Deep Calls to Deep JPS Homily – 12th Sunday Ordinary Time 2015 / Fathers’ Day
Twelfth Sunday Ordinary Time + Fathers Day Homily by Fr. John P. Schlegel, SJ, pastor of the Church of the Gesu (June 21, 2015) John Schlegel, SJ, Matt Walsh, SJ, & Ministers of the Eucharist share the Body & Blood of Christ to Gesu parishioners at the Easter Vigil, 2015 Mark 4:35-41 A violent squall came up and […]
JPS Homily – Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ 2015
John Schlegel, SJ, Matt Walsh, SJ, & Ministers of the Eucharist share the Body & Blood of Christ to Gesu parishioners at the Easter Vigil, 2015 Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Homily by Fr. John P. Schlegel, SJ, pastor of the Church of the Gesu (June 7, 2015) MK 14:12-16, 22-26 […]
020 – The Burden of… Asymptotic Perfection: Part I
I would like to draw upon my fallible memories of high school mathematics to talk about… the asymptote. The asymptote is our friend. It may not have been in high school, but it can be today. I find that it can serve as a helpful analogy for a discussion on perfectionism. Let’s see […]
Roc Homily – 11th Sunday Ordinary Time 2015
Oops… mis-numbered (!) Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time (9:00 am) Homily by Roc O’Connor, SJ, associate pastor of the Church of the Gesu (June 14, 2015) Mark 14:23-25 “Jesus said to the crowds: ‘This is how it is with the kingdom of God; it is as if a man were to scatter seed on the land and would sleep and rise […]
A Musical Celebration of Summer 2015 & Laudato Si
“Lord, how glorious the dawn, the splendor of earth renewed…” A friend of Dan Schutte’s just wrote me asking for a copy of the lyrics to a song I wrote some 30 years ago. “How Glorious Your Name” appeared on the 1985 double disk set called, “Steadfast Love,” which featured 22 songs from the 1984 […]
019-Time for Serious Levity Six
On this the vigil of the official release of Pope Francis’ encyclical on human responsibility to and for creation, let’s take a moment to contemplate the beauties of the world as seen in this video made in the depths of the ocean. So much beauty has been given into our care. Perhaps it is time to […]
Roc Homily – Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ 2015
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ 2015 (6:00 p.m. Mass) Homily by Roc O’Connor, SJ, associate pastor of the Church of the Gesu (June 7, 2015) Mark 14:23-25 “Take it; this is my body.” Then he took a cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, and they all drank from it. He said to […]
JPS Homily – Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity 2015
John Schlegel, SJ, Matt Walsh, SJ, & Ministers of the Eucharist share the Body & Blood of Christ to Gesu parishioners at the Easter Vigil, 2015 Trinity Sunday Homily by Fr. John P. Schlegel, SJ, pastor of the Church of the Gesu (May 31, 2015) Matthew 28:17-20 “All power in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Go, […]
JPS Homily – Pentecost 2015
John Schlegel, SJ, Matt Walsh, SJ, & Ministers of the Eucharist share the Body & Blood of Christ to Gesu parishioners at the Easter Vigil, 2015 Pentecost Sunday Homily by Fr. John P. Schlegel, SJ, pastor of the Church of the Gesu (May 24, 2015) John 15:9-17 “On the evening of that first day of the week, when the […]
Deep Calls to Deep 