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Giving in Love — Jesus’s Alternative to Fear
As tempests swirl and hatred flows around us, Jesus reminds us that we already know the way to live, the way to be is to love generously.
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Apocalyptic Urgency—for Advent 1A
Jesus tells his followers to do something more than prepare: to feel an urgency, to be ready, for the need is urgent and ongoing.
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Literal Urgency
Jesus’s apocalyptic vision seems confusing. Until we focus on what he’s trying to say rather than what we hear.
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Preparing for the Advent (Advent 1A)
Getting started with Advent 1A with familiar themes for the season. The most obvious of them is preparation.
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A Better World
When Jesus describes this apocalyptic vision, the terror is what we focus on. But Jesus wants us to see the hope.
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Breathing Stillness
In the holiday season, we hear Jesus’s invite us to listen and hear in the midst of chaos—a call, not to ending it, but being in the center of it.
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Preparing with Hope
a homily for Advent 1A Text: Matthew 24:36-44 Waking up early I woke up early on Thursday morning. Not to my alarm, but to my son saying “Daddy!” He was wide awake and ready to get up—a full hour ahead of my schedule. He and I walked out into the dark living room and…