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Fr. Bob’s Weekly Reflections

16 May 2021

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Seventh Sunday of Easter

May 16, 2021
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
In our Gospel today we read the prayer of Jesus the night before He died. It is the longest prayer in the Bible.
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9 May 2021

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Sixth Sunday of Easter

May 9, 2021
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
In Graham Greene’s novel “The Power and the Glory,” the unlikely hero is a priest. He is caught by the revolutionary Mexican government and condemned to be shot.
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2 May 2021

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Fifth Sunday of Easter

May 2, 2021
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
Most of us have a natural aversion to spiders. Rather than marvel at a delicately woven web in the corner of a room, we cannot wait to destroy it.
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25 Apr 2021

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Fourth Sunday of Easter

April 25, 2021
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
The Good Shepherd - Carole King wrote some lyrics in a song that could be applied to our Gospel of the Good Shepherd: “Looking out on the morning rain, I used to feel so uninspired.
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18 Apr 2021

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Third Sunday of Easter

April 18, 2021
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
Bette Midler in her song, “The Rose” sings, “It’s the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance. It’s the dream afraid of waking that never takes a chance. And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live.”
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11 Apr 2021

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Second Sunday of Easter

April 11, 2021
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
Many years ago there was a movie called the “Seventh Seal.” In one scene, death takes the form of a human person, and appears to a man.
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4 Apr 2021

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Easter Sunday

April 4, 2021
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
Upfront, it is hard for me to resist preaching a sentimental homily about butterflies and bunnies or a family Easter Sunday that would send you home smiling.
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28 Mar 2021

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Palm Sunday

March 28, 2021
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
Today we start the holiest week of the year, and the week moves from Sunday to Saturday. The mood of the gathered assembly will also move, from adulation and adoration to murder, mourning, and mayhem.
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21 Mar 2021

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Fifth Sunday in Lent

March 21, 2021
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
We hear in our gospel today about some people who have come to Jerusalem for the Passover. They have heard about this miracle worker Jesus.
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14 Mar 2021

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Fourth Sunday in Lent

March 14, 2021
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
Many years ago there was a song performed by a man named Meatloaf. The chorus of the song went like this: “I want you, I need you, but there ain’t no way I’m ever going to love you. But don’t be sad, don’t be sad, ‘cause two out of three ain’t bad.”
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