by Fr. Bill | May 21, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
Are you ready for the Rapture? Well, we’re still here…[Sunday masses…] Harold Camping became famous for predicting that the rapture would come today.[yesterday] We have until 6pm our time zone) before it is slated to happen here. It is not the first time he has...
by Fr. Bill | May 15, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
When you imagine the Shepherd’s voice – what does it sound like? You always knew when it was dinner at the Kempf house in the neighborhood. (cup hand to mouth as a ‘megaphone’) Buddy, Joey, Denny, Billy, Corky, Mary T… Repeated about 3 times. Usually we would be in...
by Fr. Bill | May 8, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
What do you find worthy doing, regardless of how it turns out? I hear a lot of expressions of hope around this time of year – at the Newman Center, at the parish and even in the scriptures these days. Some of them are around the future: “I hope my internship year goes...
by Fr. Bill | May 1, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
Have you ever shared your ‘scar’ stories with your kids/family? (Or why did Jesus show the disciples his hands and side?) It was a strange way to dispel anxiety and grief, wasn’t it? “He showed them his hands and his side.” Given the horrible wounds Jesus has in...
by Fr. Bill | Apr 24, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
What makes your heart race? Not long ago, I thought I saw – my dad! Maybe it was the flannel shirt like he always wore, and that salt and pepper hair… Dad boxed in high school and his nose was crooked –just like the side profile of the man in front of me...
by Fr. Bill | Apr 21, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
Why are we uncomfortable with people washing our feet? Even now, Jerusalem is a dusty city. Forensic scientists and the people from CSI and its like could have a field day with the dust that settles on the foot of any walker in Israel. Pollen from the fig trees and...
