Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Monday – 01-10-2022
Monday 1st Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Mark 1:15-20 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010922.cfm SNAKES AND FOG CAN BE DANGEROUS. We really must give a hand to our firefighters. They find themselves in the most dangerous situations. I was watching on TV a rattlesnake handler teaching firefighters how to manage snakes when they come across them. They wanted […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Baptism of the Lord– 01-09-2022
Baptism of the Lord Luke 3:15-16; 21-22 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010922.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 Washington, Illinois, after a tornado. People were […]
1/8/2022 – Sr. Syncletica
St Syncletica was a wealthy Macedonian woman in Alexandria who gave away everything she owned and lived for the rest of her life as a recluse in an unused burial chamber. She died at 84 of cancer after four years of suffering. Memorial Day January 5.
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday– 01-08-2022
Saturday after Epiphany Luke 5:12-16 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010822.cfm WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER WORTHWHILE? Some things you hear strikes you to the core, and you never forget them. Father Eric Doyle taught us the Theology of Grace in the seminary. Our final exam was oral. When I sat down in front of him, he held my hands […]
1/7/2022 – St. Lucian
Theologian, scholar, and martyr praised by Sts. John Chrysostom and Jerome. A scriptural scholar from Samosata, Lucian studied at Edessa and was ordained at Antioch as a presbyter. He authored many works on the Bible and Church doctrine, and his writings were so respected that St. Jerome used Lucian for his own scholarly endeavors. Little […]
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Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily for Friday– 01-07-2022
Friday after Epiphany Luke 5:12-16 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010722.cfm JESUS REACHED OUT HIS HAND AND TOUCHED (THE LEPER). My sister Bev and her husband Tom had a timeshare, and we used it to go to Hawaii many years ago. I remember looking across the waters to the island of Molokai. It was known as the island of lepers. […]
1/6/2022 – Epiphany of our Lord
Today the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Epiphany. “The Lord and ruler is coming; kingship is his, and government and power.” With these words, the Church proclaims that today’s feast brings to a perfect fulfillment all the purposes of Advent. Epiphany, therefore, marks the liturgical zenith of the Advent-Christmas season. — Pius Parsch
Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily for Thursday– 01-06-2022
Thursday after Epiphany Luke 4:14-22 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010622.cfm NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS – ONE TO KEEP. Have you ever kept a New Year’s resolution? Have you ever made one and broken it. Commitment is the key. How much of a priority is it to you? Is it enough to make a change in your lifestyle? If diet […]
1/5/2022 – St. Simeon the Stylite
As a thirteen-year-old shepherd of Sisan, Turkey, Simeon heard a Gospel reading of the Beatitudes that greatly affected him. Entering a nearly monastery, he learned all the Psalms by heart and began to manifest the extraordinary spirit of self-denial that was to become a hallmark of his spirituality. Thereafter Simeon lived as a hermit. In […]