Gospel Summary Luke’s elaborate attempt to locate the arrival of John the Baptist in the context…
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2nd Sunday of Advent – Are You Missing Out? Week 2: Mercy with Justice
Message: Mercy does not cancel out justice. For Advent homilies I take this question: Are you…
2nd Sunday of Advent – Preparing for the Lord
I think that most of us are in the middle of Christmas preparations. We are trying…
2nd Sunday of Advent
A story is told of a soldier who asked a monk, “Teach me the difference between…
2nd Sunday of Advent – Advent Hints
• Smile and enjoy the attempts to bend your minds and imaginations around images of peace,…
2nd Sunday of Advent
Today Luke has us right smack in the midst of history. The opening verses of today’s…
2nd Sunday of Advent
THERE ARE MANY STRANGE NAMES in today’s Gospel. They are the names of people and places…
2nd Sunday of Advent – I will call you with a new name
Baruch 5:1-9; Philippians 1:3-6,8; Luke 3:1-6 Introduction Statistics say that 98% of women do not…
1st Sunday of Advent
Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Archbishop Wuerl of Washington, in recent public comments, made the humorous…
1st Sunday of Advent
Gospel Summary Luke places Jesus discourse about the destruction of the temple and his coming at…