…The Language of the Universe and the Stars The importance of creation and creation myths across cultures https://soar.suny.edu/handle/20.500.12648/3465 https://www.britannica.com/topic/creation-myth/Creation-by-world-parents Astronomy reveals the vastness of God’s creation https://www.space.com/17-amazing-hubble-discoveries.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i93Z7zljQ7I All the…
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
…The Language of the Universe and the Stars The importance of creation and creation myths across cultures https://soar.suny.edu/handle/20.500.12648/3465 https://www.britannica.com/topic/creation-myth/Creation-by-world-parents Astronomy reveals the vastness of God’s creation https://www.space.com/17-amazing-hubble-discoveries.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i93Z7zljQ7I All the…
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
…of stature The Psychiatric Aspects of Dwarfism https://ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.1176/ajp.133.2.160?journalCode=ajp Dwarfism: Symptoms and Causes https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dwarfism/symptoms-causes/syc-20371969 Short and Tall Soldiers May Face Increased Depression Risk https://www.livescience.com/47174-military-height-depression-risk.html Height, Social Comparison and Paranoia https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0165178113007774 Falling…
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C
…trauma) are passed down from generation to generation. Biological Epigenomics studies this field of medicine https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/10.1111/cdev.13329 Even to the point of transmissible neuropeptides (oxytocin) between parent and child https://ruthfeldmanlab.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/OT-and-cross-generation-transmission.HB2010.pdf It…
Nineteenth Sunday of the Year, A
…well being https://health.clevelandclinic.org/why-you-need-more-silence-in-your-life/ also https://psychcentral.com/blog/the-hidden-benefits-of-silence#boosts-creativity Though translated as “tiny whispering sound” “whisper,” or “still small voice,” the Hebrew word ΧΧΧΧ should be translated as “silence.” https://www.jstor.org/stable/i40096999 Water resources and climate…
Fifth Sunday of Easter
…loved? https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/life-refracted/201902/learning-love-and-be-loved What are the pros and cons of the chemistry of love? https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2017/love-actually-science-behind-lust-attraction-companionship/ Homily Outline Combining Resources Homily Outline: Love, Obey, Glorify Can love be commanded? If love is…
Christ the King A
…be better prepared using a model that accounts for plausibility and not just likelihood: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0040162516300671 Animal Husbandry Four reasons why herders separate sheep from goats: https://www.fourleaffarm.org/why-farmers-separate-sheep-from-goats.html#:~:text=If%20sheep%20and%20goats%20fight,sheep%2C%20and%20it%20is%20widespread. For an extensive list…
14th Sunday of the Year A
…of yoking How did draft animals (donkeys/asses, oxen, horses) emerge and why? https://factsanddetails.com/world/cat56/sub404/entry-6155.html What specifically are oxen and how are they trained? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLeF6XMlvnc and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uo-LAEOnwos What is a yoke and…
23rd Sunday of the Year A
…back in time: https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/space-science/space-night-sky-look-back-in-time/ http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/about-us/133-physics/general-physics/general-questions/835-why-is-looking-out-into-space-the-same-as-looking-back-in-time-beginner https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/12/23/webb-telescope-is-a-time-machine-for-astronomers-to-see-the-cosmic-dawn/ The search for exoplanets, searching for life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoGJUCQvSQY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X81svLUugtk https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/search-for-life/can-we-find-life/ Homily Outline Combining Resources A homily outline weaving together themes the second and third…
The Epiphany of the Lord
…on the topic https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/fine-tuning/ Does fine tuning say anything about God https://biologos.org/common-questions/what-do-fine-tuning-and-the-multiverse-say-about-god The unexpected discovery of the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation: https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200207/history.cfm A short video on TV static as coming…