Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily for Friday – 12 – 24 –2021
Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily for Friday – 12 – 24 –2021Christmas Mass at NightJohn 1:1-18 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/123121.cfm WHEN DID JESUS BECOME YOUR BEST FRIEND? Much of my childhood and teenage years were spent doing all I could to “Be Good for God.” I often failed because it was more about me and trying to […]
12/30/2021 – St. Anysia
Martyr of Greece. She was a wealthy woman of Salonika, in Thessaly, who used her personal funds to aid the poor. A soldier accosted her in the street and tried to drag her to a pagan sacrifice. Anysia resisted and was killed when the soldier attacked her with his sword.
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily Thursday, 12-30-2021
6th Day in the Octave of Christmas Luke 2:36-40 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/123021.cfm 1 out of 168 ISN’T MUCH, BUT IT IS POWERFUL. Playing the odds is very popular with some people. It is a big business in sports, the market, and gambling challenges people to “beat the odds.” I heard that only 2 percent of people who […]
12/29/2021 – St. Thomas Becket
There is a romantic legend that the mother of Thomas Becket was a Saracen princess who followed his father, a pilgrim or crusader, back from the Holy Land, and wandered about Europe repeating the only English words she knew, “London” and “Becket,” until she found him. There is no foundation for the story. According to […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily Wednesday, 12-29-2021
Wednesday in the Octave of Christmas Luke 2:22-35 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122921.cfm THE ORDINARY IS THE BEST Sports Center on ESPN has two segments that I always like watching. One feature is “Come on Man,” which portrays the silliest and far-fetched plays in sports. Another segment is called the “Top 10 Plays.” This segment starts at number 10 and […]
12/28/2021 – Holy Innocents
Herod “the Great,” king of Judea, was unpopular with his people because of his connections with the Romans and his religious indifference. Hence he was insecure and fearful of any threat to his throne. He was a master politician and a tyrant capable of extreme brutality. He killed his wife, his brother, and his sister’s […]
Fr. Rick’S One Minute Homily Tuesday 12-28-2021
Feast of The Holy Innocents Matthew 2:13-18 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122821.cfm THE CHILD’S VULNERABILITY NEEDS PROTECTION. We can hardly turn on the news without hearing the murder of an innocent person or people. How can someone come to the point in their life when they will shoot into a house of a family with small children and not […]
12/27/2021 – St. John the Evangelist
Saint John the Divine as the son of Zebedee, and his mother’s name was Salome [Matthew 4:21, 27:56; Mark 15:40, 16:1]. They lived on the shores of the sea of Galilee. The brother of Saint John, probably considerably older, was Saint James. The mention of the “hired men” [Mark 1:20], and of Saint John’s “home” […]
Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily Monday 12-27-2021
Feast of St. John, Apostle, and Evangelist John 20:1a and 2-8 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122721.cfm OUR PURPOSE IN LIFE. Bay News 9 features a young athlete every week who sets the standard for other athletes. They are driven by a passion that affects everything they do. We may know people like that who challenge us to be our […]
12/26/2021 – St. Stephen
Saint Stephen was one of the first ordained deacons of the Church. He was also the first Christian martyr. The Greek word from which we derive the English word martyr literally means witness. In that sense, every Christian is called to bear witness to Jesus Christ, in both their words and their actions. Not all […]