Homily for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time
Mass for the Preservation of Peace and Justice, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration
January 18, 2025
Saint Joseph Catholic Church
Arlington, Texas
Isaiah 62:1-5
Psalm 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 9-10
I Corinthians 12:4-11
John 2:1-11
The wedding at Cana in Galilee probably involved a friend or relative of Mary and Jesus since they were invited. Either the details of this event were not well planned, or perhaps there were unexpected guests. In any event, it doesn’t surprise us to find out that Mary was the kind of person who paid attention to details, who thought of others with compassion, and who wanted to prevent embarrassing situations, especially the type of embarrassment of not having enough wine at a wedding that culturally would have harmed this couple, their children, and their children’s children for generations.
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Homily for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass for Peace and Justice in commemoration of the Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr.
January 22, 2021
St. Vincent De Paul Catholic Church
Arlington, Texas
Nehemiah 8: 2-4a, 5-6, 8-10
Psalm 19: 8, 9, 10, 15
Corinthians 12: 12-30
Luke 1: 1-4, 4:14-21
When the Jews returned from exile after 70 years in Babylon, they were faced with many hardships as they tried to rebuild their lives. They tried to rediscover their faith and truly hear the Law of the Covenant that God had initiated with their ancestors but that they had forgotten because of their oppression and the suppression of the practice of the rituals and customs of the Covenant.
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