Monday, the 4th Week in Lent March 20, 2023
Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Monday, the 4th Week in Lent March 20, 2023 John 4:43-54 No More Dog Days with Jesus Growing up, I loved to fish with my Dad. What was most important to me was the number of fish and the size of the fish we caught. June and […]
4th Sunday in Lent March 19, 2023
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for 4th Sunday in Lent March 19, 2023, John 4:1-41 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031923.cfm Out of Sight, Out of Touch I was with my sister Bev when she was doing crossword puzzles. And I’m busy doing something else, reading or watching TV, and out of the blue, she gets excited and goes, “Oh!” […]
Saturday, 3rd Week in Lent March 18, 2023
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday, 3rd Week in Lent March 18, 2023 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031823.cfm Seal the Deal? Back in 1981, I visited Father Gordon in Blessed Sacrament Church in Seminole. It was my first visit to Florida. I vividly remember walking into the church and standing in awe for five or 10 minutes. It […]
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Friday, 3rd Week in Lent March 17, 2023
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Friday, 3rd Week in Lent March 17, 2023 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031723.cfm Don’t ask any more questions? Have you ever been challenged to the point that you heard enough? You couldn’t take anymore. That can be a good thing you may experience on a retreat or a tender moment with someone you […]
Thursday, 3rd Week in Lent March 16, 2023
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Thursday, 3rd Week in Lent March 16, 2023 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031623.cfm The Finger of God? “If it’s by the finger of God that I cast out demons.….” How much can we do with our little finger? I have to say not very much. I tried to open a new jar of […]
Tuesday, 3rd Week in Lent, March 14, 2023
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Tuesday, 3rd Week in Lent, March 14, 2023, Matthew 18:21-35 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031423.cfm Reconciliation: Inconceivable but Necessary. “Whatever you do the least of my brethren, you do to me.” Think of the millions of Ukrainians who migrated from their country and the thousands killed by the Russians. What Vladimir Putin began […]
Monday, 3rd Week in Lent, March 13, 2023
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Monday, 3rd Week in Lent, March 13, 2023, Luke 4:24-30 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031323.cfm Homecoming. When I came home from England after my studies, my family met me at the airport terminal. It seemed like we never would stop hugging each other. And there was a tremendous celebration of my ordination and […]
Sunday, 3rd Week in Lent, A, March 12, 2023
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Sunday, 3rd Week in Lent, A, March 12, 2023 John 4:5-5246 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031023.cfm Jesus, Talk to Me. Don’t Make Me Laugh. Imagine this woman going to the well of Jacob. She heard about Jesus and His miracles. Somewhere in her mind, she wonders what it would be like to meet […]
Saturday, 2nd Week in Lent, March 11, 2023
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday, 2nd Week in Lent, March 11, 2023, Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031023.cfm Home at Last. How sad it is to venture out alone, away from our Father. Like the younger son in the parable, our sin, walking away from all God provides for us, begins long before we walk […]