Month: October 2018

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BLINDNESS AND CLEAR VISION – Jesus “cures” a Blind Man

Homily for 30th Sunday of the Year – B
Blind Bartimaeus is “Cured”

Bartimaeus is cured of his blindness, but demonstrates a clearer vision of Jesus while he is still Blind.  What constitutes “clear vision” and where else in the Gospel, and in our world do we see examples of “blindness” and the “clear vision” of faith?

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ARMAGEDDON – What? Where? When? (Apocalypse #37)

ARMAGEDDON!!!
Apocalypse, part 37

The concept of the “Battle of Armageddon” originated in the 16th and 19th Chapters of the Book of Revelation. But what kind of a battle will it be, has it happened already, and, when all is said and done, despite the exaggerations of modern interpretive expectation regarding the End of the World, what did Armageddon mean in the context of the Book of Revelation?

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