My brothers and sisters, two words could sum up our First Reading, Responsorial Psalm and Gospel for today: “mercy” and “justice”. And while the theme of mercy prevails in today’s Scripture passages, one quickly realizes that you cannot have mercy if you don’t have justice. Think about these words of Saint Philip Neri:. For there are three ways of performing an a...
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Can You Drink the Cup?: Restlessness
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Can You Drink the Cup? My wanderings and wonderings along the road as a Priest of Jesus Christ. Homily for the 5. Sunday in Ordinary Time. In our First Reading, Job, in his desolation, recites:. I am filled with restlessness until the dawn. Fast forward a few millennia, and the great Bishop and Doctor of the Church, Saint Augustine of Hippo, writes in his Confessions. You have made us for Yourself, O God, and our hearts are restless until they rest in You. In dealing with this spiritual restlessness, the...
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Can You Drink the Cup?: September 2014
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Can You Drink the Cup? My wanderings and wonderings along the road as a Priest of Jesus Christ. Tomorrow is an exciting day for me. I leave for a pil grimage t o Ireland and Scotland. I haven't been to these countr ies yet, and so am glad to have this opportunity. And so, with only about twenty-four hours to go until I leave, there's still stuff to do - for the parish and for the trip. All will be well. I'm not worried about it. I'd like to give a lake of beer to God. I'd love the heavenly. I'd like the ...
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Can You Drink the Cup?: January 2014
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Can You Drink the Cup? My wanderings and wonderings along the road as a Priest of Jesus Christ. The Joy of the Gospel. Last evening, I had the opportunity to speak at the North Hills Theology on Tap on the subject of Pope Francis' Apostolic Exhortation, Evangelii Gaudium. The Joy of the Gospel". And it's readable . . . so I would recommend that you do! The Joy of the Gospel". Presentation to the North Hills Theology on Tap. Monday, 27 January 2014. Opening sentence sets the tone for the work: "The joy of...
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Can You Drink the Cup?: August 2014
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Can You Drink the Cup? My wanderings and wonderings along the road as a Priest of Jesus Christ. To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”. Homily for the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time. And I had to agree with him. This does seem to be one of the Gospel passages that we hear most frequently. Perhaps that’s because it’s one of the stories from the Gospels that we know so well. As Catholics, we say a lot of things; we use a lot of ...
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Can You Drink the Cup?: Authority
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Can You Drink the Cup? My wanderings and wonderings along the road as a Priest of Jesus Christ. Homily for the 4. Sunday in Ordinary Time. 8220;You know, Father,” my friend said to me, “we’re supposed to be the clay, not God. Yet our society tries to mold God into whatever we think He’s supposed to be. We cannot mold God; God is to mold us for whatever it is He needs us. Need to learn to become subordinate to the will of God in our lives.”. And this is so very true for us in Twenty-First Century America.
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Can You Drink the Cup?: November 2014
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Can You Drink the Cup? My wanderings and wonderings along the road as a Priest of Jesus Christ. Watching, Waiting, Anticipating. Homily for the 1st Sunday of Advent. It’s the feeling that a child has in wanting to open his presents on Christmas day. It’s the feeling that a young couple has going on their first date. It’s the feeling that a bride and groom share on their wedding day, imaging a lifetime spent together. Joan Jett, the rock guitarist and singer from my youth, is to have once said,. 8220;Nobo...
