CREDIBLE, CARING, WITNESSES
Acts 3:13-15; 17-19; I Jn. 2:1-5a; Lk. 24:35-48
In the 1985 movie, “Witness”, an 8 year old Amish boy named Samuel Lapp witnesses a murder in a Philadelphia train station bathroom Because of what he as seen the boy, his mother and a police detective who was wounded while trying to protect them are… Continue reading
“Credible, Caring, Witnesses”–Saturday Homily
April 24th, 2009 By Father River Sims
“Being Born Anew”
April 24th, 2009 By Father River Sims
April 23/ Acts 5:27-33; Jn. 3:31-36
If Jesus had came to preach a “new order”; to bring a new government, then we would probably know very little of him, for he would have been a part of the past, but to preach “repentance, remission of sins” scared the hell out of the powers that be. In… Continue reading
“For God So Loved the World”
April 23rd, 2009 By Father River Sims
April 22 Acts 5:17-26; Jn. 3:16-21
“For God so loved the world that he gave her only begotten son. . .”
“Christians in their relationships should be the most human people
you will ever see. This speaks for God in an age of inhumanity and
impersonality and facelessness. When people look at us, their
reaction should be, “These are human… Continue reading
“Communist-or Being Simply Human’
April 22nd, 2009 By Father River Sims
April 21 Acts 4:32-37; Jn. 3:7-15
“The whole community of believers was, one in heart and mine. No one claimed private ownership of any possessions, but rather they shared all things in common.”
Native Americans did the same thing, until the explorers came to the shores. All was shared in common and no one wanted for… Continue reading