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26th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached September 29, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon There was a lady, now deceased, whom I knew many years ago. Shortly after my baptism at age 20 she commented on how she...
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24th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached September 15, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon During the course of history and in the world today we meet with two widespread, distorted images of God: the image of the angry...
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23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached September 8, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Powerful people in the world get together to make plans and pursue their agendas: We have the United Nations, the G-7 or G-20, the...
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22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached September 1, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Both today’s 1st reading and Gospel speak about the indispensable Christian virtue of humility. Without humility we have no connection to God; without humility...
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21st Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached August 25, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon As the parish priest of St. Peter’s I am here chiefly for the salvation of your souls. That is what the priesthood is about....
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20th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached August 18, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon I have some good news and some bad news, but in order to hear the good news we first need to receive the bad...
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19th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached August 11, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon The “Declaration of Independence” concludes with the words, “For the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence,...
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18th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached August 4, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Jesus once made a serious complaint about those who believe in him. He said that the children of this world are more prudent in...
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17th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached July 28, 2019; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon The word of God reveals to us a reality that is hidden from human eyes. So in today’s 1st reading God reveals to Abraham...
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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...