Category: Homily

Acts 2:14, 22-33; 1 Peter 1:17-21; Luke 24:13-35The film “The Miracle Worker” is the story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan. It depicts how Sullivan

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Acts 2:42-47; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31After a lecture on mental health, Karl Menninger—the famous psychiatrist—answered audience questions. One person asked: “What would you advise

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Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Colossians 3:1-4 / 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8; John 20:1-9The new pastor was visiting Joe, a terminally ill parishioner. After talking about everything else,

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Isaiah 50:4-7; Philippians 2:6-11; Matthew 26:14 – 27:66“When the Cheering Stopped” tells the tale of US President Woodrow Wilson. After World War I, Wilson was

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Ezekiel 37:12-14; Romans 8:8-11; John 11:1-45I was in Grade 5 when the school showed us a film. It was a thrill to see the shades

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1 Samuel 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ephesians 5:8-14; John 9:1-41Author John Griffin was blinded in an explosion during World War II. Twelve years later, he suddenly

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Exodus 17:3-7; Romans 5:1-2, 5-8; John 4:5-42Several years ago, I was trekking with friends. By mid-day, after trekking a few hours, we were half-way to

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Genesis 12:1-4a; 2 Timothy 1:8b-10; Matthew 17:1-9A king received two falcons and gave them to his falconer for training. Months later, the falconer informed the

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Genesis 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Romans 5:12-19; Matthew 4:1-11In a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, Calvin tells his dad: “So long, Pop! I’m off to check my

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Sirach 15:15-20; 1 Corinthians 2:6-10; Matthew 5:17-37There were two junior executives in a company. Both were diligent. One always went by the book and never

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