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18th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached August 5, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Today’s readings invite us to compare the manna that was given to the Israelites as food in the desert with Jesus Christ who is...
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17th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Jesus’ miracle of the multiplication of loaves, from which we have heard today, following St. John’s Gospel, leads into Jesus’ ‘Bread of Life’ discourse, from which we will hear in the Sundays ahead. The miracle...
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14th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached July 8, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon Last Sunday, if you remember, we heard in the Gospel about the woman who had suffered a flow of blood for twelve years, who...
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13th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached July 1, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon The word ‘Gospel’ means ‘good news’, though that is a rather weak rendering of the real meaning. Still, it is clear that life...
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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...