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...
by Fr. Bill | Apr 17, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
In the movie, Good Will Hunting, will (played by Matt Damon) is a 20 year old genius who works as a janitor at MIT. He was severely abused as a child and has been in trouble with the law ever since. When Will finally agrees to get counseling to keep himself out of...
by Fr. Bill | Apr 10, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
What do you let have the last word in your life? There are some people who are absolutely driven to get in the last word. I had a former classmate in High School and College who was like that. He became a lawyer – which was probably a pretty good fit for him. ...
by Fr. Bill | Apr 3, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
How easily do you let yourself off the hook? I was hungry on Thursday – and it was still a few hours before I was to meet a friend for dinner. Mr. Uthoff and I had finished our usual Thursday walk at Norwood, (sometimes called golf) and I was sitting at the bar,...
by Fr. Bill | Mar 20, 2011 | Sunday Homilies
How do you let God direct you? “Go to a land I will show you.” “Abram went as the Lord directed him.” Okay, maybe I am a bit obtuse, perhaps a bit lacking in faith, but HOW DID THAT HAPPEN? HOW did God direct Abram? It is a valid question, is it not? Inquiring...
