Tradition With Vision

Tradition With Vision

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  • Fr. Gabriel - Homily - October 23, 2022 - 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Luke 18:9-14

    Jesus addressed this parable

    to those who were convinced of their own righteousness
    and despised everyone else.
    "Two people went up to the temple area to pray;
    one was a Pharisee and the other was a tax collector.
    The Pharisee took up his position and spoke this prayer to himself,
    'O God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of humanity --
    greedy, dishonest, adulterous -- or even like this tax collector.
    I fast twice a week, and I pay tithes on my whole income.'
    But the tax collector stood off at a distance
    and would not even raise his eyes to heaven
    but beat his breast and prayed,
    'O God, be merciful to me a sinner.'
    I tell you, the latter went home justified, not the former;
    for whoever exalts himself will be humbled,
    and the one who humbles himself will be exalted."

    12 min
  • Fr. Gabriel - Homily - October 16, 2022 - 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Luke 18:1-8

    Jesus told his disciples a parable

    about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary.
    He said, "There was a judge in a certain town
    who neither feared God nor respected any human being.
    And a widow in that town used to come to him and say,
    'Render a just decision for me against my adversary.'
    For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought,
    'While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being,
    because this widow keeps bothering me
    I shall deliver a just decision for her
    lest she finally come and strike me.'"
    The Lord said, "Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says.
    Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones
    who call out to him day and night?
    Will he be slow to answer them?
    I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily.
    But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

    12 min
  • Fr. Gabriel - Homily - October 9, 2022 - 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Luke 17:11-19

    As Jesus continued his journey to Jerusalem,

    he traveled through Samaria and Galilee.
    As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him.
    They stood at a distance from him and raised their voices, saying,
    "Jesus, Master! Have pity on us!"
    And when he saw them, he said,
    "Go show yourselves to the priests."
    As they were going they were cleansed.
    And one of them, realizing he had been healed,
    returned, glorifying God in a loud voice;
    and he fell at the feet of Jesus and thanked him.
    He was a Samaritan.
    Jesus said in reply,
    "Ten were cleansed, were they not?
    Where are the other nine?
    Has none but this foreigner returned to give thanks to God?"
    Then he said to him, "Stand up and go;
    your faith has saved you."

    11 min
  • Fr. Gabriel - Homily - October 2, 2022 - 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Luke 17:5-10

    The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."

    The Lord replied,
    "If you have faith the size of a mustard seed,
    you would say to this mulberry tree,
    'Be uprooted and planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.

    "Who among you would say to your servant
    who has just come in from plowing or tending sheep in the field,
    'Come here immediately and take your place at table'?
    Would he not rather say to him,
    'Prepare something for me to eat.
    Put on your apron and wait on me while I eat and drink.
    You may eat and drink when I am finished'?
    Is he grateful to that servant because he did what was commanded?
    So should it be with you.
    When you have done all you have been commanded,
    say, 'We are unprofitable servants;
    we have done what we were obliged to do.'"

    12 min
  • Fr. Gabriel - Homily - September 25, 2022 - 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Luke 16:19-31

    Jesus said to the Pharisees:

    "There was a rich man who dressed in purple garments and fine linen
    and dined sumptuously each day.
    And lying at his door was a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores,
    who would gladly have eaten his fill of the scraps
    that fell from the rich man's table.
    Dogs even used to come and lick his sores.
    When the poor man died,
    he was carried away by angels to the bosom of Abraham.
    The rich man also died and was buried,
    and from the netherworld, where he was in torment,
    he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far off
    and Lazarus at his side.
    And he cried out, 'Father Abraham, have pity on me.
    Send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue,
    for I am suffering torment in these flames.'
    Abraham replied,
    'My child, remember that you received
    what was good during your lifetime
    while Lazarus likewise received what was bad;
    but now he is comforted here, whereas you are tormented.
    Moreover, between us and you a great chasm is established
    to prevent anyone from crossing who might wish to go
    from our side to yours or from your side to ours.'
    He said, 'Then I beg you, father,
    send him to my father's house, for I have five brothers,
    so that he may warn them,
    lest they too come to this place of torment.'
    But Abraham replied, 'They have Moses and the prophets.
    Let them listen to them.'
    He said, 'Oh no, father Abraham,
    but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'
    Then Abraham said, 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets,
    neither will they be persuaded if someone should rise from the dead.'"

    12 min
  • Deacon Jack - Homily - September 18, 2022 - 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Luke 16:10-13

