Tagged: Gospel of John

Ceramic Squirrels

Homily

Homily for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C

I wonder how many of us have hidden in the back corner of the storage closet somewhere, a collection of wedding gifts that didn’t quite match our personalities. The set of ceramic squirrels, that yogurt maker, the 3D picture of horses? We welcomed the gifts graciously, and then promptly put them away. Maybe we bring them out when the people who gave them to us comes to visit, but then they goes back in the closet and continue to collect dust. In the gospel today, the young newlyweds...

Summer Barbecue

Homily

Homily for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B, August 19, 2012

This was my first homily as a deacon, and it was my first chance to speak to the parish since my ordination on August 10. I’d like to begin with a word of thanks. Brenda and I are so grateful for last week’s reception and for your continued prayers and support, not only over the last four years, but during the last twenty-one years that we have been members of St. Peter. From the time I started teaching at All Saints, to Brenda’s time as Director of Religious...