Tag: Matthew 14

  • Walking on Water

    Walking on Water

    In the story, Jesus walks on water. So does Peter. He is just doing what Jesus did, offering us an option at a time of great fear. Proper 14A | Matthew 14:22-33 The first time I walked on water, I was 16 years-old. I had never done anything so intentional as that before. It was…

  • The Water and the Land

    Jesus’s response to the crowd, Pharisees, and the Canaanite Woman reveals how hard it is to be perfect and how ridiculous the pursuit really is a Homily for Proper 15 A Text: Matthew 15: (10-20), 21-28   on the water, on the land Jesus is walking along while some crazy woman is shouting at Him. Shouting.…

  • Finding Abundance in Deserted Places

    Finding Abundance in Deserted Places

    Our Part in the Feeding of the Multitudes The challenge of the story as we receive it is that we think its all about Jesus and His magic hands. The Eucharistic metaphor gets us thinking that for sure. But the story isn’t about reversing scarcity, but finding abundance in deserted places. a Homily for Proper 13 A Text: Matthew 14:13-21…