Thursday, 3rd Week in Lent March 16, 2023
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Thursday, 3rd Week in Lent March 16, 2023 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031623.cfm The Finger of God? “If it’s by the finger of God that I cast out demons.….” How much can we do with our little finger? I have to say not very much. I tried to open a new jar of […]
Tuesday, 3rd Week in Lent, March 14, 2023
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Tuesday, 3rd Week in Lent, March 14, 2023, Matthew 18:21-35 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031423.cfm Reconciliation: Inconceivable but Necessary. “Whatever you do the least of my brethren, you do to me.” Think of the millions of Ukrainians who migrated from their country and the thousands killed by the Russians. What Vladimir Putin began […]
Monday, 3rd Week in Lent, March 13, 2023
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Monday, 3rd Week in Lent, March 13, 2023, Luke 4:24-30 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031323.cfm Homecoming. When I came home from England after my studies, my family met me at the airport terminal. It seemed like we never would stop hugging each other. And there was a tremendous celebration of my ordination and […]
Sunday, 3rd Week in Lent, A, March 12, 2023
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Sunday, 3rd Week in Lent, A, March 12, 2023 John 4:5-5246 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031023.cfm Jesus, Talk to Me. Don’t Make Me Laugh. Imagine this woman going to the well of Jacob. She heard about Jesus and His miracles. Somewhere in her mind, she wonders what it would be like to meet […]
Saturday, 2nd Week in Lent, March 11, 2023
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday, 2nd Week in Lent, March 11, 2023, Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031023.cfm Home at Last. How sad it is to venture out alone, away from our Father. Like the younger son in the parable, our sin, walking away from all God provides for us, begins long before we walk […]
Friday, 2nd Week in Lent, March 10, 2023 (2)
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Friday, 2nd Week in Lent, March 10, 2023 (2) Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031023.cfm Trust Versus Control Do you find peace of mind fills your person when you trust the Lord’s care for you? On the flip side, when you have to make everything work out the way you desire, […]
Friday, 2nd Week in Lent, March 10, 2023
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Friday, 2nd Week in Lent, March 10, 2023 Matthew 21:33-43, 45-46 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031023.cfm Someone is Missing. Mother Teresa tells a story about a young drug addict she and her sisters encountered in London. He had long hair, and they saw him sitting with several others on the side of the […]
Thursday, 2nd Week in Lent, March 9, 2023
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Thursday, 2nd Week in Lent, March 9, 2023 Luke 16:19-31 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030923.cfm One Small Step. One Giant Leap. On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first human being to walk on the moon. Stepping on the moon, he said, “One small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.” […]
Wednesday, 2nd Week in Lent, March 7, 2023
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday, 2nd Week in Lent, March 7, 2023 Matthew 20:17-28 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030823.cfm A Witness: On Memory Lane. Wednesday, 2nd Week in Lent, March 8, 2023, School Mass I can’t help but love Jesus. It’s things he does like we heard today in the gospel. He has been with his buddies, […]
Tuesday, 2nd Week in Lent, March 7, 2023
Father Rick’s Three Minute Homily for Tuesday, 2nd Week in Lent, March 7, 2023 Matthew 23:1-12 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030723.cfm Too Big for Your Britches? Popularity has a short lifespan. One day it is a sports celebrity, and another day it can be someone in the news of Hollywood. We get clips of these people, and sometimes we […]