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14th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached July 7, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Last Sunday we heard how Jesus resolutely determined to journey to Jerusalem, where he knew that he would be crucified and rise again from...
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13th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached June 30, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Just as Jesus determined resolutely to journey to Jerusalem, where he knew that he was to be crucified, knowing also that he would rise...
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Corpus Christi Sunday
Preached June 23, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Let me start with a little comment about Melchizedek, about whom we heard in today’s 1st reading and Psalm, so that when I mention...
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Trinity Sunday
Preached June 16, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon An ancient creed in use in the Catholic Church and, until the 1970s, recited by priests every Sunday morning, begins: “Whoever wishes to be...
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Pentecost Sunday
Preached June 9, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon As we have just heard, on the day of Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came upon the Apostles and disciples in the form of tongues...
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Ascension of the Lord
Preached June 2, 2019 The last two Sundays, following the readings, I have spoken about the New Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from God; I also spoke about the mini-Jerusalem that is established...
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6th Sunday of Easter
Preached May 26, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Last Sunday I spoke about the new heaven and the new earth, the new Jerusalem that comes down out of heaven from God –...
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5th Sunday of Easter
Preached May 19, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Today’s 2nd reading gives us a vision of unsurpassed beauty; it is the beauty of hope that is perfectly fulfilled; it is the beauty...
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4th Sunday of Easter
Preached May 11, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Let me start off today with an advertisement. We have a parish subscription for “Formed”, which is a sort of Catholic “Netflix”, with an...
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Divine Mercy Sunday
Preached April 28. 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Today’s 1st reading seems most unreal; because of its unreality it could seem a rebuke to the Catholic Church and even a challenge to...