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 […]
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 […]