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Fr. Bob’s Homily – Thirty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus is king because He is what He is. Not a mere man, but the God-man, God with us, God in human form.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Thirty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time
November is a strange time of year. Trees have finally lost their leaves, but winter’s snow has not come full force.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Thirty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
A famous pediatric cancer doctor at a well-known children’s hospital in London was being given an award. He started the pediatric cancer research center, but he was also known for his kindness and compassion.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Thirty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
A man in his 30s came to St. Christopher’s Inn seeking help. He was a lawyer, and appeared successful. I asked him what made him come into treatment, and he replied that he been drinking for years and years.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
In our Gospel today we have a blind beggar, Bartimaeus, and he hears that Jesus is walking by. This is his chance, perhaps his only chance, to speak with this miracle worker.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
I’ve recently been meeting with college business students, and this is what they are saying: “I want to write my own ticket. High Tech is a wide-open field.”
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God. The disciples were amazed at Jesus’ words.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
On a serious subject like marriage, and a tragic one like divorce, you cannot be simplistic or judgmental. Divorce is everywhere, claiming almost half the marriages in our time.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
What did the passage from Mark mean back then, when it fell from the lips of Jesus? Jesus was not recommending mutilation.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
If I were to stop you and ask you to describe a successful person, I dare say most of you would think in terms of income. Success for most of us means income and wealth, and financial prosperity means success in our society.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Who Do You Say that I Am? There is an interesting question in today’s Gospel: Who do you say that I am? Have you ever tried to answer the question, who do you think Jesus is?
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Jesus seems to be doing some strange things. We read in the Gospel time and time again that Jesus just touched a person to cure them, or said, “Be cured. Your faith has made you whole.”
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
There is an old epic poem that some of us read in school called Beowulf. The story is about a warrior who battles monsters that are destroying lands and killing people because their joy disturbs the monster.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time
The question in this morning’s Gospel is one that every generation of believers has had to face at one time or another: will you also go away?
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Feast of the Assumption
Today's feast is about Mary's ascension into heaven. Frankly, we don't know much about the life of Mary. As a young teenager, a teenager who could not read or write, she was informed she was to be the mother of God.