Christopher Looby
11th Sunday in Ordinary time
There was an old man who lived by a forest. As he grew older and older, he started losing his hair, until one day, on his deathbed, he...
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Corpus Christi
As most of you know Bishop LaValley has lifted the dispensation from the obligation to attend mass this weekend. That means that after...
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Pentecost Sunday 2021
More than a century ago, a great sailing ship was stranded off the coast of South America. Day after day the ship lay there in the still...
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Seventh Sunday of Easter 2021
Did you pay attention to what was going on in the first reading today? If you weren’t then you missed an event that still is practiced...
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Feast of St. Matthias, Apostle
As the first reading from the Acts of the Apostles illustrates today, the 11 apostles had to choose between two really good men to...
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Wednesday of the 6th Week of Easter
In today's first reading from Acts 17:15, 22-18:1 St. Paul gives his famous speech in Athens calling the people to abandon their worship...
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6th Sunday of Easter
Phil Keith is the Police Chief in Knoxville, Tennessee. One night in the middle of a city council meeting his pager goes off. He was...
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Easter Sunday
Every year we probably hear the Easter story a little differently. Where we are on own journeys to Jerusalem and Calvary affects what we...
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Good Friday
We began Holy Week on Palm Sunday reading the Passion according to St. Mark. We hear the story again this time from St. John’s...
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Holy Thursday
Last week a woman named Lillian called me with a request that is becoming common lately. “Father,” she said, “I’m 90 years and I have...
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Palm Sunday
We have just heard the climax of the Greatest Story Ever Told. We hear it every Palm Sunday – and we will hear it again on Good Friday....
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Fifth Sunday of Lent
This week as I was driving to Burlington I saw my favorite sign of Spring! I’m not talking about a robin or a crocus popping up from the...
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Fourth Sunday of Lent
Years ago, the novelist William Styron took a courageous step, and described his battle with depression in a book called “Darkness...
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Third Sunday of Lent
Jesus was sad and that grief led to anger. The Temple in Jerusalem (the center of not only worship but of life itself) had been turned...
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Second Sunday of Lent
I have a good friend who is a high school teacher. Last year she had a class of students who were one of the most difficult that she ever...
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Chair of St. Peter, Apostle
Today we honor St. Peter who was chosen by Jesus to be the head of the apostles because he was the first to recognize Jesus as the Son of...
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First Sunday of Lent
A man took his young son to a baseball game. While they were sitting there, he asked the boy what he was going to give up for Lent. The...
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Ash Wednesday
Today we begin the great 40 days of Lent. In a few moments, we will hear those haunting words “Remember that you are dust and on to dust...
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5th Sunday in Ordinary Time B
I recently came across this wonderful little story from a magazine. It’s very short, so, please be patient while I read it to you. A...
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In the beginning...
Today's first reading (Genesis:1-19) is the beginning the Bible. The beginning to the greatest story ever told tells us how God created...
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