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4th Sunday in Lent, Year B – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 03/15/2015

4th Sunday in Let, Year B 2 Chronicles 36:14-16, 19-23 Ephesians 2:4-10 John 3:14-21 March 15, 2015   The Books of Chronicles help tell the story of God’s relationship with the people.  Today’s passage comes from a time when the…

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3rd Sunday in Lent, Year B – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 03/08/2015

3rd Sunday in Let, Year B Exodus 20:1-17 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 John 2:13-25 March 8, 2015 We generally don’t think of Jesus as getting angry but today we hear that “He made a whip out of cords and drove them…

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2nd Sunday in Lent, Year B – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 03/01/2015

2nd Sunday in Let, Year B Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 Romans 8:31b-34 Mark 9:2-10 March 1, 2015 I’m not sure which is more astonishing to me, that God asked Abraham to sacrifice Isaac or that Abraham was willing to…

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1st Sunday in Lent, Year B

By Fr. Jeff | 02/21/2015

1st Sunday in Let, Year B Genesis 9:8-15 1 Peter 3:18-22 Mark 1:12-15 February 22, 2015 Jesus had just been baptized by John in the Jordan River.  One might think it would have been time to celebrate.  However, instead of…

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Finally!

By Fr. Jeff | 02/18/2015

After several weeks of work, I am happy to announce the launch of our redesigned website.  It’s the same address (www.renewaloffaith.org) with a fresh new look.  Please note that the blog address has been updated to https://blog.renewaloffaith.org/blog). While redesigning the…

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6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 02/15/2015

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Leviticus 13:1-2, 44-46 1 Corinthians 10:31-11:1 Mark 1:40-45 February 15, 2015 Jesus continues to heal people.  Today it is a leper.  Jesus heals lots of people and most of them we are never…

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Supporting Women – Public Policy Weekend Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 02/08/2015

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Job 7:1-4, 6-7 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 Mark 1:29-39 February 8, 2015 Public Policy – Supporting Women Are women important? Apparently Mark thought so when he wrote this gospel.  Often we are not…

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4th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 02/01/2015

4th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Deuteronomy 18:15-20 1 Corinthians 7:32-35 Mark 1:21-28 February 1, 2015 Moses was a great authority for his leadership among the Israelites.  He was the one who acted as an intermediary between God and…

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3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 01/25/2015

3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Jonah 3:1-5, 10 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark 1:14-20 January 25, 2015 Having been baptized and following the arrest of John the Baptist, Jesus begins his mission to proclaim the gospel of God.  In…

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Celebrating the Gift of Life on January 22nd

By Fr. Jeff | 01/22/2015

Today is January 22nd.  That means people have gathered for the March for Life in Washington, DC.  I heard on the radio this morning that they are expecting 650,000 people, a massive display for the gift of life.  The March…

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2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 01/18/2015

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B 1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a, 17-20 John 1:35-42 January 18, 2015 Standing with some of his disciples, John the Baptist sees Jesus walk by and immediately points his disciples to Jesus…

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Baptism of the Lord, Year B – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 01/11/2015

The Baptism of the Lord Isaiah 55:1-11 1 John 5:1-9 Mark 1:7-11 January 11, 2015 Today our celebration of our Christmas Season draws to a close with our celebration of the Baptism of our Lord Jesus.  Our Christmas Season began…

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The Epiphany of the Lord – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 01/04/2015

The Epiphany of the Lord Isaiah 60:1-6 Ephesians 3:2-3a, 5-6 Matthew 2:1-12 January 4, 2015 It’s Christmas!  Well, it’s not Christmas day but we celebrate the Season of Christmas until the Baptism of the Lord, which falls on January 11th…

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Holy Family Sunday – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 12/28/2014

Holy Family, Year B Genesis 15:1-6, 21:1-3 Hebrews 11:8, 11-12, 17-19 Luke 2:22-40 December 28, 2014 The scriptures contains stories of models of faith to us.  One of the early models of faith in the Old Testament is Abraham, first…

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Christmas Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 12/25/2014

Christmas Mass During the Night Isaiah 9:1-6 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-14 December 25, 2014 Why are we here? The answer would seem obvious.  It’s Christmas and that means we come to church but why?  We have Mass every Sunday but…

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4th Sunday in Advent, Year B – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 12/21/2014

4th Sunday in Advent, Year B 2 Samuel 7:1-5, 8b-12, 14a, 16 Romans 16:25-27 Luke 1:26-38 December 21, 2014 Today we hear about King David and Mary, two people very much interested in doing God’s Will but come from two…

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The Meaning of Christmas

By Fr. Jeff | 12/20/2014

Here are some pre-Christmas thoughts I wrote for the bulletin as we come close to Christmas. Well, here we are just a few days till Christmas.  We will celebrate Masses as follows: Christmas Eve 4:00 p.m. Children’s Christmas Pageant with…

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3rd Sunday in Advent, Year B – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 12/14/2014

3rd Sunday in Advent, Year B Isaiah 61:1-2a, 10-11 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 John 1:6-8, 19-28 December 14, 2014 Christmas is getting closer but it still isn’t here yet.  We are still waiting. As the time drew closer for Jesus’ birth,…

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2nd Sunday in Advent, Year B – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 12/08/2014

2nd Sunday in Advent, Year B Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11 2 Peter 3:8-14 Mark 1:1-8 December 7, 2014     During Advent many of our first readings come from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah.  The book can be divided into…

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The Pace of Life

By Fr. Jeff | 12/07/2014

Our Advent Season is a time of waiting and preparation as we get ready for the coming of Jesus Christ.  It would be great if our normal lives could go on hold so we can focus on the season for…

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1st Sunday in Advent, Year B – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 11/30/2014

1st Sunday in Advent, Year B Isaiah 63:16b-17, 19b; 64:2-7 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Mark 13:33-37 November 30, 2014 Today we mark the beginning of a new liturgical year with our celebration of the First Sunday of Advent. In the first…

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The Beginning of Advent

By Fr. Jeff | 11/29/2014

Here is an article I wrote for the cover of this week’s bulletin. Is It New Year’s Already? Today we celebrate the beginning of a new year.  If you look at most calendars, you might think I have really lost…

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A People of Thanksgiving

By Fr. Jeff | 11/27/2014

As a nation today we celebrate Thanksgiving Day but we shouldn’t be thankful just one day a year.  Our thanksgiving should be part of the attitude we live our whole life with.  Our presence in the world should reflect an attitude…

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Christ the King – Homily, Year A

By Fr. Jeff | 11/23/2014

Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, Year A Ezekiel 34:11-12, 15-17 1 Corinthians 15:20-26, 28 Matthew 25:31-46 November 23, 2014   Today is the last Sunday of our liturgical year before we began a new year with Advent…

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33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A – Homily

By Fr. Jeff | 11/16/2014

33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A Proverbs 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 1 Thessalonians 5:1-6 Matthew 25:14-30 November 16, 2014   As the man was preparing to go away on a journey, he knew he had to leave someone in charge…

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