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Homily on the Spot's title: Homily on the Spot – by Fr. Jim Chern

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A few years ago, I made a rule for myself: no more than about twenty minutes of news a day. It was during a time when every headline seemed more dramatic than the last—pandemic, politics, riots, you name it. The experience revealed something about myself—and maybe about a lot of us. If I’m not careful, I start scrolling through headlines or social media, and before I know it,...


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There’s a line in today’s first reading from Exodus that’s just heartbreaking: “Is the Lord in our midst or not?” Just let that hang in the air for a minute. This is coming from people who had watched the ten plagues devastate Egypt. Who had walked through the Red Sea on dry ground. Who saw the world’s most powerful empire collapse before their eyes....


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Of the over 500 words we just heard proclaimed from the scriptures, there’s one, single, five letter word that has the power to derail everything I might want to preach today.  A simple adjective that I wonder if it stood out for anyone else the way it did to me: GREAT.

The word “Great” – maybe a decade ago that word was harmless – optimistic, powerful, even unify...


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You’ve probably heard the warning “Don’t dance with the devil.”  But the problem starts long before the dance.  It starts when you agree to the conversation. The devil usually doesn’t kick in the door, he prefers to pull up a chair.  He doesn’t always look like a serpent or snake.  The disguises change.  The voice doesn’t.  It s...


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