Fr. Joe Dailey

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Then going out, he went, as was his custom, to the Mount of Olives, and the disciples followed him.

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Then the whole assembly of them arose and brought him before Pilate.

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The Scribes and Pharisees have built their identity over and against this woman they see as a sinner. In separating themselves from her, they see themselves as good. One by one, beginni…

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“In Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting the message of reconciliation to us.”

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"I am the LORD your God...who brought you out of the land of Egypt that I might dwell with you."  God is the one who meets us on the way; makes a home with us and journeys with us, lead…

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To gaze into the face of another is to gaze into the depth and entirety of their life. The face always reveals who you are, and what life has done to you. 

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It seems that in this story there is only Jesus and the tempter. But Jesus is not alone; just as God led the Israelites into the wilderness, where they were tested, so Jesus is led by t…

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Within the grip of winter,  it is almost impossible to imagine the spring. 
The gray landscape is shorn of color. Winter is the oldest season; it has some quality of the absolute. 

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"It is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.”

This is a homily/story that I shared in 2019.
Here is the video version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1xk3FSMCeg&t=123s

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When Jesus says, to "love your enemies." I think he is challenging us to meet them, to get to know them for who they are rather than who we imagine them to be. Genuine meeting leads to …

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We shall not, we shall not be moved,
We shall not, we shall not be moved;
Like a tree, that’s planted by the water,
We shall not be moved.

"We Shall Not Be Moved," Mavis Staples
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In the eyes of Jesus, Peter saw the one who insists on loving him into life beyond his fear and inadequacies.


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When Jesus’ neighbors thought he would bring them untold blessings, they spoke favorably of him.  When they understand he is asking them to bring blessings to others, they are enraged. 


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It is our teaching that when the Word of God is proclaimed at liturgy, we are not remembering something God once said.  God is speaking to us live, now, through these graced words.

I am …

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it stands to reason that Jesus’s first public “sign” takes place at a wedding feast,  for Jesus himself is the marriage of divinity and humanity. 

I am presiding this weekend and next at…

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It is a mythic river that Jesus wades into, the Jordan, which flows under the same sky where a mighty wind was sweeping over the waters at the dawn of Creation.

I will be presiding at th…

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The wise men come bringing gifts of myrrh, gold and frankincense, all profound references to the 1st Temple in Jerusalem.

I will be presiding at the 5pm Sunday Evening Mass @ St. Andrew,…

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 For Luke, “being lost” is like “being dead,”  and “being found” is like “being made alive.”  This is stated most dramatically at the end of the parable of the prodigal son, “your broth…

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It is to shepherds that this Good News is announced:  
“Do not be afraid;  for behold,  I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people."  
While the emperor says…

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Mary and Elizabeth are not alone. How good it is that God gave them one to another. God's most radical intervention into history was listened to and received in community.

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