Fr. Bob’s Homily – 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
This Gospel today reminded me of words from the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa: “Sometimes, we must forgive in order to live.”
Fr. Bob’s Homily – 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
We hear a dark message from Jesus today. He is not the sweet Jesus we’ve come to know. He is brutally honest and straightforward: “I am going to Jerusalem to suffer and die.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
Not many people are honest enough or brave enough to ask the question in today’s Gospel. Just think about you asking some friend, or perhaps, more courageously some enemy, “Who do you say that I am? What do people think of me?” Or take a step forward and ask yourself, “Who am I?”
Fr. Bob’s Homily – 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
We have a dramatic scene in today’s Gospel. Jesus and His disciples are walking along and a woman comes up to them, in hysterics. She is crying with the intensity of a mother whose child needs help. She is not a Jew, but she must have heard of this Wonder Worker who cures people.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
On a dark winter night in a small Midwest community, the two-story home of a young family caught fire. The parents and children made their way through the smoke-filled home to the outside.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Feast of the Transfiguration
Today we read the story of the Transfiguration. I often wonder why the Apostles were so surprised by what they saw on that mountain. They discovered - beyond, behind and within - the Man they had known for so long. It was a moment of insight.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Some time ago, a magazine ran a story about a teenager who belongs to the Santa Clara swimming club. Every morning she gets up at 5:30 a.m. to hurry to an outdoor pool for two solid hours of swimming, after which, she goes to school.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time
When Jesus interpreted the parable of the weeds, He talked about the world with good and evil people. He specified that the task of weeding questionable people out of the community was not part of the disciples’ job description.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today, we have a sower who went out to sow seeds. According to the parable, he wasn’t very careful. He tosses the seeds wildly, helter skelter. All over they fall on exposed soil. First rocky, thorn choked soil and then, almost by accident rich soil.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Two men sit in a bar. They’re good friends, like brothers. After a few drinks, one says to the other, “Tell me what hurts me.” The other replies, “How do I know what hurts you?” The first man replies, “If you do not know what hurts me, how can you be my best friend?”