October 6, 2024

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September 29, 2024

TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – B Numbers 11:25-29 James 5:1-6 Mark 9:38-48 More or less. As human beings there are some things we want more of and some things we want less of. There probably isn’t one of us who would complain if we had a little more money. Many Americans would be better… Read More »

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September 22, 2024

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September 15, 2024

TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – B Isaiah 50:4-9 James 2:14-18 Mark 8:27-35 On the light pole across the street from the Church on Wabash someone has posted some fliers. (I’ve seen them in other places around the city as well.) The fliers highlight the Maya Angelou quote: ‘When someone shows you who they are,… Read More »

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September 8, 2024

TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – B Isaiah35:4-7 James 2:1-5 Mark 7:31-37 Society puts a great value on those who speak well. Politicians, news reporters, actors, comedians, business leaders, guests on late night shows are all expected to be articulate, to speak in clear and compelling ways. They study public speaking, go through extensive training,… Read More »

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September 1, 2024

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August 25, 2024

TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Joshua 24:1-2,15-18 Ephesians 5:21-32 John 6:60-69 The new space telescope, the James Webb, has given humanity an astounding vision of the universe. There are somewhere in the neighborhood of two trillion galaxies, ten times more than we could see with the Hubble Telescope, each with about a hundred billion stars… Read More »

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August 18, 2024

TWENTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – B Proverbs 9:1-6 Ephesians 5:15-20 John 6:51-58 A childhood memory: I come home from school and find some Utz potato chips that I happily start munching on. My mother sees this and says, put those chips away. You’ll spoil your supper. I try to reason with her that I’m… Read More »

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August 11, 2024

NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – B 1 Kings 19:4-8 Ephesians 4:30-5:2 John 6:41-51 If you’re going to talk the talk, you’d better walk the walk. What you do shouts so loudly I can’t hear what you are saying. Show me, don’t tell me. Actions speak louder than words. The world is changed by your… Read More »

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August 4, 2024

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