Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Thursday – 01-20-2022
Thursday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Mark 3:7-12 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012022.cfm A CUP OF COFFEE WITH JESUS. I remember reading a book on St. Joan of Arc. She was burned at the stake because she claimed she heard Jesus speaking to her. While the fire was being set, the judge asked her, “How do you hear […]
1/19/2022 – St. Canute
Martyred king of Denmark, sometimes called Knud. The illegitimate son of King Sven II Estridson of Denmark, Canute succeeded his brother Harald III Hen in 1081. After marrying Adela, the sister of Count Robert of Flanders, Canute built churches and monasteries. In 1085, he planned an invasion of England, but the nobles of the court […]
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Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday – 01-19-2022
Wednesday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Mark 3:1-6 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011922.cfm SABBATH TIME – TWO FOR ONE. When I became pastor at Blessed Sacrament Church, I told each staff member individually, “People are always more important than our stuff.” Stuff will disintegrate, plans, decisions, and accomplishments will become history. But people remain with us for eternity. In […]
1/18/2022 – The Chair of Peter
This feast brings to mind the mission of teacher and pastor conferred by Christ on Peter, and continued in an unbroken line down to the present Pope. We celebrate the unity of the Church, founded upon the Apostle, and renew our assent to the Magisterium of the Roman Pontiff, extended both to truths which are […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Tuesday – 01-18-2022
Tuesday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Mark 2:23-28 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011822.cfm PUSH THEM BACK, WAY BACK. Moods are changing all the time. Sometimes when I am at a stoplight or coming off the expressway, I often see someone with a sign, “Hungry” or “Need Help.” Maybe you are like me. Depending on my mood, I either […]
1/17/2022 – St. Anthony of Egypt
St. Anthony was born around 251 into a wealthy family, near Cairo. At that time, the Catholic Church was spreading throughout the Roman empire, although the empire remained pagan and did not recognize Catholicism. Around the year 270, both of Anthony’s parents died, and he inherited their possessions and property. He reevaluated his life in […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Monday – 01-17-2022
Monday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Mark 2:18-22 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011722.cfm A NEW CAR, SWEET. A NEW HOUSE, AWESOME. HOW ABOUT A NEW APPROACH? Anyone who bought a new car notices the “new car smell.” The only problem, the smell doesn’t last too long. Even the new feeling wears off after a while. Religion can get ho-hum […]
1/16/2022 – St. Honoratus
Martyr with Arontius, Fortunatus, and Sabinian, commemorated as the Twelve Holy Brothers. The others were Felix, Januarius, Septimus, Repositus, Sator, Vitalis, Donatus, and a second Felix. Probably not related, they are known as the Twelve Brothers. Four were beheaded in Potenza, Italy, on August 27. Three were beheaded at Vanossa on August 28. The others […]
1/15/2022 – St. Paul the Hermit
Also known as Paul the First Hermit and Paul of Thebes, an Egyptian hermit and friend of St. Jerome. Born in Lower The baid, Egypt, he was left an orphan at about the age of fifteen and hid during the persecution of the Church under Emperor Traj anus Decius. At the age of twenty two […]