All of us

A prayer-homily for the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 17, 2025

Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10, Hebrews 12:1-4, Luke 12:49-53

This weekend, I was humbled and honored to represent the Church of St. Anselm at a Community Day of Prayer in Tinton Falls, New Jersey. The devotional celebration was sponsored by a variety of churches in Monmouth County; it was coordinated by St. Thomas AME Zion Church and their pastor, the Rev. Danica L. Frink.

I was one of seven preachers called upon to lead the attendees in a prayer for specific needs. Again: humbling, yet uplifting.

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Father, can you spare a dime?

A homily for the Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 27, 2025

Genesis 18:20-32, Colossians 2:12-14, Luke 11:1-13

Back at the peak — or was it the depths? — of the COVID pandemic, many of us took up new hobbies to pass the time while we were in lockdown.

Some of us finally read the books collecting dust on our shelves, those assigned readings we faked our way through to write term papers.

It turns out, some of them were actually interesting. Who knew?

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