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 […]
Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily Sunday 12-26-2021Feast of the Holy Family Luke 2:41-52 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122621.cfm WHERE IS JESUS? We often hear on the local news that a child has been abducted or is lost. It strikes a chord of panic in us, even if we don’t know the family. I stop what I am doing and […]
12/25/2021 – Christmas, the Birthday of Jesus Christ
The announcement of the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord from the Roman Martyrology draws upon Sacred Scripture to declare in a formal way the birth of Christ. It begins with creation and relates the birth of the Lord to the major events and personages of sacred and secular history. The particular events contained […]
Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily Saturday 12-25-2021
Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily Saturday 12-25-2021 Christmas day John 1:1-18 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122521-day.cfm ACCEPT HIM Think of someone close to you, your spouse, your best friend. Capture the moment you bore your heart to them. Did you feel accepted? Spend a moment or two experiencing that feeling. How important it is to know someone loves you at […]
12/24/2021 – St. Paula Cerioli
Paola Elisabetta Cerioli (28 January 1816 – 24 December 1865), born Costanza Cerioli Buzecchi-Tasis, was an Italian Roman Catholic widow and the founder of both the Institute of Sisters of the Holy Family and the congregation of the Family of Bergamo. Pope Pius XII beatified her on 19 March 1950 while Pope John Paul II […]
Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily for Friday – 12 – 24 –2021
Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily for Friday – 12 – 24 –2021 Christmas Mass at Night Luke 2:1-14 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/2 HOLDING MY CHILD FOR THE FIRST TIME On this Christmas Eve, I can only imagine what it must be like for Mom and Dad to pick up your newborn baby for the first time and hold them in your […]
12/23/2021 – St Servulus
According to St. Gregory the Great, Servulus was a beggar in Rome, afflicted with palsy since infancy, who lived on alms he solicited from people passing St. Clement’s Church. He spent his lifetime giving thanks to God for His goodness, despite the squalor and pain of his life. His feast day is December 23rd.
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Thursday – 12 – 23 –2021
Thursday and of the Fourth Week in Advent Luke 1:57-79 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122321.cfm SET US FREE – HE CAN AND WILL! Have you ever taken your spiritual temperature? The thermometer I use is the thoughts that keep coming up in my head all day, even sometimes for days. Sometimes they are incredible and refreshing, even enjoyable. […]
12/22/2021 – St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini was born as Maria Francesca Cabrini on July 15, 1850 in Sant’ Angelo Lodigiano, Lombardy, Italy. She was born two months premature and the youngest of thirteen children. Unfortunately, only three of her siblings survived past adolescence and Frances would live most of her life in a fragile and delicate state […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday – 12-22-2021
Wednesday of the Fourth Week in Advent Luke 1:46-56 – https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122221.cfm THE GREATNESS OF THE LORD IN US. Think back on the moments you were on the threshold of your life. Everything changes, and it can be something you work for or something that just fell in your lap. You felt so lucky, so blessed. Giving yourself […]