15th Sunday of the Year – “Go and do likewise”

Background: I have always hoped that someone would unearth the whole catena of Martha/Mary/Lazarus stories of…

15th Sunday of the Year – Focus on Mission – Part Two

Message: Second step: Compassion. Jesus is the Good Samaritan who shows the meaning of compassion and…

15th Sunday of the Year

Luke 10, 25-37 “Food baskets at Christmas, toys at Christmas,” writes a bishop, “are good as…

15th Sunday of the Year – The Good Samaritan Next Door

The three ladies had been friends since high school. They all grew up in the same…

15th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 2

“Good Samaritan” has become part of our language, whether we are Christian or not.  About ten…

15th Sunday of the Year – FIRST IMPRESSIONS 1

The story of the Good Samaritan is one of the best known in the Bible. Even…

15th Sunday of the Year

Commentaries on Readings Deuteronomy 30:10-14; Colossians 1:15-20; Luke 10:25-37  THE CORE of the Christian message is:…

15th Sunday of the Year

According to Fr. Domie Guzman, SSP in one of his homilies published in Sambuhaysome years ago, he…

15th Sunday of the Year – To Inherit Life

Introduction To love God would not make sense for the ancient Greeks. The gods could love…

Christmas to People of Goodwill

Merry Christmas to all. The refrain of Christmas is ‘Glory to God in the highest and…