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Monthly Archives: September 2007
Twenty-sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Back when I was in my early twenties, I was taking voice lessons. I had a really good teacher who taught me all the mechanics of voice as well as some music theory. He also tried to teach … Continue reading
Posted in Catholic Social Teaching, Homilies, Ordinary Time, Solidarity, The Church Year
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Ss. Raphael, Michael and Gabriel
Today’s readings: Tobit 5, Tobit 12, Revelation 12:7-12, Matthew 1:18-25 Celebrated in our parish church as a Solemnity today. This is very similar to the homily I gave to the school children last year on the Solemnity, amended a bit … Continue reading
Vigil of Ss. Raphael, Michael and Gabriel
Today’s readings: Tobit 5, Tobit 12, Revelation 12:7-12, Matthew 1:18-25 Today’s feast: Vigil of Ss. Raphael, Michael and Gabriel [Vigil Mass Celebrated for the School Children] What is a hero? The dictionary tells us that heroes are people of great … Continue reading
Tuesday of the Twenty-fifth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings Today’s Gospel reminds me of a sound bite for the evening news. Taken out of context, Jesus is denying his family. And not only that, but Jesus now has “brothers,” so what happened to the doctrine of the … Continue reading
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St. Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist
Today’s readings How wonderful for us to celebrate the feast of St. Matthew. Because Matthew was qualified to be a disciple of Jesus in much the same way that we are qualified to be disciples of Jesus-which is to say, … Continue reading
Ss. Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang & Companions, Martyrs
Today’s readings Korea was introduced to Christianity in the late 1500s when some Koreans were baptized, probably by Christian Japanese soldiers who invaded Korea at that time. It was not until the late 1700s that a priest managed to sneak … Continue reading
Wisdom Has Built Her House
Readings: Proverbs 9:1-6, 11, 10; Romans 11:33-36; Mark 6:1-6 A lecture presented to the CREEDS Scripture Study group, kicking off their study of Wisdom Literature and the Chronicler. I. What is Wisdom Literature? You’ll be treated this year in CREEDS … Continue reading
Posted in Scriptural Reflections, Scripture, Scripture Resources
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Tuesday of the Twenty-fourth Week of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings The little instruction of St. Paul to Timothy about bishops, women and deacons seems quaint. And it’s sure a relief to me because he doesn’t mention priests! Actually, he doesn’t mention priests because they were of course a … Continue reading
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Twenty-fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time
Today’s readings The Kingdom of God is about mercy, and forgiveness, and repentance, and reconciliation. The task of the Church is to call people to repentance, and to bring God’s mercy, and forgiveness, and reconciliation to the world. The task … Continue reading
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St. John Chrysostom
Today’s readings | Today’s saint St. John Chrysostom was known to be a prolific, well-spoken and challenging preacher. The name “Chrysostom” means “golden-mouthed.” He spoke eloquently of the Scriptures, of which he had an extensive understanding, and applied their words … Continue reading