January 30 Homily Connect
HOMILY CONNECT–JANUARY 30, 2022 – FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Scripture Jer 1:4-5 1Cor 12:31 – 13:13 LK 4:21-30 A LITTLE PARABLE Once there was a town in which all of the inhabitants were blind. A king with his entourage arrived one day with a mighty elephant which he used to impress his subjects. The […]
January 23 Homily Connect
HOMILY CONNECT–JANUARY 23, 2022 – THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Scripture: Neh 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 1 Cor 12:12-30 Lk 1:1-4; 4:14-21 IN THE BEGINNNING – THE BEGINNING OF ST. JOHN’S GOSPEL In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. Today the church celebrates Sunday of the […]
January 16 Homily Connect
HOMILY CONNECT–JANUARY 16, 2022 – Second Sunday in ordinary time Scripture: Is 62:1-5 1Cor 12:4-11 Jn 2:1-11 REMEMBER MALCOM GUITE – ANGLICAN PRIEST IN CAMBRIDGE ENGLAND? From his book: Sounding the Seasons: Seventy Sonnets for the Christian Year. “The Miracle at Cana” Here’s an epiphany to have and hold, A truth that you can […]
January 9 Homily Connect
HOMILY CONNECT–JANUARY 9, 2022 FEAST OF THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD Scripture: Is 42:1-4, 6-7 Acts 10:34-38 Lk 3:15-16, 21-22 WHAT IS A PHILTRUM? It is that tiny indentation or grove in the upper lip of every human person Our Jewish sisters and brothers tell a holy story about the philtrum, which we received […]
January 2 Homily Connect
The Epiphany of the Lord A Prophet of the Present Franciscan Friar, Fr. Richard Rohr Founder of Center for Action and Contemplation – Albuquerque, NM He does creative theology-stretches the minds and hearts of those who follow his work His latest book called The Universal Christ – masterpiece- can open up our small understanding of […]