by [email protected] | Mar 5, 2024 | Homily Blog
Deacon Ray Ortman - "I AM A JEALOUS GOD" When I first learned about the Ten Commandments as a child, it bothered me to think that God could be jealous. Jealousy seems such a negative emotion — easily capable of getting out of hand or pushing us to take extreme...
by [email protected] | Mar 1, 2024 | Faith in Uncertainty News, Homily Blog
The Transfiguration When Peter saw the transfigured Jesus revealed in his glory on the mountain that day his mind races with the possibilities. “I always knew Jesus was special but now I can see him for the rock star he is. His career is going to take off. And I want...
by [email protected] | Mar 1, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
John 2:13-25 Lead in: As the expression goes, pain not is transmitted. We saw that played out in ugly ways in the burning of the cities that occurred after the death of George Floyd.The injustice of the death of an innocent black man led to the injustice of the...
by [email protected] | Feb 19, 2024 | Homily Blog
Fr. Bob White - The Desert This week we are looking at Mark’s account of Jesus in the desert. It’s very brief. It just says that the “Spirit drove Jesus into the desert. He remained there forty days tempted by Satan.” In Mathew and Luke, we have a more detailed about...
by [email protected] | Feb 19, 2024 | Pondering With Prompts
Mark 9:2-10 Lead in: When Peter saw Jesus transfigured before him on the mountain that day, he thought Jesus was destined for greatness. Jesus was destined for greatness, but not in the way Peter was hoping it’d be. If they were to follow Jesus to glory, it would be a...