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Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Monday, the 5th Week in Lent

March 23, 2026 – John 8:1-11 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032326.cfm I Forgot The Darkness. Our school put on the play ‘Beauty and the Beast’ a few years ago. After hearing confessions from 6 to 7 pm, I caught the last 20 minutes of the show. When I entered the parish center, all the lights were off. I could […]

Triduum Schedule

Holy Thursday: No Morning Mass Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper – 6:30pm Watch hours following the Mass. Good Friday: No Morning Mass Good Fridays of the Lord’s Passion (Liturgy of the word with Holy Communion) – 3:00pm Holy Saturday: Blessing of the Easter Baskets – 11:00am in main church Holy Saturday At the Easter […]

Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Saturday, the 4th Week in Lent

March 21, 2026, John 7: 40-53 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032126.cfm We Know It All As we prepare to leave the Mass and return home, let’s reflect on the possibility of personal change. Having encountered Jesus through Word and Sacrament, will we remain the same? The people in today’s gospel held different views about Jesus’ identity. Some thought he […]

Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for 5th Sunday in Lent A

March 22, 2026, John 11:3-7;20-27;33b-45 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032226.cfm I will open your graves. I once heard a TV commentator say, “The difference between a rut and a grave is only about 5 and a half feet.” I thought of that this week while reading the bold and amazing promise that Ezekiel delivers: “Thus says the Lord God, […]

Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Wednesday, the 4th Week in Lent

March 18, 2026, John 5:17-30   https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031826.cfm Do Nothing On Your Own. Jesus explained that He only does what He sees the Father doing, showing us thatcommunion is at the heart of His relationship with the Father and with us. Whenever wefeel isolated from someone, Jesus experiences that same sense of separation from us,reminding us […]

Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Tuesday, the 4th Week in Lent

March 27, 2026, John 5:1-16   https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031726.cfm From Addiction to Walking. More than 20 years ago, I underwent a shoulder replacement. Initially, the first day waspain-free thanks to a nerve block. Wow! However, once the nerve block wore off, Ineeded something to manage the pain. The doctor prescribed a painkiller and advisedme to stay proactive […]

Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Monday, 4th Week in Lent

March 16, 2026, John 4:43-54  https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031626.cfm No More Dog Days with Jesus Growing up, I loved to fish with my Dad. What mattered most to me was how many fish wecaught and their size. June and July were called the “dog days” because fish were stubborn andwouldn’t bite. Those days with Dad were so disappointing. […]

Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for 3rd Sunday in Lent, A,

March 8, 2026, John 4:5-42  https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030826.cfm Jesus, talk to Me. Don’t Make Me Laugh. Imagine this woman approaching Jacob’s well. She has heard of Jesus and His miracles, andshe wonders what it might be like to meet Him. Then she dismisses the thought, thinking, “Oh,don’t be silly girl,” He’ll never have anything to do with […]

Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday, 3rd Week in Lent

March 14, 2026, Luke 18 9-14 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031426.cfm Seal the Deal? In 1981, I visited Father Gordon at Blessed Sacrament Church in Seminole during my first trip to Florida. I clearly remember walking into the church and standing in awe for five or ten minutes, feeling as if I couldn’t move. I was overwhelmed by the […]