Deep Calls to Deep Roc Homily (2) – 14th Sunday Ordinary Time 2015
Yes, this is actually a different homily on the following day (Sunday) on the same readings. Check it out. No deeds of power? Yet Jesus cured some sick… Whaaaaa? The distinction between ‘fixing’ and healing makes sense to me here… Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (6:00 pm Sunday) Homily by Roc O’Connor, SJ, associate pastor of the Church […]
022-THe Burden of PerfectionisM Part the Third
Today’s Assignment for Blogging 101: publish a post you’d like your ideal audience member to read, and include a new-to-you element in it. Greetings, fellow students in the world of blogging. And, to followers of my blog, here is my fourth assignment – so I can learn the ropes in this world… My post […]
Roc Homily (1) – 14th Sunday Ordinary Time 2015
No deeds of power? Yet Jesus cured some sick… Whaaaaa? The distinction between ‘fixing’ and healing makes sense to me here… Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (4:30 pm Saturday) Homily by Roc O’Connor, SJ, associate pastor of the Church of the Gesu (July 4, 2015) [Background notion: 1 Corinthians 12:7-10 Three times I begged the Lord about this, that […]
Why I blog (redux)
Greetings, fellow bloggers! This is my second shot at Blogging 101 since my first attempt felt incomplete. I wish to get better at this whole enterprise. Thanks, Michelle for these questions to make an introduction of myself. –roc,sj Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal? Six months ago, Liturgy Training Publications […]
Roc Homily – 13th Sunday Ordinary Time 2015
I have given the name Leah to the woman with the hemorrhage. Leah was the wife of my Rabbi, God rest his soul. Let’s call her St. Leah. Her ailment can serve as a metaphor for the spiritual drain that many of us sense day to day. I recognize two sources: the stress of modern […]
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 […]
Deep Calls to Deep 