    Jesus said to his disciples,

    "A rich man had a steward
    who was reported to him for squandering his property.
    He summoned him and said,
    'What is this I hear about you?
    Prepare a full account of your stewardship,
    because you can no longer be my steward.'
    The steward said to himself, 'What shall I do,
    now that my master is taking the position of steward away from me?
    I am not strong enough to dig and I am ashamed to beg.
    I know what I shall do so that,
    when I am removed from the stewardship,
    they may welcome me into their homes.'
    He called in his master's debtors one by one.
    To the first he said,
    'How much do you owe my master?'
    He replied, 'One hundred measures of olive oil.'
    He said to him, 'Here is your promissory note.
    Sit down and quickly write one for fifty.'
    Then to another the steward said, 'And you, how much do you owe?'
    He replied, 'One hundred kors of wheat.'
    The steward said to him, 'Here is your promissory note;
    write one for eighty.'
    And the master commended that dishonest steward for acting prudently.
    "For the children of this world
    are more prudent in dealing with their own generation
    than are the children of light.
    I tell you, make friends for yourselves with dishonest wealth,
    so that when it fails, you will be welcomed into eternal dwellings.
    The person who is trustworthy in very small matters
    is also trustworthy in great ones;
    and the person who is dishonest in very small matters
    is also dishonest in great ones.
    If, therefore, you are not trustworthy with dishonest wealth,
    who will trust you with true wealth?
    If you are not trustworthy with what belongs to another,
    who will give you what is yours?
    No servant can serve two masters.
    He will either hate one and love the other,
    or be devoted to one and despise the other.
    You cannot serve both God and mammon."

    11 min
  • Fr. Gabriel - Homily - September 11, 2022 - 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Luke 15:1-32

    Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to Jesus,

    but the Pharisees and scribes began to complain, saying,
    “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
    So to them he addressed this parable.
    “What man among you having a hundred sheep and losing one of them
    would not leave the ninety-nine in the desert
    and go after the lost one until he finds it?
    And when he does find it,
    he sets it on his shoulders with great joy
    and, upon his arrival home,
    he calls together his friends and neighbors and says to them,
    ‘Rejoice with me because I have found my lost sheep.’
    I tell you, in just the same way
    there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents
    than over ninety-nine righteous people
    who have no need of repentance.

    “Or what woman having ten coins and losing one
    would not light a lamp and sweep the house,
    searching carefully until she finds it?
    And when she does find it,
    she calls together her friends and neighbors
    and says to them,
    ‘Rejoice with me because I have found the coin that I lost.’
    In just the same way, I tell you,
    there will be rejoicing among the angels of God
    over one sinner who repents.”


    19 min
  • Fr. Gabriel - Homily - September 4, 2022 - 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Luke 14:25-33

    Great crowds were traveling with Jesus,

    and he turned and addressed them,
    “If anyone comes to me without hating his father and mother,
    wife and children, brothers and sisters,
    and even his own life,
    he cannot be my disciple.
    Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after me
    cannot be my disciple.
    Which of you wishing to construct a tower
    does not first sit down and calculate the cost
    to see if there is enough for its completion?
    Otherwise, after laying the foundation
    and finding himself unable to finish the work
    the onlookers should laugh at him and say,
    ‘This one began to build but did not have the resources to finish.’
    Or what king marching into battle would not first sit down
    and decide whether with ten thousand troops
    he can successfully oppose another king
    advancing upon him with twenty thousand troops?
    But if not, while he is still far away,
    he will send a delegation to ask for peace terms.
    In the same way,
    anyone of you who does not renounce all his possessions
    cannot be my disciple.”

    13 min
  • Fr. Gabriel - Homily - August 28, 2022 - 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time - Luke 14:1,7-14

    On a sabbath Jesus went to dine

    at the home of one of the leading Pharisees,
    and the people there were observing him carefully.

    He told a parable to those who had been invited,
    noticing how they were choosing the places of honor at the table.
    "When you are invited by someone to a wedding banquet,
    do not recline at table in the place of honor.
    A more distinguished guest than you may have been invited by him,
    and the host who invited both of you may approach you and say,
    'Give your place to this man,'
    and then you would proceed with embarrassment
    to take the lowest place.
    Rather, when you are invited,
    go and take the lowest place
    so that when the host comes to you he may say,
    'My friend, move up to a higher position.'
    Then you will enjoy the esteem of your companions at the table.
    For every one who exalts himself will be humbled,
    but the one who humbles himself will be exalted."
    Then he said to the host who invited him,
    "When you hold a lunch or a dinner,
    do not invite your friends or your brothers
    or your relatives or your wealthy neighbors,
    in case they may invite you back and you have repayment.
    Rather, when you hold a banquet,
    invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind;
    blessed indeed will you be because of their inability to repay you.
    For you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."

    17 min
  • Fr. Gabriel - Homily - August 21, 2022 - 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time - Luke 13:22-30

    Jesus passed through towns and villages,

    teaching as he went and making his way to Jerusalem.
    Someone asked him,
    "Lord, will only a few people be saved?"
    He answered them,
    "Strive to enter through the narrow gate,
    for many, I tell you, will attempt to enter
    but will not be strong enough.
    After the master of the house has arisen and locked the door,
    then will you stand outside knocking and saying,
    'Lord, open the door for us.'
    He will say to you in reply,
    'I do not know where you are from.
    And you will say,
    'We ate and drank in your company and you taught in our streets.'
    Then he will say to you,
    'I do not know where you are from.
    Depart from me, all you evildoers!'
    And there will be wailing and grinding of teeth
    when you see Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob
    and all the prophets in the kingdom of God
    and you yourselves cast out.
    And people will come from the east and the west
    and from the north and the south
    and will recline at table in the kingdom of God.
    For behold, some are last who will be first,
    and some are first who will be last."

    10 min

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