Saturday 1st Week in Lent February 24, 2024
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday 1st Week in Lent February 24, 2024, Matthew 5:43-48 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022424.cfm But I Say To You. Families have their way of saying things to each other. I know only a few phrases in Hungarian. One phrase my Dad said to me when I was a kid was, “You are […]
Friday, 1st Week in Lent February 23, 2024
Father Rick’s Three Minute Homily for Friday, 1st Week in Lent February 23, 2024, Matthew 5:20-26 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022324.cfm Outside the Box. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid up to 50 times stronger than heroin and 1000 times more potent than morphine. Over 150 people die every day from overdoses related to drugs like Fentanyl. (Fentanyl Facts – […]
1st Sunday in Leny 2024
Fr. Rick’s Three-Minute Homily for the 1st Sunday in Lent B February 18, 2024, Mark 1:12-15 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021824.cfm A Cuddle, A Kind Word Goes A Long Way! You may remember me telling the story of the runaway teenage girl who missed her mom and dad so much she begged me to take her home. I drove […]
Ash Wednesday February 14, 2024
Father Rick’s Three-Minute Homily for Ash Wednesday February 14, 2024, Mark 6:1-6,16-18 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021424.cfm THIS LENT, SET YOUR STANDARD HIGH – 40 DAYS TO GREATNESS! Competition is a part of life. We play games around the kitchen table, and we watch our children compete in sports growing up. We try our best to climb the ladder […]
Saturday, 5th Week in Ordinary Time, February 10, 2024
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Saturday, 5th Week in Ordinary Time, February 10, 2024, Mark 8:1-10 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021024.cfm From Nothing to Abundance A friend of mine introduced me to the Consecration to St. Joseph. I completed the 33 days during my recovery and made the Consecration. After that, St. Joseph became my friend and constant companion […]
Tuesday, 5th Week in Ordinary Time February 6, 2024
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Tuesday, 5th Week in Ordinary Time February 6, 2024, Mark 7:1-13 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020624.cfm Hand-Me-Downs Growing up, I found it exciting to wear an old shirt my brother didn’t need any more or had outgrown. I was so proud when I got his baseball glove, which was broken in. Traditions are hand-me-downs […]
Tuesday, 3rd Week in Ordinary Time, January 23, 2024
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Tuesday, 3rd Week in Ordinary Time, January 23, 2024, Mark 3:31-35 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012324.cfm Remove the Scales from My Eyes. How wonderful it is to belong to the family of Jesus we call the Church. The life and love he wanted to share with the world were too big to […]
Friday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time January 19, 2024
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Friday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time January 19, 2024, Mark 3:13-19 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011924.cfm Who is Your Mentor? When I began my studies for the priesthood in England, I met a priest who knew Jesus. Fr. Anthony Meredith profoundly affected me and my relationship with God. He wasn’t a scholar who […]
Tuesday, 1st Week in Ordinary Time January 9, 2024
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Tuesday, 1st Week in Ordinary Time January 9, 2024, Mark 1:21-28 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010924.cfm WHO IS MY TEACHER? By the time our junior and senior years rolled around in high school, hopefully, we had courses to take to graduate. We may have had no interest in the subjects, but we worked through […]
Baptism of the Lord January 8, 2024
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Baptism of the Lord January 8, 2024, Matthew 3:13-17 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010923.cfm THE HOLY SPIRIT AND FIRE. The people of California and, recently, Colorado are enduring the tragedy of fire. It grips my heart when I see people going back to their homes and finding nothing but ashes. I remember driving through […]