July 4, 2021 Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Ezekiel 2:2-5; Psalm 123:1-2,2,3-4; 2 Corinthians 12: 7-10; Mark 6:1-6 Paul ends today’s second reading with a paradox, a seeming contradiction. He says, “When I am weak, then I am strong.” What sense can we make of such a statement? It is like saying, “When I am sad, then I […]
Author: George Smiga
Eucharistic Liturgy · July / August 2020
A Refugee Family
This article was originally given as a homily for the Feast of the Holy Family, 29 December 2019. The Holy Family was a refugee family. There is little doubt about this. We hear in the Gospel of Matthew that King Herod was determined to kill the Christ child. So, an angel appears in a dream […]