Homily – 4th Sunday of Advent

Well, good evening everyone. It’s great to be here with you tonight. For those of you may not know me, my name is Father John. I come in here usually during holiday times. I’m originally from the East coast. By currently I teach high school out in the West Coast and in the great city of San Francisco, and it was something to really leave that weather to come here tonight.

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Homily – 4th Sunday of Advent

We come to the fourth Sunday of Advent, anticipating that in a matter of two days we will begin the celebrations of the great Feast of Christmas. The feast of the incarnation. And what is presented to us today is this image of Mary. Mary, who has been had an encounter with the angel Gabriel, and who basically lays out before her God’s plan that she should become the mother of the Son of God.

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Homily – Thanksgiving Day

Once again, it’s a great grace to be able to welcome everyone to Saint Charles this morning. Thank you for your prayer in your presence this morning. Quick question. Are there any middle children in the community this morning? Where are the middle children? Okay. A few there are a few milder. We suffer. Middle children are the forgotten child. We get the leftovers.

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Homily – 28th Sunday Ordinary Time

How many of us find today’s gospel encounter with Jesus to be really frightening?

Do we really identify with this rich young man, or what? You know, it is very complicated for us because, he has notes and comments everywhere in the scriptures. He being this young man, we encounter him over and over again in Scripture, and we encounter him in ourselves every day. It is as if we are writing a personal journal entry when we hear today’s gospel parable.

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