Deep Calls to Deep Roc Homily – Twentieth Sunday Ordinary Time
“The Bread of Life Discourse IV” – Believing in the Word means abiding in Jesus, who abides in the Father who abides in the Son. Eating the Bread of Life means abiding in Jesus. Following the Good Shepherd means abiding contemplatively in Jesus. Remaining in the True Vine means abiding in Jesus contemplatively. And this passage […]
Roc Homily – Eighteenth Sunday Ordinary Time 2015
“The Bread of Life Discourse II” – This week’s gospel from John reveals us to ourselves by identifying with the crowds and their hungers, our hungers. “You are not looking for me because you saw signs but because you ate the loaves and were filled. Do not work for food that perishes but for the food […]
Roc Homily – 15th Sunday Ordinary Time 2015
You heard it first… I believe I have held up a false ideal of discipleship for the 37 years I’ve preached. I repent. Gerhard Lohfink proposes a series of concentric circles of relationship to Jesus as disciples. The itinerant Twelve are not the ideal. (!) Imagine my surprise! Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (6:00 pm […]
JPS Homily – Fifteenth Sunday Ordinary Time 2015
Homily by Fr. John P. Schlegel, SJ, pastor of the Church of the Gesu (July, 12, 2015) “Journey with Jesus as disciples… Someone may learn about Jesus by watching and listening to us… The hardest thing about packing is what not to take, those things that weigh us down. So, leave it behind if it doesn’t […]
JPS Homily – Fourteenth Sunday Ordinary Time 2015
Homily by Fr. John P. Schlegel, SJ, pastor of the Church of the Gesu (July, 5, 2015) “Are we hard-hearted like our ancestors in the faith? Are we listening to Jesus with faith?” John Schlegel, SJ, Matt Walsh, SJ, & Ministers of the Eucharist share the Body & Blood of Christ to Gesu parishioners at the Easter Vigil, […]
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 […]
Deep Calls to Deep 