Jubilee Year 2025 – Hope

Third Sunday of Advent, Year C

By Fr. Jeff | 12/15/2024

If we hear a message from a prophet of the Lord, we look for a message of hope.  However, the messages received from prophets don’t always seem hopeful.  They foretell of defeat.  I’ve spoken of this recently when our first…

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We Need Hope Part II

By Fr. Jeff | 12/10/2024

Last week I began a short series of articles on the upcoming jubilee year of hope (see “We Need Hope Part I).  I ended last week at paragraph 3 of Pope Francis’ Bull of Indiction, “Spes Non Confundit” (Bull of…

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2nd Sunday of Advent, Year C (2024) – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 12/08/2024

2nd Sunday of Advent, Year CBaruch 5:1-9Psalm 126:1-2, 2-3, 4-5, 6 (3)Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11Luke 3:1-6December 8, 2024 How do you feel about the world today? There is war in the Middle East.  There is war in Ukraine and Russia. There…

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We Need Hope Part I

By Fr. Jeff | 12/03/2024

In my homily this past Sunday, I used the word hope thirteen times.  This was not an accident.  Hope is essential to our faith.  Whether we live in hope or despair has a profound impact on how we look at…

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