August 2020 archive of A message from Father Mark
August 30, 2020 Homily
Posted by Jamie Sandona on 8/27/20
22ND SUNDAY OF THE YEAR A
Poor Peter! Just last week we heard Peter tell Jesus that he was the Messiah, the Son of the living God; and Jesus gave him the keys to the kingdom of heaven. Now this week, Peter rebukes Jesus and Jesus tells Peter ... Read More »
August 23, 2020
Posted by Jamie Sandona on 8/20/20
21ST SUNDAY OF THE YEAR A
I will give the keys to the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. Binding and loosing refer to the authority to make judgments. It ... Read More »
August 16, 2020
Posted by Jamie Sandona on 8/13/20
20TH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR AIn this Sunday’s gospel reading, we hear once again how Jesus is continuing his ministryof teaching and healing; moving ever closer to Jerusalem, where he knows that he will face trialand crucifixion. So he goes to Tyre and Sidon, which was a Gentile district.By ... Read More »
August 9, 2020
Posted by Jamie Sandona on 8/06/20
19 TH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR AWhen Jesus said, come, Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water towardJesus.The part of this gospel passage that we usually remember is that Peter’s faith failedhim and that Jesus drew attention to this: Why did you doubt! But we ... Read More »