Saturday, 15th Week in Ordinary Time July 20, 2024
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Saturday, 15th Week in Ordinary Time July 20, 2024, Luke 12:14-21 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/072024.cfm Meek And Gentle In The Face Of Violence. A huge alarm would go off in our heads if someone threatened to take our life. If possible, we would run, call the police, hide, or some people would defend […]
Friday, 15th Week in Ordinary Time July 19, 2024
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Friday, 15th Week in Ordinary Time July 19, 2024, Matthew 12:1-8 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071924.cfm It Is Hard to Let Go Sometimes. Preparing a couple for marriage is such an exciting ministry. I notice how couples come to let go of long-held family traditions. Parents will sometimes come for a visit. And occasionally, […]
Thursday, 15th Week in Ordinary Time July 18, 2024
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Thursday, 15th Week in Ordinary Time July 18, 2024, Matthew 11:28-30 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071824.cfm Following the Lord Through Difficult Times. Struggles are a part of everyday life. There are challenges everywhere we turn. But did you ever have a day when everything was perfect? (OK. Vocations don’t count. Even then, it can […]
Wednesday, 15th Week in Ordinary Time July 17, 2024
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Wednesday, 15th Week in Ordinary Time July 17, 2024, Matthew 11:25-27 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071724.cfm I Am Not A Mechanic Sometimes, we have a good laugh at ourselves. I remember my first car after ordination. It wasn’t a clunker, but it needed some work. I heard a rattle under the carriage. I thought […]
Wednesday, 15th Week in Ordinary Time July 17, 2024
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Wednesday, 15th Week in Ordinary Time July 17, 2024, Matthew 11:25-27 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071724.cfm I Am Not A Mechanic Sometimes, we have a good laugh at ourselves. I remember my first car after ordination. It wasn’t a clunker, but it needed some work. I heard a rattle under the carriage. I thought […]
Tuesday, 15th Week in Ordinary Time July 16, 2024
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Tuesday, 15th Week in Ordinary Time July 16, 2024, Matthew 11:20-24 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071624.cfm Woe! The words of Jesus, “Woe to you, Chorazin, and Bethsaida,” sound very harsh. But Jesus is giving a concerned warning. It is a fearful warning of what could happen to someone driving in the wrong direction on […]
Monday, 15th Week in Ordinary Time July 15, 2024
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Monday, 15th Week in Ordinary Time July 15, 2024, Matthew 10:34-11:1 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071524.cfm Is Jesus Out of His Mind, or Is He Worth Everything? We think nothing of a man and a woman falling in love and living the rest of their life together in the sacramental bond of marriage. Couples […]
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 14, 2024
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time July 14, 2024, Mark 6:7-13 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071424.cfm Ignite the Fire in Each Other. As the first number of months of the pandemic were hard to bear, the Lord Jesus poured a tremendous blessing into the hearts of our parish staff. We became a family who […]
Saturday, 14th Week in Ordinary Time July 13, 2024
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Saturday, 14th Week in Ordinary Time July 13, 2024, Matthew 10:24-33 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071324.cfm Like the Master – like the Teacher Teachers and coaches have an innate quality of wanting to help others succeed. I have taught people who wish to become Catholic. There have been a couple of occasions when the […]
Friday 14th Week in Ordinary Time July 12, 2024
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Friday 14th Week in Ordinary Time July 12, 2024, Matthew 10:16-23 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/071224.cfm Not everyone will welcome the Good News of Jesus. Yesterday, we saw how Jesus sent his disciples on a mission. They soon learned that they could depend on God for everything. They experienced that dependence on the generous […]