A little Shock about the Golden Calf on Mar 18, 2010 in sermons homilies gonzales exodus religion golden calf fr. jboy spirituality 18 March 2010 Thursday of the 4th Week of LentExodus 32, 7-14; Psalm 106; John 5, 31-47We always had a view on the Golden Calf, the one idol created by the Israelites which Aaron, the brother of Moses tolerated. We knew that Moses broke the tablets o...
Meeting You the Rest of the Way: St. Joseph & Fatherhood on Mar 18, 2010 in sermons homilies gonzales religion fr. jboy st. joseph spirituality 19 March 2010 Solemnity of St. Joseph, the Husband of Mary2 Sam 7, 4-16; Psalm 89; Rom 4, 13-22; Matthew 1, 16-24 or Luke2, 41- 51One of my most vivid experiences of St. Joseph is not only in the meditation of the Infancy narratives in the Spiritual...
Have You Ever Wished You Didn't Have to Work? on Mar 16, 2010 in sermons homilies gonzales work john religion fr. jboy spirituality lent 17 March 2010: Wednesday in the 4th Week of LentIsaiah 49, 8-15; Psalm 145; John 5, 17-30Working is not new to us. In fact, many of us complain about work and wish we are a people who don’t have to work. We envy those with resources; just by sittin...
Why Do We Get When We Attend Mass Regularly? on Mar 15, 2010 in sermons sacrament homilies gonzales old testament ezekiel mass religion fr. jboy eucharist spirituality lent 16 March 2010 Tuesday of the 4th Week of LentEzekiel 47, 1-12; Psalm 46; John 5, 1-16Why do we regularly come to church every Sunday? Why should we attend mass when we know that we will eventually fall again, only to return the next Sunday? Is this a...
What Do We Get When We Attend Mass Regularly? on Mar 15, 2010 in sermons sacrament homilies gonzales old testament ezekiel mass religion fr. jboy eucharist spirituality lent 16 March 2010 Tuesday of the 4th Week of LentEzekiel 47, 1-12; Psalm 46; John 5, 1-16Why do we regularly come to church every Sunday? Why should we attend mass when we know that we will eventually fall again, only to return the next Sunday? Is this a...
Are You Faithful to God? Do You Think and Love as He? on Mar 13, 2010 in sermons homilies gonzales prodigal son luke religion fr. jboy father spirituality 14 March 2010 Fourth Sunday of LentIsaiah 43, 16-21; Psalm 126; Phil 3, 8-14; Luke 15, 1-3, 11-42Today is Laetare Sunday. Laetare means "to rejoice" and therefore it means that in the middle of the Season of Lent, we are reminded that the last word i...
Have You Ever Fought for the One You Loved? on Mar 12, 2010 in sermons hosea homilies gonzales old testament religion love fr. jboy spirituality 12 March 2010 Friday of the 3rd Week of LentHosea 14, 2-9; Psalm 81; Mark 12, 28-34Have you ever fought for someone you loved? If you have, then Hosea is inspiring. Hosea was a contemporary of Amos and Isaiah. Amos and he preached in North Israel, wh...
Do You Feel Useless? on Mar 6, 2010 in sermons homilies gonzales luke religion fruitfulness fr. jboy spirituality fig tree 7 March 2010. 3rd Sunday of LentExodus 3, 1-15; Psalm 103; 1 Cor 10, 1-12; Luke 13, 1-9 Fig trees are valuable in Palestine. Their sizeable leaves provide a sprawling shade to sit as Nathanael was doing when Jesus saw him (Jn 1:48). Figs are naturall...
When Rejected, Be a Cornerstone! on Mar 5, 2010 in sermons rejection homilies gonzales genesis religion matthew fr. jboy spirituality 5 March 2010 Friday of the 2nd Week of LentGenesis 37, 3-28; Psalm 105; Matthew 21, 33-46Have you ever been rejected? I guess many of us are used to repeated rejections, but never liked the feeling of being turned down. We feel rejected when someone...
Attention Away from the Poor on Mar 3, 2010 in sermons homilies gonzales luke religion fr. jboy lazarus spirituality lent 4 March 2010 Thursday of the 2nd Week of LentJeremiah 17, 5-10; Psalm 1, 1-6; Luke 16, 19-31The parable speaks of the sin of omission. The rich man was punished, not because of what he did, but what he did not do. A close reading of the parable prec...
