by [email protected] | Dec 6, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
Luke 21:25-28, 34-36 Lead in: In Luke 21, Jesus talks of the signs that speak of the hard times to come. Is he predicting the end of the world? There has always been great curiosity about the second coming of Christ. When is it and how will it happen? These are two...
by [email protected] | Dec 6, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
John 18:33b-37 Lead in: Pilate was suspicious of this Jesus who he’d heard so much about. Like Pilate, we can be suspicious of people based on what we’ve heard about them.Prompt : Reflect on a time when you met someone who you were suspicious of based on what you had...
by [email protected] | Nov 18, 2024 | Homily Blog
The Fig Tree - Fr. Bob My nephew is a sophomore in high school. He plays football. He admits he’s not the most athletic guy on the team. But he’s okay with that. He just likes being on the team and working hard at it. This season he took quite a beating on the scout...
by [email protected] | Nov 17, 2024 | Homily Blog
First Things First - Deacon Ray The widow of Zaraphath and her son were starving. There was a famine in the land, announced by Elijah because of the idolatry of wicked King Ahab. For six months it hadn’t rained a drop. Elijah also was hungry and thirsty when he...
by [email protected] | Nov 5, 2024 | Homily Blog
Believing is Seeing - Deacon Ray All four of the Gospels report that Jesus restored sight to the blind. It appears that Jesus did so on multiple occasions. Only Mark’s Gospel gives the name of one of these blind men: Bartimaeus, a name which means “honorable son.” ...