What is “work” anyway?

This is homily #666 for me. And this Sunday we ended up cancelling services for a snowstorm. Perhaps superstitious, perhaps not, but either way, this is what I had planned to say if we had Church today. (Fr. Marty) Homily 666 – 25 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa November 30, 2025 Epistle:  (224) Ephesians 4:1-6…

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Invest wisely.

Homily 665 – 24 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa November 23, 2025 Epistle:  (221) Ephesians 2:14-22 and (213) Galatians 5:22-6:2 Gospel:  (66) Luke 12:16-21 and (43) Matthew 11:27-30 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God. Why do we accumulate stuff? That is the question at…

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That tricky Savior …

Homily 664 – 23 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa November 16, 2025 Epistle:  (220) Ephesians 2:4-10 and (131) 1 Corinthians  4:9-16 Gospel:  (53) Luke 10:25-37 and (30) Matthew 9:9-13 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God. So this gets tricky.  Christ takes a conversation, and…

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The appropriate sacrifice to God.

Homily 663 – 22 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa November 9, 2025 Epistle:  (215) Galatians 6:11-18 Gospel:  (39) Luke 8:41-56 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God. The account of the woman with the issue of blood, like everything in the Gospels, has so much…

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