Homilies
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Fr Israel's Homily - 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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What a frightening thing, this Gospel passage we have just heard.
Frightening, to the point that we might even forget that it is a parable. We might wonder, “Is Jesus recounting an event that really happened? Was there such a Lazarus who died in this terrible state? Was there such a rich man, who even now is experiencing those terrible torments?”
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Fr Ralph's Homily - 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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How many of you have IRAs? 401 K’s? or life annuities?
The Abbey sold life annuities a few decades ago and actually ended up losing a lot of money on them. It seems everybody that bought them lived much longer than the actuary tables had calculated. The joke became that if you wanted to live to be 100, just buy an Abbey Annuity.
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Fr Ralph's Homily - 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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Being Celibate, of course, I don’t have any children of my own. But I am one of 12 and I have 42 nieces and nephews, and I’ve lost count of the next generation plus, so I know a bit about parenting. And I KNOW there is trouble when one of the parents is passing off possession to the other.
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Fr Ralph's Homily - 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
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This past week the staff and I spent a couple of days on retreat at the Abbey, and I was lucky enough to have Abbot Gregory consent to give us a conference on Lectio Divina, which is Latin for Sacred Reading. It’s a method of deeply delving into the scriptures, to allow God to speak to you through them.
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Dcn.Don's Homily - 22nd week in Ordinary Time
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In preparing this week’s homily, after reading our second reading, I recalled a short story regarding a man and his wife, who were having an argument about who should have to make the coffee each morning.
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Fr Ralph's Homily - 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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The message we hear from Jesus today in the Gospel is a little disconcerting. He wants to set the world ablaze. That’s really scary here in Oregon, where at this time of year, we are often plagued with wildfires. Please God, NO Blazing Earth! But that’s what Jesus wants.
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Fr Ralph's Homily - 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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It seems fairly obvious that today’s readings are centered around Faith.
In the first reading from Wisdom, we hear, “The night of the Passover was known beforehand to our fathers, that, with sure knowledge of the oath in which they put their FAITH…. They might have courage.”
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Dcn.Don's Homily - 18th week in Ordinary Time
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In today’s Gospel, we heard the parable about the rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest. When he realized that he didn’t have enough space to store his harvest, he proceeded to tear down his barns and build larger ones.
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Fr Ralph's Homily - 17th week in Ordinary Time
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The readings that we hear each week at Mass are arranged so that the first reading and the Gospel go together somehow. They are meant to present a common theme… And the theme for today is… well, let’s call it what it is… NAGGING.
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Fr Ralph's Homily for the 15th Sunday in ordinary Time
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Not everyone is a great conversationalist, so there are books written on such things by supposed experts. Probably the most popular is the Dale Carnegie book, “How to Make Friends and Influence People.” There is also one entitled, “How to Talk to Anyone About Anything.”
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Deacn Don's Homily for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time
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In our gospel today, we learn about the disciples being sent on their mission by Jesus. What Jesus offered them was a new idea of God.
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