Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily -12-02-2021
Thursday 1st Week of Advent Matthew 7:21, 24-27 NEVER SATISFIED. That is Tom Brady, the quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is never satisfied. If you listen to his news conferences after a win, he will acknowledge different players and plays that went well. But at the end, he always says in one way or […]
Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily – 12-01-2021
Wednesday 1st Week of Advent NEVER HUNGER. HOW IS THAT? A local restaurant donated turkeys for our parishioners to feed all the people in Pinellas Hope on Thanksgiving Day. Somewhere around 150 people. Every night on the local newscasts you see churches and organizations collecting food and giving it to families, especially during the Christmas […]
11/30/2021 – St. Andrew the Apostle
St. Andrew, also known as Andrew the Apostle, was a Christian Apostle and the older brother to St. Peter. According to the New Testament, Andrew was born in the village of Bethsaida on the Sea of Galilee during the early first century. Much like his younger brother, Simon Peter, Andrew was also a fisherman. Andrew’s […]
Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily – 11-30-2021
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 Feast of St. Andrew Matthew 4:18-22 My GPS. If only we had a road map like we do when we get in the car today. We put an address in our GPS and bingo, we are on our way. There are even places to eat and get gas. What a deal. Who […]
11/29/2021 – St. Francis Anthony Fasani
Born in 1681 at Lucera, southeastern Italy, Saint Francis Anthony Fasani was the son of very poor peasants; but he was a bright lad, and received a good education from the Conventual Franciscans in his native town.
11/27/2021 – St. James Intercisus
Saint James Intercisus was a Persian who lived in the fifth century. He was a great favorite of King Yezdigerd I. When this king began to persecute Christians, James did not have the courage to confess his faith. He was afraid of losing the king’s friendship. So he gave up his faith or at least […]
11/26/2021 – St. John Berchmans
Eldest son of a shoemaker, John was born at Diest, Brabant. He early wanted to be a priest, and when thirteen became a servant in the household of one of the Cathedral canons at Malines, John Froymont. In 1615, he entered the newly founded Jesuit College at Malines, and the following year became a Jesuit […]
11/25/2021 – St Catherine of Alexandria
Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a canonized saint in the Catholic Church who, per Christian tradition, was martyred around 305 in Alexandria, Egypt. Of course, the Church of the first Millennium was undivided. She is also recognized as the Great Martyr and Saint by the Orthodox Church. There are no surviving primary sources attesting to […]
11/24/2021 – St. John of the Cross
Saint John of the Cross was born Juan de Yepes y Alvarez, in Fontiveros, Avila, Spain in 1542. His father was employed by wealthy family members as an accountant, but they disowned him when he married a poor woman from the lower class. As a result of his family’s poverty, John’s family suffered greatly.
11/23/2021 – St. Columban
Columban was a native of Leinster, and seems to have been of a respectable family. Of the precise date of his birth we are not informed. According to some accounts it was about 559, but according to others it was several years earlier. He received a good classical education, and resolved early to embrace an […]