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The Birth of St. John the Baptist
Today the Church celebrates the birth of St. John the Baptist. This is most extraordinary and should be the cause for wonderment. First, the Church regards this birth as so important that it takes precedence...
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11th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached June 17, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon God is a wise and provident Father; he has a plan, which embraces the whole scope of human history and human life. When we...
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10th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached June 10, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon The serpent tricked me into it, so I ate it. Since the time of Adam and Eve men and women have continually bought into,...
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Corpus Christi
Preached June 3, 2018: St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Jesus took great care in preparing for the Last Supper in which he gave us the sacrament of his Body and Blood. Jesus was...
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Trinity Sunday
Preached May 27, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Know and fix in your heart that the Lord is God in heavens above and on the earth below, and that there is no...
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Pentecost Sunday
Preached May 20, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon This year Pentecost Sunday coincides with ‘Commitment Sunday’ for the Bishop’s Annual Appeal. So in the larger context of Pentecost and the coming of...
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Ascension of the Lord
Preached Saturday evening, May 12, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Whenever we speak of Jesus Christ, we must always keep in mind that the one divine person, the Son of God, is...
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6th Sunday of Easter
Preached May 6, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Let us love one another, because love is of God. “Love” is a much abused word that seems to have the power to turn...
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4th Sunday of Easter
Preached April 22, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon In today’s 1st reading we heard St. Peter make a bold claim, one that scandalizes the world in which we live today, just as...
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3rd Sunday of Easter
Preached April 15, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon On Easter Sunday I spoke about the spooky quality of Jesus’ resurrection, a spooky quality that we are presented with in today’s Gospel. Indeed,...