Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for the Sixth Day In the Octave of Christmas

December 30, 2025, Luke 2:36-40 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/123025.cfm An Emptiness That Is Full The widow in today’s gospel makes me ponder how often I go out of my way to visit Jesus in the Chapel. She was 84 years old and a widow after only seven years of marriage. Girls were married at the early age of […]

Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas  

December 29, 2025, Luke 2:22-35 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122925.cfm   Relief From What? Mother Mary and St. Joseph’s humble offering of two Turtledoves highlights the power of humility. Their trust and surrender, despite being seen as poor, invite us to feel encouraged and confident in our own humility before God. But one person did notice. His name was […]