Morning Homilies Ii In the Chapel of St Martha`s Guest House September 2, 2013 - January 31, 2014

includes index and biblioraphy

The danger of gossip ....3 A gentle, modest light, full of love .....5 Listening, renuniation and mission .....8 The grace of joy ....10 No christian without jesus ....13 Jesus is hope .....15 Christians without fear, shame or triumphalism ....17 Contemplating jesus, gentle and suffering .....20 From malicious gossip to loving our neighbor ....22 The tree of the cross ...24 Pray for politicans to govern us well ....26 Like a mother defending her children ....28 The power of money ....31 Like blowing on embers ....33 A traveling companion ....36 Prayer for peace in the middle east .....38 Knowing jesus ....39 The way of jesus ....41 Fear of the cross ....43 The air of the church ....45 The humility and power of the gospel ....47 The joy of christian memory ....49 Running away from god ....51 Choosing the better part ....54 Courage to pray .....57 How to defeat the devil ....58 The jonah syndrome ....61 Loving god and our neighbor against idolatry and hypocrisy ....64 Disciples of christ , not of ideology ....66 The apostle`s sunset ...69 Money is useful but greed kills ....72 Mind, heart, contemplation ....74 The logic of before and after ....76 Able to be ashamed ....80 A special day ....82 Hope the unknown ....85 Two images and a question ....87 The party invitation that can`t be bought ....89 God doesn`t like losing ...92 The tained bread of corruption ....95 Water flowing through the church .....97 Sinners yes corrupt no ....98 In god`s safe hands ....101 The spirit of wisdom conquers worldly curiosity .....103 God`s weakness for the prayer of his people ....105 Faithfulness to god isn`t negotiable ....107 Granddad`s table ....110 Why we go to the temple ....113 courage to make hard choices ....116 The master of time ....119 Faith is never a private matter ...120 Free thought ...123 Meeting jesus with our defenses down ....125 Peace that is loud with praise ....127 Wild words .....129 The annoying cry ....131 Homily on the occasion of the celebration of ecclesiatical communion granted to the catholic coptic patriarch .....134 When god re-creates ....136 When silence is music ....138 Without fear of freedom .....140 The man whose eye is clear .....142 God`s surname ....145 Trying to save ourselves on our own .....148 Mystery doesn`t seek publicity ....150 Waiting for the birth ....152 A heart like a market place .....154 Love isn`t a soap opera ....157 Parroting the creed ......159 What a priest should be like .....162 Tailor-made love ....165 Four models .....167 An examination of conscience .....171 Cosi fan tutti: what everyone does ....174 The god of surprises ....177 God chooses the little ones .....180 Hearts free from envy and jealousy ....183 How to create dialogue ....185 When priests don`t make news .....188 The prayer of praise .....191 No split between christ and the church .....194 Martyrs who pay for our sins ....197