“If you are going to be a follower of Jesus, then new things are going to happen. We must recognize that power comes from Christ’s death and resurrection. If we are going to find Jesus, then we must receive people who are culturally power-less. So much of God’s faithfulness rests in the hearts that cannot speak for themselves. ” Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday September 23, 2012.

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“Jesus asks all of us, ‘Who do people say that I am?’ Jesus longs to be known to his disciples and to us. People come to our parish community every day asking for what they need in our hospitality center. Beyond the clothing, the hygiene products, the haircuts, people just want to be known. We need to move beyond the labels and focus on people. The same for Christ Jesus. And once we come to know Jesus, he asks of us to follow him. And that following with embrace suffering to a new identity for us all.” Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Sunday September 16, 2012.

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“This healing story is not just about one man, not just about one family, but the story of us all…People come to us to hear the values of love. People come to us expecting us to get over our speech impediment of blame and anger. People come to us expecting that we too are touched by God, so that we will speak differently.” Twenty-third Sunday in Ordinary Time. Sunday September 9, 2012.

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We are invited to live a life of integrity. We live this life from the inside out. We discover our intentions, our values by exploring our hearts. This comes from living the values that we know will bring us life and bring life to others. There is something more than the externals, life must be lived from our sense of integrity. Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. September 2, 2012.

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Last month Jerry Usher from Vocation Boom! radio interview me about my initial vocation story. I spoke about my connection to the Word of God in my preaching and writing. I also spoke about various aspects of my ministry at Saint Andre Bessette Church in Portland, Oregon.  My interview begins at 36:00.

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“We are always trying to re-establish our relationship with God. We need to discover why we are following Jesus and why we are in the Church in the first place… People come to us as adults, people in recovering, people who have been unemployed. They need to discover the ‘why’ of God; why suffering and why follow Christ. Is there some other place to go?”Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time. August 26, 2012.”

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“The sharing of the Eucharist is a recognition of what it is, our food from heaven, the place and source of our salvation, our identity and our family meal. The Eucharist is all the ways we long for new life. The Eucharist does not stop at the communion rail, it is not only sharing of the Body and Blood of Christ but how we live it in the world.” The Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday August 19, 2012

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“It is important to look at our murmuring. We need to discover what life is about, what faith is about and what relationships are about. We are all hunger to find our way to Jesus… We are fed by simple bread and simple cup that becomes something more than simple, but a way of life in the world…The Bread of Life comes to us but does not stay with us, we are to live it in the world among others who murmur for something more.” Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 12, 2012.
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“God continues to nourish us throughout our lives. We are compelled into the presence of Christ when we share the Bread of Life and the Cup of Salvation. We are all still learners, interns as disciples. We learn the most from people in poverty who teach the rest of us how to really need God. Reflect on your own searching for God, reflect on how you are still learning about God and how to serve and extend the Eucharist to the world.” Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday August 5, 2012

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“One of the key things that I have learned in my ten and a half years of ministry at Saint Andre Bessette Church is to stand open-handed and open-hearted on a daily basis. We get what we need by this posture and trust in the power of the Holy Spirit…We stand open handed and rely on God because that is what people in poverty have to do every day. ” Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, July 29, 2012.

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