Easter 6, Year BJohn 15:9-17 How many of you have seen the classic movie, The Big Lebowski? Today’s gospel of course had me thinking about “the Dude.” Also known as Duder, or His Dudeness, or even El Duderino. For The Dude, there was only one way to go through life, and that was to remember … Continue reading Abide
Mary Magdalene in the garden with Jesus, detail of mosaic in Resurrection Chapel, Washington National Cathedral Easter Sunday, Year B John 20:1-18 Alleluia! Christ is Risen! This Sunday marks the reason for our joy as Christians even in the face of a world that gives us little reason to believe we have any joy or … Continue reading I Have Seen the Lord!
Lent 3, Year B 2024 How many of you remember the Emperor’s New Clothes by Hans Christian Anderson? (Some of you may only know it as a Disney film.) The king has been tricked into believing that he has a magic outfit that can only be seen by intelligent people. When he walks down the … Continue reading Holy Foolishness
Lent 2, Year B 2024 I Have Decided to Follow Jesus That is a catchy little song that most of us know. We’ve decided to follow Jesus and there is no turning back. But when we sing that song, do we stop to think about what it means to follow Jesus? And no turning back? … Continue reading Cross & Suffering
Last Sunday of Epiphany, Year B We’ve all heard the term “mountain top experience” and probably at some point in our lives we’ve had some kind of encounter that left us speechless. Those times in life when it felt like heaven and earth were close together and you felt transcended into another space where everything … Continue reading Awesome as a Hotdog
Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany You may remember that last week Jesus and the disciples were in the synagogue and Jesus was amazing everyone present with his teaching and liberated a man from an unclean spirit. Now a lot of us may be tempted to linger and bask in the accolades and applause, but Jesus … Continue reading To Step Away from the Fray
Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany, Year B Photo AMI Travel In our Gospel reading today, Jesus, and presumably the four fishermen that he had just collected, came to Capernaum where Jesus set up the home base for his ministry. And when the sabbath arrived, Jesus entered the synagogue and began to teach. Now the way … Continue reading Fatal Attraction
First Sunday after Christmas, Dec. 31, 2023 In the beginning was the Word. The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world. And the Word became flesh and lived among us. This is the beginning of the story of the followers of Christ. The incarnation of God on Earth. The true Light which … Continue reading Bearers of the Light Forever in Christ (Sermón de despedida para San pablo)
Proper 23, Year A, Philippians 4:1-9 A couple of weeks ago the Elders of our community visited the Holocaust museum in Houston. Little did we know that a week later Israel would be attacked and the slaughter of thousands of innocent people on both sides of the border would ensue. There is no peace in … Continue reading I believe in the sun even when it is not shining
Proper 20, Year A, Matt. 20: 1-16 Whenever Jesus starts a parable by saying, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like…”, hold on to your hats. He is going to turn our world upside down because the Kingdom of Heaven is not like this world. We need to remember that Jesus teaches about the Kingdom of … Continue reading The Economy of God
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