Homilies Weekly

St. John's Gospel is divided into two parts. The first part is called the Book of Signs. And the second part, the second half is called the Book of Glory. The word signs mean miracles. And in that first half of the book, there are six stories of miracles that are told. There's Jesus changing the water into wine at Canaan Galilee. And Jesus curing the Centurion son who was ill. And Jesus fraying the man who was paralyzed at the Pool of Siloam. And then last week, Jesus lifting the eyes of the man born blind. And then Jesus feeding the 5,000 with a few fish and a couple of pieces of bread. And … [Read more...] about The Homily for March 29th 2020

Father Steve Adrian 3/22/2020 One of my favorite authors is Flannery O'Connor, and she writes short stories and she's written a few novels. She comes from the South, from Georgia. And in one of her short stories, she talks about the Gospel in Mark, which is the parallel to the one that the church puts before us today, where Jesus comes into a town and there is a man who cannot see, and they ask Jesus to help this man see, to give him sight. And Jesus takes the man out of town, out beyond the town where He's alone with the man and it's there that he puts the paste in the man's eyes. He holds … [Read more...] about The Homily for March 22nd 2020