Fifteenth Sunday After Pentecost (C) – Luke 14:1, 7-14 I hate this shirt. The one I’m wearing now, I mean. Which isn’t to say it’s not a comfortable shirt. It’s made by R.J. Toomey, a manufacturer based out of Shrewsbury of all places, until they closed a year or two ago. It’s extremely comfortable, for […]
Fourteenth Sunday After Pentecost 21(C) – Isaiah 58:9b-14, Luke 13:10-17 My mother once told me that when she was a child, growing up in a church near Detroit, she was taught that one should not chew the bread when receiving communion. This was the real Body of Christ you were putting in your mouth. It […]
Funeral Sermon for Firmin Sillo – Luke 23:32-43 If I had to characterize my impression of Firmin in one word, it would be, “peaceful.” That’s not to say that he always was so; I imagine I mostly got to see him at times when he was at his best, in low-key moments. But Firmin always gave […]