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Fr. Bob’s Weekly Reflections

1 Sep 2019

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Do Not Take The Seat of Honor

September 1, 2019
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
Our gospel today is the third instance in which Luke tells us that Jesus ate with the Pharisees. It must have been an unusual event.  Luke says that they watched him closely. However, it seems that Jesus was also observing them. He gently teases the other guests about what he had observed.
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25 Aug 2019

Fr. Bob’s Homily – The Narrow Door of Commitment

August 25, 2019
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
Discipline is a bad word, none of us really like it; it conjures up something arduous and painful. To choose a life of discipline is to choose the narrow way.
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18 Aug 2019

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 18, 2019
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
It is always a temptation to preach the Gospel of Jesus in a selective manner.
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11 Aug 2019

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 11, 2019
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
There is a novel called The Man Who Lost Himself; in one scene the main character of the story trails a man to Paris.
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4 Aug 2019

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

August 4, 2019
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
One day long ago, someone interrupted Jesus with a question any of us might find ourselves asking. Parents had died and there is an estate to settle.
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28 Jul 2019

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 28, 2019
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
In Eugene O’Neill’s play, “The Great God Brown,” we see a man on his deathbed and he is frightened.
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21 Jul 2019

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 21, 2019
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
In some ways, this Martha and Mary story can be annoying to many of us. You do not want to be seen as too much like Martha; ignoring the guest or like passive Mary.
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14 Jul 2019

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 14, 2019
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
We hear about a famous road in today’s gospel, the road to Jericho. The road from Jerusalem to Jericho was a favorite haunt for robbers and outlaws.
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7 Jul 2019

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

July 7, 2019
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
In the first reading, Isaiah tells us in graphic language what Jerusalem meant to the Jews. It was the center of worship, the center of their lives.
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30 Jun 2019

Fr. Bob’s Homily – Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

June 30, 2019
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Fr. Bob's Weekly Reflections
It is obvious from today’s gospel that Jesus is not promising us a rose garden. He cannot even promise His followers a place to lay their heads.
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