This week we learn about how we are called as the church to be shaped by Christ rather than what the world wants us to be shaped as.
This week we learn about how we are called as the church to be shaped by Christ rather than what the world wants us to be shaped as.
This week we examine the baptism of Jesus in the Gospel of Mark. We learn how we are called to repent as a body, not just as individuals.
This week we learn about the Kingdom of Heaven and how we need to work to imagine it not as a far away place and time, but have it come into our lives this very moment.
This week we learn about how to pray for God to overturn this world. We learn how we need to turn away from the kingdoms and systems of this world and prepare for the coming of the Lord. The coming of the Lord will mean the end of the current age, kingdoms, and systems, so…
This week we look at the story of the Golden Calf. We see how idolatry is always around us and what it looks like in our lives today.
Today, we pronounce the gospel that Christ is risen and death’s reign is over.
We keep it simple and look at three ways to respond to this remarkable reading, a hymn of the ancient church, today: We are to contemplate what Christ has done, become a people who witness what Christ has done, and learn to live what Christ has done.
Please forgive the recording issues – the recording for this homily starts about 1/4 of the way through.