…and so we eschew the cup and reach for the ax…and while we often attempt to wield it toward another – another individual, another tribe – we so often end up axing our own…
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Category: Homilies
Ars Praedicandi: Ed Foley’s Homily on the Second Sunday in Lent
For in truth, in this place, at this moment, Christianity itself can be imaged as a symbol of why our divine Ancestor Jesus became human at all…
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60-Second Sermon: Second Sunday of Lent
Diana Macalintal reflects on the Gospel for the Second Sunday of Lent (March 17, 2019)
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60-Second Sermon: Ash Wednesday and First Sunday of Lent
Rev. Michael Joncas and Bishop Christopher Coyne reflect on the Gospels for Ash Wednesday and the First Sunday of Lent.
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Ars Praedicandi: Ed Foley’s Homily on the Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time
In these times of such eye-beam blindness and social myopia of Civic dismay and maybe even ecclesial despair we await again the outpouring of God’s saving Spirit at this Eucharist
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60-Second Sermon: 8th Sunday in OT/Transfiguration
60-Second Sermon for 8th Sunday in OT/Transfiguration (March 3, 2019)
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Ars Praedicandi: The Two Prodigal Sons and Forgiveness
There are two prodigal sons in this parable. One has alienated himself from his father by trying to satisfy his passions. The other distanced himself from his father and his brother by indulging in anger and envy.
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Archbishop Coleridge’s homily at the conclusion of the abuse summit
Power is dangerous, because it can destroy; and in these days we have pondered how in the Church, power can turn destructive when separated from service, when it is not a way of loving, when it becomes power over.
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60-Second Sermon: 7th Sunday in OT/after Epiphany
60-Second Sermon: 7th Sunday in OT
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Ars Praedicandi: Ed Foley’s Homily on the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
…But if you think that crowd of award winners was criticized how much more the crowd that Jesus chose as his base: the lepers, prostitutes, tax collectors, and Samaritans. His valentines, his palentines, even more so, his “egalentines” – equal in dignity.
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60-Second Sermon: 6th Sunday in OT/after Epiphany
Rory Cooney reflects on the Gospel for the 6th Sunday in OT/after Epiphany
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