28th OT B ~ Mk. 10:17-30 ~ "Eye of the Needle" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Ever since Jesus...
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Preach This Week ~ Sunday homily
Sep 306 min
27 OT B ~ Mk. 10:2-16 "Embraced and Blessed" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger, PhD
The scene opens with Jesus as the center of attention, again. This time, people are bringing children to him that he might touch them....
210
Sep 244 min
26 OT B ~Nm 11:25-29 "My Lord, Stop Them!" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
He’s not one of us, Jesus. They’re outside the tent, Moses. She’s in a different parish, Father. My Lord, stop them! There is something...
400
Sep 174 min
25 OT B ~ Mk. 9:30-37 ~ "Out of the Book, Into our Lives" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
High up on the shelf in my Sunday School classroom, there was a picture book about the life of Jesus. It had been written and illustrated...
921
Sep 95 min
24th OT B ~ Mk. 8: 27-35 ~ "Who do You Say I am?" Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min and Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
HOMILY I ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min. It all began with an invitation from the Lord Jesus. Walking by the Sea, the master called two...
390
Sep 35 min
23 OT B ~ Mk. 7:31-37 ~ "Beyond Astonishment" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
Jesus had completed his ministry among the Gentiles after the healing of the Syrophoenician Woman’s daughter in Tyre. At least that is...
300
Aug 275 min
22 OT B~ Jas 1:17-18, 21b-22, 27~ "All Good Gifts" Rev. Richard Eslinger
In the early 1970’s a new rock opera came out, Godspell. It was based on Jesus’ parables in St. Matthew’s Gospel. It seemed like the...
340
Aug 193 min
21 OT B ~ Jn. 6:60-69 "A Hard Saying" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
Just imagine the scene. Jesus was in Capernaum, teaching in the synagogue. He and the disciples had returned from a hillside where...
890
Aug 143 min
20 OT B ~John 6: 51-58 ~ "A Deeper Union with Christ" Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min.
May the Lord Jesus Christ protect you and lead you to eternal life. A nice phrase, a pious thought, and you’ve probably never heard it...
220
Aug 83 min
19 OT B 1 Kg. 19:4-8 "Under the Broom Tree" ~Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
During the time of the prophet Elijah, the people of Israel had become comfortable adaptable easy to sway. A little too easy. They began...
360
Jul 307 min
18 OT B~ "The Bread of Heaven" Jn 6:24-35 Rev. Richard Eslinger
The profound feeding miracle had now taken place; the Five Thousand were fed by Jesus with a little boy’s gift of five barley loaves and...
300
Jul 227 min
17 OT B ~ Homiletical Exegesis~ Jn 6:1-15 ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
The Gospel Lesson for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B, begins an intercalation of the entire Bread of Life Discourse from John’s...
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