John 15

  • The hard message of a simple love

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    To love as Jesus says and does Easter 6B  |  John 15:9-17   All You Need is Love? We are once again in John 15, which is part of this book’s accounting for Jesus’s final teaching at the last supper. Whereas Mark, Matthew, and Luke have Jesus get right down to the point, giving them…

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  • Living in the midst of death

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    Jesus’s vine image and the challenge of abiding in him Easter 5B  |  John 15:1-8    A Green Thumb My Mom is a gardener. When we moved up to Alpena from southeast of Detroit, we were moving into a rectory: a two-story beauty with a side porch and slightly sloping lawn. Big, mature trees next…

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  • Love and Sacrifice

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    a Homily for Easter 6B Text: John 15:9-17 Last week’s Gospel pericope ended with verses 7 and 8 which read: If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask for whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit and…

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