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Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Many parents can identify with the gospel today. Jesus is not speaking about wayward children. He is speaking about the Chief Priests and the Elders.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
We have a very beautiful first reading from Isaiah. My thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Over 80 members of his family died in a Nazi concentration camp. He saw his own mother machine-gunned right in front of him.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
It is said that the only person who can hurt us is someone we love and the deeper the love the worse the hurt.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-Second 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...
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-First 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...
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
We have a dramatic scene it today’s gospel. Jesus and the disciples are walking along and a hysterical woman comes up to them.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
In our gospel today Jesus says to Peter, “Come.” It is a simple invitation, one that Jesus gives us daily. The same one He offered to the rich young man...
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
And Jesus said, “Give them some food yourselves.” The disciples protested, “Five loaves and two fish are all we have.” And Jesus said, “Bring them to me.”
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Seventeenth 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 am to hurry to an outdoor pool for two solid hours of swimming, after which, she goes to school.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
When Jesus interpreted the parable of the weeds, He talked about the world with good and evil people and He specified that the task of weeding questionable people out of the community was not part of the disciple’s job description.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today, we have a sower who went out to sow seeds, according to the parable, not very carefully. He tosses the seeds wildly, helter-skelter.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
What a wonderful gospel we have today. “Come to me all you who are weary and find life burdensome and I will refresh you.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
A man by the name of Clarence Jordan published what became known as the cotton patch version of the New Testament in the 1950s-60s.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Our gospel tells us today do not let anyone intimidate you. Do not be afraid of anything. Sounds wonderful, but what is the reality?