Biblical Quiz, 20.09.26
The answers will be posted next week. Please try and do the quiz first without looking at the bible. Then try it, looking at the bible. See how you do!
Forgiveness and its Sacrament. Homily Notes, 13.09.26
How hard it can be to forgive! And yet the Lord commands us to forgive. For if we don’t forgive, we won’t be forgiven. It’s clear; it’s simple; it’s uncompromising. And, yes, it can demand heroism. The parable of the wicked tenant really elaborates the words of the Our Father:...
Fraternal Correction. Homily Notes, 06.09.26
The Lord assigns the Prophet Ezekiel two duties. First, to listen to God’s word about sin. It is not Ezekiel who decides what sin is or is not, but God. Second, in the light of that Word and in the strength of God’s holiness and love, Ezekiel is to go...
Our living sacrifice to God. Homily Notes, 30.08.26
“I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you...
Tu es Petrus. Homily Notes, 23.08.26
Someone could think that Jesus was having an identity crisis given his conversation with the disciples in today’s Gospel. But it was not an identity crisis about Himself. It was whether they were in crisis as to who He was. The human mind is not able to guess or grasp...
The Assumption: our common destiny. Homily Notes, 16.08.23
Mary of Nazareth first experienced God in her very own body when the Son of God was conceived in her womb. In a manner of speaking, you could say that that was the first time He assumed her body to Himself. Mary also experienced Him through her body during the...
The Pearl worth it all, 26.07.26.
It’s not that the two characters in these short parables didn’t value what they already had. It’s that they invested that value in something even greater. They didn’t throw away what they owned: they sold it. They were able to turn what was of lesser value into what was of...
