Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily – 12-03-2021
Friday 1st Week of Advent Matthew 9:27-31 JESUS CURED TWO BLIND MEN – MIRACLES STILL HAPPEN A true Story – When I came home from the hospital after my ankle replacement surgery 5 weeks ago, I couldn’t find my vaccination card. I received both shots and a booster. I looked through the hospital folders and overnight bag […]
12/2/2021 – St. Bibiana
St. Bibiana, Virgin and Martyr (Feast day – December 2nd) Other than the name, nothing is known for certain about this saint. However, we have the following account from a later tradition. In the year 363, Julian the Apostate made Apronianus Governor of Rome. St. Bibiana suffered in the persecution started by him. She was […]
Mass Schedule – Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary is a Holy Day of obligation. Vigil Mass, December 7th, 4:30pm Solemnity Day Masses, December 8th: 8:00am and 6:30pm.
Christmas 2021 Mass Schedule
Christmas Eve, December 24th: 4:30 p.m. Christmas Vigil Mass8:00 p.m. Christmas Evening Mass Special Christmas music will be offered by members of our choirs and instrumentalists before both Christmas Eve Masses so arrive early to enjoy! Christmas Day, December 25th: Masses will be at 8:00, 10:00 and 11:30 a.m. Christmas Day is on a Saturday. […]
12/1/2021 – St. Edmund Campion
Edmund was born in London, the son of a bookseller. He was raised a Catholic, given a scholarship to St. John’s College, Oxford, when fifteen, and became a fellow when only seventeen. His brilliance attracted the attention of such leading personages as the Earl of Leicester, Robert Cecil, and even Queen Elizabeth. He took the […]
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.