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…

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…

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…

Homily 661 – 20 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa October 26, 2025 Epistle:  (331-ctr) Hebrews 12:6-13, 25-27 (Earthquake), (200) Galatians 1:11-19 (Resurrection), (292) 2 Timothy 2:1-10 Gospel:  (27) Matthew 8:23-27 (Earthquake), (83) Luke 16:19-31 (Resurrection), (52) John 15:17-16:25 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God.…

Homily 660 – 19 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa October 19, 2025 Epistle:  (194) 2 Corinthians 11:31-12:9 Gospel:  (35) Luke 8:5-15 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God. We spend a lot of time in Church talking about discipleship, and following Christ, and what Christ…

Homily 659 – 17 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa October 5, 2025 Epistle:  (182-ctr) 2 Corinthians 6:16-7:1 Gospel:  (26) Luke 6:31-36 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God. Sometimes, we hear the first line of today’s gospel reading and we just stop for a moment. …

Homily 658 – 16 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa September 28, 2025 Epistle:  (181) 2 Corinthians 6:1-10 and (176) 2 Corinthians 4:6-15 Gospel:  (17) Luke 5:1-11 and (24) Luke 6:17-23 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God. Some days we feel like Simon Peter, don’t…

Homily 657 – 15 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa September 21, 2025 Epistle:  (203) Galatians 2:16-20 and (176) 2 Corinthians 4:6-15 Gospel:  (37) Mark 8:34-9:1  and (92) Matthew 22:35-46 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God. A little liturgical trivia.  Today is the leavetaking of…

Homily 656 – 14 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa September 14, 2025 Epistle:  (125) 1 Corinthians 1:18-24 Gospel:  (60) John 19:6-11, 13-20, 25-28, 30-35 In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, One God. Today we remember the finding, the uncovering, of the true Cross.  It is a…

Homily 655 – 13 APE Holy Transfiguration, Ames, Iowa September 7, 2025 Epistle:  (215) Galatians 6:11-18 and (166) 1 Corinthians 16:13-24 Gospel:  (9) John 3:13-17 and (87) Matthew 21:33-42 In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, One God. Are you ready? This Sunday, we are preparing for…