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All Saints (to the students of St. Mary’s Academy)
Preached November 1, 2018; St. Peter’s Catholic Church, The Dalles (to the students of St. Mary’s Academy) Yesterday was Halloween. The word is short for “All Hallows Eve”. Just as Christmas Eve leads into Christmas...
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30th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached October 28, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon In today’s Gospel the blind beggar Bartimaeus begs Jesus for his sight, receives vision, and follows him upon the way to Jerusalem. Jesus tells...
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29th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached October 21, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon “This is the chalice of my Blood, the Blood of the new and eternal covenant, which will be poured out for you and for...
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28th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Preached October 14, 2018; St. Peter Catholic Church, The Dalles, Oregon “Always begin at the end”: That is a good rule for everything we do. In other words we always need a goal, we need...
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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....