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Father Garry Koch
Father Koch: Jesus points to the Messianic Promises in gestures, not words
The eschatological imagery found in Isaiah
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FATHER GARRY KOCH
| September 6, 2024
Father Koch: Jesus points to the Messianic Promises in gestures, not words
The eschatological imagery found in Isaiah
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| September 6, 2024
Father Koch: The struggle over how to exercise religion Is ageless
One of the criticisms of the Church that comes ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| August 29, 2024
Father Koch: Why do some disciples of Jesus choose to walk away?
The dialogue between Jesus and the crowd that followed him ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| August 23, 2024
Father Koch: The living bread from heaven transforms our world view
The dialogue that Jesus has with the crowd ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| August 16, 2024
Father Koch: As good as it might be, food never truly satisfies us
Although we live in an area of the world where ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| August 2, 2024
Father Koch: The Multiplication of the Loaves and Fish prepares us for the Eucharist
We make the shift this weekend from a continuous ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| July 26, 2024
Father Koch: The work of Jesus, the Church is never truly finished
Knowing human nature and the need for ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| July 19, 2024
Father Koch: Jesus Taught His Disciples to Become Rabbis to Continue His Mission
The ministry of Jesus was not just teaching his disciples about ethereal...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| July 12, 2024
Father Koch: Sometimes it’s difficult to see the work of God
We are all aware of how challenging it can be to ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| July 5, 2024
Father Koch: If we persist in our pleas, Jesus will calm the storms
In 1986 a first century fishing boat was discovered
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| June 21, 2024
Father Koch: Sin is a real and present danger
The propensity to sin is deep within us, ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| June 7, 2024
Father Koch: The Eucharist is the foreshadow of heaven
This past week our Diocese was blessed ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| May 31, 2024
Father Koch: The power of the Holy Spirit Is in the effects
The disciples and members of the household of Jesus
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| May 16, 2024
FATHER KOCH: Preparing for the coming of the Holy Spirit
In the Acts of the Apostles, St. Luke suggests a ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| May 10, 2024
Father Koch: Simple enough: Love one another
Jesus delivers a lengthy and thorough instruction ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| May 3, 2024
Father Koch: Jesus as the vine identifies himself and us with Israel
There are multiple ways in which the Gospel writers see Jesus ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| April 26, 2024
Father Koch: The Good Shepherd leads all to the father
The Fourth Sunday of Easter always draws our ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| April 19, 2024
Father Koch: The Word uses the Word of God to instruct the disciples
Two disciples had left Jerusalem and were walking ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| April 12, 2024
Father Koch: Like Thomas, there are many who struggle ...
The reports on that Sunday morning, fueled by the ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| April 5, 2024
Father Koch: Easter helps us to understand this life and the life to come
As we encounter increasing hostility to our ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| March 29, 2024
Father Koch: Passion Sunday directs our focus to the Cross
Even as the promised hope of the Resurrection looms...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| March 22, 2024
Father Koch: The grain of wheat becomes the Body of Christ
Somewhere around 10,000 B.C., our ancestors began to ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| March 15, 2024
Father Koch: Yes, God loves us, but what does that mean for us?
Perhaps the most famous dialogue in the Gospels is that between ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| March 8, 2024
Father Koch: The Temple was a sign of God’s presence
For Catholics, St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican is an iconic structure.
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| March 1, 2024
Father Koch: The Transfiguration connects us all to the Covenant
The First Reading poses a challenging dilemma as we ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| February 23, 2024
Father Koch: Water stands as both a sign of death and life
Here in the Northeast of the U.S., we seldom concern ourselves ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| February 16, 2024
Father Koch: Through a leper we see the healing power of Jesus
Father Koch: Through a leper we see the healing power of Jesus over sin and death
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FATHER GARRY KOCH
| February 9, 2024
Father Koch: Mark’s Gospel draws attention on the Cross of Jesus
Mark’s Gospel opens with a rapid series of events, so ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| February 2, 2024
Father Koch: Authority defines Jesus’ teaching, mission
The appearance of Jesus at the synagogue must have been unsettling to ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| January 25, 2024
Father Koch: We need to experience mercy before we can preach mercy
The story of Jonah is very familiar.
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| January 19, 2024
Father Koch: Prophets and mentors can to point us to Christ
We are introduced to one of the most significant personage ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| January 11, 2024
FATHER KOCH: Every family needs an Anna and a Simeon
The Sunday after Christmas is traditionally observed as ...
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FATHER GARRY KOCH
| December 28, 2023
Father Koch: Mary is the one who brings the Son into the world
The peculiarity of the calendar leaves us with a Fourth Week of Advent ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| December 22, 2023
Father Koch: The darkness never fully overcomes the light
Each of us has over the past several weeks ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| December 15, 2023
Enrich the New Year with sacred time
On a winter visit to the local convenience store, I ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| December 11, 2023
Father Koch: A new liturgical year repeats the warning about the immanence of the end time
As we enter the Season of Advent we get ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| December 6, 2023
Father Koch: All human interaction is an encounter with Jesus
As he sat in the Temple precincts in what we liturgically call ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| November 24, 2023
Father Koch: The Parable of the Talents is reminder about the Kingdom
We often overlook the truth that God ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| November 17, 2023
Father Koch: We are always fighting the tendency to hypocrisy
Jesus often criticizes the religious leaders of ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| November 3, 2023
Father Koch: The totality of the Gospel can be summed up in love
The Pharisee and the teachers of the Law were ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| October 27, 2023
Father Koch: Beware of those who trap you Into making false choices
The struggle between our obligations to our secular government and ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| October 19, 2023
Father Koch: We want to go to heaven but not so much to Mass
The parable of the king who invited guests to the wedding feast ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| October 13, 2023
Father Koch: The sin of greed reaches deep into our lives
While we often read this parable as a foreshadowing of the rejection of Jesus ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| October 5, 2023
Father Koch: Are we hearing the voice of the Father?
With all the noise in our lives today, ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| September 28, 2023
Father Koch: A Canaanite woman teaches us how to approach Jesus
There emerges an important shift in the ministry of Jesus ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| August 18, 2023
Father Koch: Transfiguration pre-figures Jesus' Resurrection
This Solemnity of the Transfiguration is one of the ...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| August 7, 2023
What is meant by the Kingdom of Heaven?
Many of the parables of Jesus concern the...
By
FATHER GARRY KOCH
| July 21, 2023