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August 16, 2023

Inspiration for The Mantle By Mark F. Hobson, Ph.D.

Near the end of the award-winning movie “Babe,” a masterful story about a talking pig who is trained as a sheepdog, the narrator tells us, “Farmer Hoggett knew that little…
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August 16, 2023

The Gospel of John in The Mantle By Mark F. Hobson, Ph.D.

My book The Mantle is based on the Gospel of John the Evangelist. In the book, John began the lore of the mantle by taking the cloth that covered the…
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August 16, 2023

Heroic Characters in The Mantle By Mark F. Hobson, Ph.D.

Good storytelling in a historical fiction novel has a variety of character types that readers may relate to, recognize, admire, and grow to love or despise. The Mantle has six…
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October 26, 2023

“Everything you need to be happy is right here.” By Mark F. Hobson, Ph.D.

I was 35 years old, and the year was 1993. I just finished running on the treadmill, and as I ran, I fussed over things missing in my life instead…
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January 3, 2024

Fourth Sunday of Advent Year B People of the Promise

A reading from the Holy Gospel of Saint Luke + (May the Word of the Lord be in my mind, on my lips, and in my heart). In the sixth…
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January 4, 2024

The Neuroscience of Religion

A research topic I like to explore is the intersection of science and faith, also called neurotheology. As I studied the neuroscience of learning, called Mind, Brain, and Teaching, at…
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February 5, 2024

Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany The Holy One of God

Old Testament: Deuteronomy 18:15-20 Psalm               111 Epistle:            1 Corinthians 8:1-13 Gospel:            Mark 1:21-28 Hello friends, my name is Dr. Mark Hobson, and welcome to this homily on…
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February 29, 2024

First Sunday of Lent – February 18, 2024 “With you I am well pleased.”

Old Testament:            Genesis 9:8-17 Psalm                           25: 1-9 Epistle:                        1 Peter 3:18-22 Gospel:                        Mark 1:9 -15 Hello friends, my name is Dr. Mark Hobson, and welcome to…
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February 29, 2024

Second Sunday of Lent – February 25, 2024 Setting Our Mind on the Divine

Old Testament:            Genesis 17:1-7, 15-16 Psalm                           22:22-30 Epistle:                        Romans 4:13-25 Gospel:                        Mark 8:31-38 Hello friends, my name is Dr. Mark Hobson, and welcome to this homily…
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March 5, 2024

Third Sunday of Lent – Year B No gods Before Me

Old Testament:            Exodus 20:1-17 Psalm                           19 Epistle:                        1 Corinthians 1:18-25 Gospel:                        John 2:13-22 Hello friends, my name is Dr. Mark Hobson, and welcome to this homily…
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March 7, 2024

First Sunday of Advent, Year B Keep Christ in us!

READING               I Isaiah 63, 16-17. 19; 64, 2-7 Psalm                       80 READING       …
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March 7, 2024

Second Sunday after the Epiphany The Baptism of Jesus

READING                     I Genesis 1:1-5 Psalm                             29 READING   …
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March 7, 2024

Second Sunday Of Advent Year B An Eternal Bundle of Love

READING           I Is 40, 1-5. 9-11 Psalm                   85, 9-10. 11-12. 13-14 READING           II 2…
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March 7, 2024

Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany The Holy One of God

Old Testament:                 1 Samuel 3:1-10 (11-20) Psalm                                 …
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March 7, 2024

Third Sunday Of Advent Year B A Voice Cries Out

Reading                    I: Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Psalm                        Luke 1, 46-48. 49-50.…
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March 7, 2024

Fifth Sunday after Epiphany Everyone is Searching for Jesus

Old Testament:                 Isaiah 40:21-31 Psalm                                  147 Epistle: …
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March 7, 2024

Last Sunday After Epiphany – February 11, 2024 The Transfiguration of Jesus

Old Testament:                  2 Kings 2:1-12 Psalm                                 …
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April 25, 2024

Fourth Sunday of Easter Year B, April 21, 2024 Good Shepherd Sunday

1st Reading Acts 4:8-12 Responsorial Psalm Psalm 118 2nd Reading 1 John 3:1-2 Gospel John 10:11-18   Hello, my friends, my name is Dr. Mark Hobson, and welcome to this…
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April 25, 2024

Second Sunday of Easter, April 7, 2024 “My Lord and my God”

First Reading:              Acts 4:32-35 Responsorial Psalm:    118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24 Second Reading:         1 John 5:1-6 Gospel:                        John 20:19-31   Hello, my friends, and welcome to this homily teaching on…
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April 25, 2024

The Arrest of Jesus

I like to compare the four Gospel writers to four major news outlets reporting the news of Jesus. Consider how ABC, CBS, CNN, or NBC might report the arrest of…
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April 25, 2024

Fourth Sunday of Easter Year B, April 21, 2024 Good Shepherd Sunday

1st Reading Acts 4:8-12 Responsorial Psalm Psalm 118 2nd Reading 1 John 3:1-2 Gospel John 10:11-18   Hello, my friends, my name is Dr. Mark Hobson, and welcome to this…
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April 25, 2024

The Great Vigil of Easter – March 30, 2024 The Garden of Life

Epistle:                       Romans 6:3-11 Psalm                           114 Gospel:                        Mark 16:1-8 Hello friends, my name is Dr. Mark Hobson, and welcome to this homily teaching on Holy Saturday, the Great…
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