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
The Blind Man. 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. So he calls out, “Jesus, son of David, have pity on me.”
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Whoever wishes to be great among you, will be your servant.
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
The Camel
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
Mark 9:38-48What 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.” Today we see Jesus spitting and touching a man’s tongue.
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. The warrior ultimately emerges victorious.
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
I was staying at the Intercontinental Hotel in Columbia one time. It was a well-guarded hotel, for outside the walls the area was teeming with many people. There were poor people begging in the streets, and drug addicts all around. Inside, it was an entirely different world. It was safe, bright, and comfortable.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Rise and Eat
Your friend has not returned your call for three days. You know they are going through a difficult time, but now you are worried.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Bread of Life
Let’s begin by asking a question: were you ever hungry for something but you didn’t know what? You know, you see the ads on TV and you go to the refrigerator, and open the door, and look at everything on the shelves, and say, I’m hungry for something, but not that melon, or that chicken. Or were you ever thirsty for something and did not know what for?
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Loaves and Fishes
Scripture tells us that there is nothing new under the sun. That goes for people as well as events. It has been two thousand years since Philip and Andrew from our Gospel story walked this earth, but we all know people just like them.