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27th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached October 7, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Because Jesus Christ is the Son of God made man he has the authority to abrogate the permission that his servant Moses gave for...
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26th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached September 30, 2018; Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, South Euclid, Ohio Since I am just visiting here and don’t have to live with the consequences of my words I will be a little less...
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25th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached September 23, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon It is not often that we get a nearly identical Gospel reading on successive Sundays, but last week we heard Jesus announce his coming...
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24th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached September 16, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon In a very few words today’s Gospel teaches us three essential lessons: who Jesus is, what he does for us, and what is required...
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23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached September 9, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Things have been very difficult lately. It should be evident now that we are living in extraordinary times; it is not your imagination. Crazy...
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22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached September 1, 2018; St. Peter’s Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon In today’s Gospel, Jesus speaks severely to the scribes and Pharisees, the powerful leaders, saying, You disregard God’s commandment but cling to human tradition....
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21st Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached August 26, 2018, St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon I prepared my Sunday homily today before the morning news, before hearing about the very serious accusations made against the Pope and a number...
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20th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached August 19, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Wisdom has built her house. Before we talk about the house that Wisdom builds for herself, we need to talk a little about ‘Wisdom’....
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Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Preached August 15, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, body and soul, into heaven is the reality believed by the Church since the beginning, Indeed for...
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19th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached August 12, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Why was Elijah, the prophet, going out into the desert? Why was he so discouraged that he prayed for death? Only a short time...