The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe B Jn. 18:33b-37 ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
The trial scene is so familiar—Jesus there before Pilate. Right off, Pilate raises the big question: “Are you the King of the Jews?” ...
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susan mcgurgan
Nov 86 min read
32 OT B ~ Mk. 12:38-44 ~"Clatter and Clink" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
Jesus was once again in the Temple, sitting and watching people tossing their offerings into large brass horn-shaped collection...
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susan mcgurgan
Oct 296 min read
31 OT B ~ Mk. 12:28b-34 ~ "Not Far From the Kingdom" ~ Rev. Richard Eslinger
Immediately following Jesus’ Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, the resistance to his teaching and his actions becomes heated. He returns to...
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susan mcgurgan
Oct 224 min read
30 OT B Mk. 10: 46-52 ~ "The Call" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
She cringed when she realized that this Sunday’s Gospel was the story of Blind Bartimaeus. Good Old Blind Bart, the beggar by the side of...
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susan mcgurgan
Oct 153 min read
29 OT B Mk 10:35-45 "Room at the Top" ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
Pick up your school alumni magazine and turn to the “Class Notes” section. Before you have a chance to say, "gee, she sure changed!" you...
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susan mcgurgan
Oct 75 min read
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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susan mcgurgan
Sep 306 min read
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....
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susan mcgurgan
Sep 244 min read
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...
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susan mcgurgan
Sep 174 min read
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...
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susan mcgurgan
Sep 95 min read
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...
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susan mcgurgan
Sep 35 min read
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...
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susan mcgurgan
Aug 275 min read
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...
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susan mcgurgan
Aug 193 min read
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...
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susan mcgurgan
Aug 143 min read
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...
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susan mcgurgan
Aug 83 min read
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...
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susan mcgurgan
Jul 307 min read
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...
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susan mcgurgan
Jul 227 min read
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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susan mcgurgan
Jul 152 min read
16 OT B ~ Mk. 6:30-34 "Rest a While" ~ Rev. Benjamin Roberts, D.Min.
I hear the words of Jesus, “Come away by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while,” and I have three questions. When? Where? How?...
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susan mcgurgan
Jul 84 min read
15 OT B ~ Mk. 6:7-13 ~ "With Nothing But a Staff..." ~ Susan McGurgan, D.Min.
Scripture scholars and preachers often tell us that this passage speaks to the importance of “Travelling Light.” They remind us (rightly)...
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susan mcgurgan
Jul 26 min read
14 OT B ~ Mk, 6:1-6 ~ "Hometown Hero" Rev. Richard Eslinger
You see it over and over when you drive through a new area on one of the “blue highway” roads. As you come to the next town, you...
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