Deep Calls to Deep 5th SUN ORD Time – “Salt of the Earth”
What the heck does “salt of the earth” mean? Can salt lose it’s taste? Don’t think so, but it can become insipid. And that’s a tad closer to the meaning than what the NAB gave on Sunday. Too colloquial. Matthew 5:13 “You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, […]
Roc Homily – Sermon on the Mount 3
Jim Flaherty, SJ, pastor at the Church of the Gesu, in collaboration with the liturgy team, confirmed our notion that it was truly right and just to show the following video from James Martin, SJ, Editor at Large, America Media. So following the conclusion of my 7 minute (!) homily, here it is. We saw this […]
Roc Homily – Sermon on the Mount situates us. (A) 2017
Perhaps we caught a glimpse of what “Poor” looks like in “Poor in Spirit.” Let’s look at “Spirit” today. The Greek, pneuma, refers to two different realities – the spirit of God and the human spirit. First, the human spirit (which calls out for conversion)… It ain’t pretty. Numbers 5:13f …if a spirit of […]
Roc Homily – Sermon on the Mount Situated (A) 2017
About the Poor in Spirit… Matthew 5:1 When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. Jesus, as it were, claimed the high ground – the place from which God instructs and humans worship idols. When he sat to teach, those who were willing to […]
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