Deep Calls to Deep Roc Homily – 32nd Sunday Ordinary Time 2015
“…you have come to the aid of your people with your divinity and even fashioned a remedy out of our mortality that the cause of our downfall might become the means of our salvation through Christ the Lord.” – A strong undercurrent that runs through the Gospel of Mark has to do with “the Two Ways” – the way […]
024 – ThE BurDeN of PerfectionIsM ThE FifTh – The Terror of Human Vulnerability
THe BurdEn of Perfectionism ThE FifTh: The Terror of Human Vulnerability I’m not a perfectionist (probably an Idealist… slightly different) but I connect with perfectionists at the sheer terror of being vulnerable before God and others. Rather, I’ve learned to put other things – accomplishments, etc. – between me and God to distract God, others and […]
Roc Homily – Thirtieth Sunday Ordinary Time
“The Two Ways – Part 2” – The 9:00 am community at Gesu celebrated the baptism of a 7 week old boy, Jack. I held the little guy during the homily and spoke to him, having invited the congregation to listen in. Here’s a summary: The Wisdom Tradition grounds the basic gospel message of Jesus as a call […]
Roc Homily – Twenty-Ninth Sunday Ordinary Time = Oops
“The Two Ways” – The Wisdom Tradition grounds the basic gospel message of Jesus as a call from foolishness to wisdom. We see it here in Mark’s use of the Greek word, thelo, “to wish, want, desire.” John & James want to be recognized as great as do the scribes & Pharisees, and not seen as vulnerable. Jesus […]
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 – Seventeenth Sunday Ordinary Time 2015
“The Bread of Life Discourse I” – Since I was in Dallas, TX for a wedding this weekend, I will write out, “What I would have said…” mainly because it began the 5 week session of readings from John chapter 6 – “The Bread of Life.” I’d like to post for each Sunday to record […]
Roc Homily – Sixteenth Sunday Ordinary Time 2015
Happy Weekend! I could offer myself as the new and improved version of “shepherds” in the face of the the clergy sexual abuse scandal and the behavior of our shepherds. However, there is something that links all of us and addresses our depths: “Do I really want a shepherd?” When we get down to it, […]
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 […]
Deep Calls to Deep 