Saturday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time, January 21, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time, January 21, 2023 Mark 3:20-21 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012123.cfm Life Out of Bounds? A while back, speakers were innovative in thinking "out of the box." The "box" is a fact of life. We have speed limits we must obey for everyone’s safety. Play stops in […]
Friday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time, January 20, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Friday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time, January 20, 2023 Mark 3:13-19 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012023.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 […]
Thursday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time, January 19, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Thursday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time, January 19, 2023 Mark 3:7-12 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011923.cfm Hearing What Jesus Was Doing. I remember reading a book on St. Joan of Arc. She was burned at the stake because she had heard Jesus speaking to her. While the guards set the fire, the […]
Wednesday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time 2023 Mark 3:1-6 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011823.cfm SABBATH TIME – TWO FOR ONE. When I became pastor at Blessed Sacrament Church, I told each staff member individually, "People are always more important than our stuff." Stuff will disintegrate, and plans, decisions, and accomplishments will […]
Tuesday, 2nd Week in Ordinary Time, January 17, 2023
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Tuesday, 2nd Week in Ordinary Time, January 17, 2023 Mark 2:23-28 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011723.cfm PUSH THEM BACK, WAY BACK. Moods change all the time. Sometimes when I am at a stoplight or coming off the expressway, I often see someone with a sign “Hungry” or “Need Help.” Maybe you are like […]
Monday, 2nd Week in Ordinary Time January 16, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Monday, 2nd Week in Ordinary Time January 16, 2023 Mark 2:18-22 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011623.cfm A NEW CAR, SWEET. A NEW HOUSE IS AWESOME. HOW ABOUT A NEW APPROACH? Anyone who buys a new car notices the "new car smell." The only problem, the smell doesn’t last too long. Even the new […]
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, A, January 15, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, A, January 15, 2023 John 1:29-34 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011523.cfm "I did not know him." In my younger years, my relationship with Jesus was one-sided. It was all about me and what I had to do to prove myself worthy of Him. The more I prayed […]
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, A, January 15, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, A, January 15, 2023 John 1:29-34 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011523.cfm "I did not know him." In my younger years, my relationship with Jesus was one-sided. It was all about me and what I had to do to prove myself worthy of Him. The more I prayed […]
Saturday, 1st Week in Ordinary Time, January 14, 2023
Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily for Saturday, 1st Week in Ordinary Time, January 14, 2023 Mark 2:13-17 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011423.cfm Condemned? Not Anymore. What is the first thing you think of when someone tells you they have Covid? If you are with them, you back off and stay away until they test negative. The person with Covid […]
Friday, 1st Week in Ordinary Time, January 13, 2023
Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily for Friday, 1st Week in Ordinary Time, January 13, 2023 Mark 2:1-12 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011323.cfm Strange How No One Helped Him. We go out of our way to help the disabled. It may seem strange to us that people in today’s Gospel would not let the paralytic see Jesus. In the Mediterranean […]