Fr. Bob’s Homily – Epiphany 2019
Some years ago I saw a play called “Down Will Come Baby.” As the play opens, the husband is taking down the Christmas tree. Among the things that have been hanging on the tree, there is a model of the Christ child in the manger. Apparently, they had been given out at church, and almost everyone in the parish had one on their tree.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Feast of the Holy Family
Today is the Feast of the Holy Family. Fortunately, most of us value the gift of family. We treasure it and understand its importance for both society and Church. We live in a fast-paced world, some with more than one job in order to make ends meet. It is so easy to get lost in our day to day living, and when that happens, we may neglect the family while we worked to provide for them.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Fourth Sunday in Advent
Why all this fuss over the birth of a child in a small, insignificant part of the Roman Empire? What difference does Jesus make? To start with, His birthday marks the division of human history into B.C., before Christ, and A.D., Anno Domini, after Christ.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Third Sunday in Advent
There it is, right at the beginning of this Gospel, the perennial human question: what should we do? Very few of us escape that question at some time in our lives.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Second Sunday in Advent
Christmas can sneak up on us while we are caught up in the mad whirl of shopping and parties, and then be gone without a trace. Too often, by the time December 25th arrives we are fed up with elves and reindeer, sick of Christmas music and tired of jaded decorations.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – First Sunday in Advent
It should be no secret to anyone that we do not know the date of Christ’s birth, and so the Church baptized a Pagan feast.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Thirty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
In today’s Gospel, we have an ironic scene. The irony was lost on most of the bystanders: God himself was standing a prisoner before a representative of the superpower of the day.
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
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.