28th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B • October 14, 2018 at St. Luke’s
I do not know anything about the lottery – I’ve never bought so much as a scratch-off, I don’t know how to play the lottery – but I was talking with some parishioners earlier this week and I learned that…
27th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B / Respect Life Sunday • October 7, 2018 at St. Luke’s
Last Sunday we heard strong words from Jesus: “If your hand leads you to sin, cut it off,” etc. Difficult words to hear, which have to do with removing from our lives anything that leads us away from God. And…
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time – B – September 30, 2018 at St. Luke’s
Once I was running through the valley of Gehenna…true story! I actually did go running through the valley of Gehenna. This place whose name was synonymous with hell is a real place – today it is a pleasant park in…
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time – B • September 23, 2018 at St. Luke’s
Jesus tells his disciples about his coming suffering and death for a second time, and next thing you know, they are having a debate about which one of them is the greatest. That seems kind of astonishing. However, having spent…
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time – B • September 16, 2018 at St. Luke’s
Jesus asks his disciples two questions in today’s Gospel: “‘Who do people say that I am?’”, and “‘Who do you say that I am?’” Let’s imagine for a moment that Jesus is asking you these same questions. The first question:…
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B – September 9, 2018 at St. Luke’s
I was on campus recently and I saw a groundhog sitting next to a busy walkway, munching on some grass and just relaxing. A young woman was standing maybe five feet away just watching him. Of course, I had to…
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time – B • September 2, 2018 at St. Luke’s
Remember back to a time when you were younger and your parents asked you to clean your room. Because you operated under the principle of, “Work smarter, not harder,” you shoved everything into the closet or under the bed and…
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time – B • August 19, 2018 at St. Luke’s
Our five-part miniseries going through the Gospel of John Chapter 6 continues this week, and the plot continues to thicken. The previous two weeks, Jesus referred to himself as the Bread of Life which had come down from heaven, and…
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time – B • August 12, 2018 at St. Luke’s
A few weeks ago, Deacon Michael Goodwin mentioned in his homily here that we are taking a five-week break from the Gospel of Mark, whose readings we have been hearing throughout Ordinary Time this year. So, during this five-week break…
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time – B – St. Luke’s, August 5, 2018
Our whole lives are are a journey – even when we’re not physically going anywhere, we are always moving through time. And in our first reading today from Exodus, we hear about an episode that took place during the journey…