Sunday Homilies

Jesus begins to talk with people who did not perceive the "sign" of the Kingdom but simply want some ready source with which to be sated.

What good are five loaves and two fish for a crowd of five thousand?  Do we perceive the "sign" in this merciful act of Jesus?

Let us go rest in an out-of-the-way place -- but it's not out of the way if throngs of people come there.

Going out on mission: Do we recognize that our not clinging to our property is the sign of the truth of the treasure of the Kingdom?

Jesus was not accepted in the place where he grew up.  And the homilist gets lots of pushback when he attempts to state that Americans are in the same sinful state as all other human beings.

God did not make death.  Jesus gives life and health to all.

I don't recall why there is no recording for June 6. Take a risk -- it's a small step, like a mustard seed, and you will experience much growth.

Love is something shared.  God as Trinity is the height of sharing and loving.

The Holy Spirit works with us to repair an atomized human society.

The power of "up" and "down," and "sitting at the right hand," upon our imaginations.

The many dimensions of love.

You can't beat the vine and the branches for clarity.

Deep thoughts on shepherding.

It is I, myself.  Look, I'm eating.  Do not be afraid of ghosts.

Faith and love require that we enter more deeply into Christian community.

We note how Peter and John, entering Jesus' empty tomb, reach a moment of insight which convinces them of his resurrection.

Barabbas is "son of the father."  Jesus, "son of the father" in the deepest sense, takes the place of every last one of us.

Jesus is the grain of wheat which loses its identity in order to bring forth an unexpected harvest.

Jesus revives Lazarus because he is God and can do so, but also because he is human and he feels the bitterness of bereavement.

The best-known verse of the Bible, and the end of the Hebrew Bible.