Wednesday 22nd Week in Ordinary Time 2022
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Wednesday 22nd Week in Ordinary Time 08-31 -2022 Wednesday 22nd Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Luke 4:38-44 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/083122.cfm "How sweet it is," (as Jackie Gleason would say in the TV show, The Honeymooners) to go to a friend’s house, put your feet, maybe take a nap, or just relax. That may […]
22nd Week in Ordinary Time 2022
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Tuesday 22nd Week in Ordinary Time 08-30 -2022 Tuesday The 22nd Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Luke 4:31-37 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/083022.cfm JESUS IS SO STRONG – UNBELIEVABLE, BUT IT’S TRUE. A young couple asked me to bless their house. They had just moved in and were experiencing a strange phenomenon. I began the […]
Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist 2022
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist 08-29-2022 Memorial of the Passion of Saint John the Baptist 2022 Mark 6:17-29 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082922.cfm SPEAKING THE TRUTH IS WORTH A SACRIFICE. The reading in today’s Gospel is about John the Baptist giving his life for his faith. Recall this past year when […]
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 08-28-2022 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 Luke 13:22-30 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082122.cfm can The readings this week speak about humility. So, it may sound strange when I say that I am so proud of you and your generosity to people who can’t return the favor. Jesus talks about […]
Saturday the 21st Week in Ordinary Time
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Saturday 21st Weekend Ordinary Time 08-27 -2022 Saturday the 21st Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Matthew 25:14-30 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082722.cfm WHAT THE MASTER SEES. Sometimes I visit people in the hospital who are in tremendous pain. The morphine barely takes off the edge of their misery. Yet, behind the tears in their eyes […]
Friday the 21st Week in Ordinary Time 2022
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Friday 21st Weekend Ordinary Time 08-26 -2022 Friday the 21st Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Matthew 25:1-13 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082622.cfm NEVER GET CAUGHT SHORT. I was driving on 75 to Bradenton from Tampa and forgot to look at the gas gauge. And yes, you guessed it, about 2 miles from my exit onto […]
Thursday 21st Week in Ordinary Time 2022
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Thursday 21st Weekend Ordinary Time 08-25 -2022 Thursday 21st Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Matthew 24:42-51 Thursday of the Twenty-First Week in Ordinary Time | USCCB STEALING SECOND BASE. Imagine you just got a base hit and are on first base. You get a comfortable lead because you want to steal […]
Feast of St. Bartholomew August 8 2022
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute St. Bartholomew 08-24 -2022 Feast of St. Bartholomew 2022 John 1:45-51 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082422.cfm FROM PREJUDICE TO FRIENDSHIP. I am sure I’m not the only one who changes the tv channel when a commercial I don’t like comes on. It could be about a product or someone I can’t entirely agree with what […]
Tuesday 21st Week in Ordinary Time 2022
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Tuesday 21st Week in Ordinary Time 08-23 -2022 Tuesday 21st Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Matthew 23:23-26 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082322.cfm ANESTHESIA IS PAINLESS BUT WATCH OUT. How did people ever manage before anesthesia? With a rag in their mouth, they bit as hard as they could, enduring the pain. Today, a person doesn’t […]
Queenship of Mary Monday 21st Week in Ordinary Time 2022
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Monday 21st Week in Ordinary Time and Queenship of Mary 08-22 -2022 Queenship of Mary Monday 21st Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Matthew 23:13-22 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082222.cfm HUMILITY IS THE DOORWAY TO GOD’S HEART. QUEENSHIP OF MARY. There was a phrase in the Michael Jordan era, “I want to be like Mike.” It […]