Well, as promised, today we are in part two of our trilogy of parables from the Gospel of Matthew.  And this week again Jesus uses the imagery of farming as well as baking—two things I know y’all know how to do, because so many of you are kind enough to share with the fruits of […]

In this longer form of the Parable of the Sower, Jesus not only tells us the parable, he also explains the meaning of the parable. So, since the Lord has already given us his own homily, looks like my job here is finished.  Please stand for the creed. Just kidding.  Indeed, we have a parable […]

Well, it’s Ordinary Time, and so Father Joe is back to his ordinary shtick, and you know what that means—movie references.  Now, I love just about any movie with an epic battle scene as the climax of the story.  And any movie with a great, epic battle scene would be incomplete without a rousing, epic […]