Sunday Homilies

The world needs us to witness to God’s love by sharing Good News and loving each other; by working for justice and making peace.

May we open ourselves to transfiguration, and let God use us to help transfigure the world.

Thanks be to God, Jesus resisted these temptations. But these same temptations are still put before us

If our perception of the “other” is causing us to sin, we need to throw it away no matter how attached we are to it, and listen to what Jesus says!

“Share your bread with the hungry, shelter the oppressed and the homeless; clothe the naked when you see them, and do not turn your back on your own.”

Blessed are they who refuse to be numb to the sufferings of others, even those halfway across the world.

When I put all that together, it is rather daunting to consider what it really means to follow Jesus. But we are not alone.

We may not be able to transform the entire world, but we can do our part where we are. I think this is what it means to “think globally and act locally.”

“This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”

The magi follow the star and they find the baby Jesus, and offer him gifts of “gold, frankincense, and myrrh.”