“This is the day the Lord has made let us rejoice and be glad in it! Certainly this Easter Sunday is a day of the Lord in a most unique and special way as we celebrate the power of God to bring out of death New Life. We gathered on Good Friday remembering the power […]
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Attitude of Christ
“All of us experience in this Palm Sunday Liturgy that very quick transition from ‘hosanna’ to ‘crucify him’, and how fickle the human person can be and how we can proclaim and yet not live and so we are called to reflect upon the beautiful mystery of God’s love for us in Christ Jesus and […]
A Compassionate God
“So I’d like to see a show of hands from the congregation, who wants to go to heaven? Good. Good answer. Show of hands, who wants to go today? Okay kind of what I thought. Fantastic. I bring this up because a friend of mine sent me a survey from ABC News about Americans and […]
Forgiving Compassionate Love
Fr. Tom Tank’s Homily April 7, 2019 “The scripture readings that we have on this fifth Sunday of Lent are ones that invite us to a time of reflection and meditation and personal prayer. That reading of St. Paul from the letter the Philippians today is such a piece of deep theology as Paul reflects […]
With Open Hands
“We’re all familiar with this beautiful Gospel so richly packed. We all know it as the story of the prodigal son but perhaps it should be called the story of the two sons and the loving father. Jesus tells us this story in the context of him sitting down among tax collector and other sinners. […]
The Prodigal Father
“Well we’re all very familiar with that long parable called the Parable of the Prodigal Son. We’re familiar with that dynamic that took place there as Jesus was confronted by the Scribes and the Pharisees that were scandalized that he was eating and associating with sinners, with tax collectors, with public violators of the law […]