by Fred Karpuk | Mar 4, 2009 | 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle B, Ordinary
Catholic Homily for CYCLE B 7TH ORDINARY by Fred Karpuk (Is. 43, 2 Cor.1, 18-22, Mk 2, 1-12) 1. You and I are standing out on the street talking. You say that your long list of things to do includes painting the living room walls. And your thinking you might go buy...
by Fred Karpuk | Jan 20, 2009 | 2009, Cycle B, Feast of Holy Family, Ordinary
Catholic Homily for Cycle B Feast of HOLY FAMILY by Fred Karpuk We went to a wedding last weekend. One thing that I thought was very sweet came at the end of the movie created in the couples honor. They said in THANKING their parents, “We will imitate your lives, not...
by Fred Karpuk | Jan 20, 2009 | 2009, 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle B, Ordinary
CYCLE B 2ND ORDINARY TIME 1. One week after we celebrate the beginning of our Lords mission, I think we could easily say that our greatest problem stemming from our Baptism is that we don’t understand all RESPONSIBILITIES we have or OPPORTUNITIES given to us that flow...
by Fred Karpuk | Dec 15, 2008 | 2007, 28th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C, Ordinary
CYCLE C 28TH 1. Let’s start with Naaman, He was a Gentile. A successful soldier from Syria. At times Syria was an ally of Israel and at times it was not. He was considered to be suffering from a chronic and humiliating skin ailment. That it was Leprosy is unsure. Skin...
by Fred Karpuk | Dec 15, 2008 | 2007, 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Cycle C, Ordinary
Cycle C 24th 1. BULL WORSHIP. The Golden Calf is the sign of mid eastern god of Power and Fertility. But after all Yahweh did for the Israelites, to establish a personal relationship with them (Remember, “I am your God and you are my people”), by bringing them out of...
by Fred Karpuk | Dec 15, 2008 | 2007, 20th Sunday of Ordinary TIme, Cycle C, Ordinary
CYCLE C 20TH 1. In our readings, Jeremiah and Jesus as prophets have a major point in common. Their words spoken for Yahweh, while true, were often ‘DIVISIVE’ and ‘INFLAMMATORY’. You see, PROPHECY, was held to be a kind of an ‘Expert Opinion’. So what Prophets said...
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