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Have a very Defiant Christmas
Third Sunday of Advent C, 2015 Get to wear my favorite color only twice a year. This is Gaudete Sunday, we are to rejoice and be glad. Happy happy. But, how can we rejoice and be glad amid so much terror and violence? There is a decided edge to our celebration of Advent and Christmas this year. Well, let’s see if there isn’t a way through all that we are experiencing. I would like to wish you a very DEFIANT Christmas. Our defiance is not born of fear, hatred, jealously or anger but is born out of the Love and compassion that brought about Emmanuel, God with us, the Incarnation God in the flesh of Jesus Christ. We need to do more than just feeling holy one day of the week, or for a few minutes we spend saying our daily prayers. It isn’t enough just to feel holy here, we must be holy out there all of the time, 24/7. We need to be rooted in a spirituality that prevents us from being tossed about by the ill winds that are blowing ...
GUNS
October 11-2015 It is estimated that there are about three hundred million guns in the United States. How in the world do we keep track of three hundred million of anything? I use to own guns. I liked the workmanship, the detail and precision. I enjoyed going out to Red Rock Canyon in the Mojave Desert to shoot at targets. I never once killed anything, nor did I ever see my guns as a solution to any of my problems. There are millions of people just like me. I have never understood hunting except when absolutely necessary for survival. When I lived in West Virginia a school bus or two per year always seem to be the accidental targets during hunting season. With gun violence on the rise in the 1960’s and 70’s I got rid of my guns; yes as a statement but mostly because I didn’t need something lethal to have fun. There were other avenues. Now, I shoot photographs. Banning guns won’t work. Prohibition didn’t work ...
Lummi Nation Totem Blessing
THE LUMMI NATION Members of the Lummi Nation will be blessing a new totem at St. Philip Neri Parish on Monday, August 24 from 5:30pm to 8pm The Lummi People. are the original inhabitants of Washington's northernmost coast and southern British Columbia. For thousands of years, they worked, struggled and celebrated life on the shores and waters of Puget Sound. All are welcome to this spirit filled event at 16th and Division in SE Portand. There is lots of parking and we are on the Number 4 Bus line… Come and join us…
Lummi Nation Members of the Lummi Nation will be blessing a new totem at St. Philip Neri Parish on Monday, August 24 from 6pm to 8pm The Lummi People. are the original inhabitants of Washington's northernmost coast and southern British Columbia. For thousands of years, they worked, struggled and celebrated life on the shores and waters of Puget Sound. All are welcome to this spirit filled event at 16th and Division in SE Portand. There is lots of parking and we are on the Number 4 Bus line. Come and join us…
Homily for August 16, 2015 -- 20th Week of Ordinary Time
There was a common saying when I entered the seminary in 1966: "you keep the rule and the rule will keep you." Some in formation for priesthood, even today, don't get beyond this dictum. Some of them have risen to great heights -- bishops and cardinals.It is the dictum for succeeding in the "system" whatever than system may be. I am obviously ding something wrong —- thankfully. Fortunately I found out, early on, that Paulists aren’t good at keeping the rule.We are stretched by the overwhelming influence of the Holy Spirit -- by Wisdom as mentioned in our first reading from Proverbs.The line in our reading from Proverbs that caught my attention is: "Let whoever is simple turn in here." We are not looking fort simple-minded people; but wise people, watchful people, seeking people who want to enrich and deepen their experience of God. In Paul's letter we are asked to "watch carefully how we live" to not be foolish persons but wise ones. ...
Homily For 12th Week in Ordinary Time (Fathers Day) 2015
Tempests, storms, upheavals seem to abound from the very personal to the global. My dad is dying and in hospice care. The terrible tragedy at the AME Church in Charleston South Carolina. The dark hatred of ISIS spreading through the Middle East and beyond. Climate change. If ever we felt in a small boat in stormed tossed sea, now is the time. Oh, by the way, Happy Father’s Day. Today is a VERY HAPPY FATHER’S DAY. The answer to our quest, the answer to our need to celebrate is found in the boat Jesus is riding in. Chances are you missed the source of happiness. Did you see it? Did you hear about it? What am I talking about? Jesus’ head was on a cushion. I have been pondering that pillow all week. Where did it come from? I imagined it as being embroidered, hand made. My cousin Bonnie suggested to me that maybe His mother made it for him, the Gospel equivalent of a Teddy Bear. I wouldn’t ...