Deep Calls to Deep Roc Homily Part Deux – Twenty-Sixth Sunday Ordinary Time 2016
Jesus addressed, I believe, the mystery of the meaning of possessiveness in the Pharisees – and in our lives as well I asked the congregation to reflect upon the First Principle & Foundation from the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius. Please read, reflect, and notice points of attraction & aversion. These will help you know how you are […]
Roc Homily – Twenty-Sixth Sunday Ordinary Time 2016
A wake up call to the Pharisees who were “lovers of money” Last week in Luke 16, we heard some of the following and missed some: Luke 16:13–15 — No slave can serve two masters; for a slave will either hate the one and love the other, or be devoted to the one and despise the […]
Roc Homily Part Deux – Twenty-Fourth Sunday Ordinary Time 2016
The Religious Significance of the Illusion of Righteous Anger: What does this have to do with 9/11? RE: the religious significance of the illusion of righteous anger? Often fear elicits anger Anger inflates one in order to avoid feeling vulnerable Anger allows one to focus outside/blame & not look inside Seems to me that we have […]
Roc Homily Part One – Twenty-Fourth Sunday Ordinary Time 2016
The Prodigal Family has impulse control issues The father of the family can’t help himself. He gives what should not be given. He runs wildly to meet the younger son. He has the fatted calf prepared for a feast. He pleads with the elder son. The younger son can’t help himself either. He asks for […]
Roc Homily #2 – Twenty-Third Sunday Ordinary Time 2016
Punchline for Homily – 23rd Sunday Ordinary Time: Surrender everything that you rely on for security so as to find security in following Christ. Here are two key words I dealt with in my homily: “Hate” mother and father, etc. means to reject and separate, which leaves a person in a very vulnerable spot. To […]
Ignatian Spirituality #4
“16 Reasons I am grateful for St. Ignatius” – Dennis Hamm, SJ Thank you, Ignatius, for being a “soul brother.” He referred to his mission as “helping souls,” not because he thought he was dealing with disembodied spirits, but because “soul” connoted the divine origin, dignity, and destiny of every human being he encountered. He was […]
Roc Homily – Twenty-Second Sunday Ordinary Time 2016
Humility is about being right-sized & compassionate… There’s a little less chance to living as self-absorbed when humble. More chance of being compassionate. This passage left out the front end of a bookend: Jesus asked, “Is it lawful to cure on the Sabbath or not?” Pharisees were silent. Jesus cured. The back end of the […]
Ignatian Spirituality #1
“16 things for which I’m grateful to Ignatius of Loyola” by Dennis Hamm, SJ, Faculty of Theology (emeritus) Creighton University Homily on the Feast of St. Ignatius – July 30, 2016 – Saturday Vigil Mass, St. John’s Parish @ Creighton University St. Ignatius heard that same gospel reading as a young man, along with the voices of […]
Roc Homily – Twenty-First Sunday Ordinary Time 2016
How might we hear this gospel as a catalyst to increase the amount of change going on in our lives so as to be conformed to Christ? And who really likes change? You? I don’t much. Good intentions don’t help us, really. “I need to… I should… I ought to…” pretty much doesn’t work all […]
Roc Homily Prequel #2 – Twenty-First Sunday Ordinary Time 2016
In the meantime… Jesus seems to address disciples and followers by answering the question, “Will only a few be saved?” And his answer resembles what happened earlier in Luke, chapter 4, in the synagogue. There, Jesus applied the ol’ 2by4 to the forehead to get the attention of his countrymen. Effectively he said, “In the time of […]
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