1/29/2022 – St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales was born to a noble family at Chateau de Sales in the Kingdom of Savoy near Geneva, Switzerland on August 21, 1567. He was a Bishop and Doctor of the Church. Francis was both intelligent and gentle. From a very early age, he desired to serve God. He knew for years […]
Fr. Rick’s Three Minute Homily for Sunday – 01-30-2022
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022Mark 4:21-30 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/013022.cfm WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS? I remember a saying of my mom and dad’s, “He’s too big for his britches?” It means, he is not what he thinks he is. That is pretty much how the people of Jesus’ hometown sized Jesus up. They were looking […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday – 01-29-2022
Saturday 3rd Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Mark 4:35-41 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012922.cfm DO NOT BE AFRAID TO GO DEEP. I WILL RAISE YOU UP. One early spring morning, I was fishing in Long Lake in Central Illinois with an old friend of my Dad, Bud Sepich. We were on a boat in 15 feet of water, fishing […]
1/28/2022 – St. Peter Nolasco
With St. Raymond of Penafort, founder of the Order of Mercedarians, the religious community which sent members as ransom for Christian prisoners in the hands of the Saracens. Details of his life are uncertain, but he was probably a native of Languedoc, France. After taking part in the crusade against the heretic Albigensians of southern […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Friday – 01-28-2022
Friday 3rd Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Mark 4:26-34 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012822.cfm BECOME WHAT YOU EAT! I grew up in the Midwest, the corn belt of America. There was always talk about the size of the corn. If the corn was too short by the Fourth of July, the farmers knew there would be a problem getting their […]
1/27/2022 – St. John Chrysostom
St. John, named Chrysostom (golden-mouthed) on account of his eloquence, came into the world of Christian parents, about the year 344, in the city of Antioch. His mother, at the age of 20, was a model of virtue. He studied rhetoric under Libanius, a pagan, the most famous orator of the age. In 374, he […]
1/26/2022 – St. Polycarp
Imagine being able to sit at the feet of the apostles and hear their stories of life with Jesus from their own lips. Imagine walking with those who had walked with Jesus, seen him, and touched him. That was what Polycarp was able to do as a disciple of Saint John the Evangelist.
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Thursday – 01-27-2022
Thursday 3rd Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Mark 4:21-25 https:/bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012722.cfm USE IT OR LOSE IT! The craze for working out and keeping in shape is a huge industry. I remember joining Lifestyles years ago. It didn’t take long to learn that I needed a trainer and a buddy to work out daily. Over the last three […]
1-5-2022 – The Conversion of St. Paul
Saint Paul is one of the most important and influential of all the saints. Many of his writings are contained in the Canon of the Bible and have influenced the growth and development of the Church since the first century. St. Paul was originally known as Saul, and he was a Roman citizen and a […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday – 01-26-2022
Wednesday 3rd Week in Ordinary Time 2002 Mark 4:1-20 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012622.cfm RICKY, GO DEEP When I was playing football as a young kid, I loved when my name was called, “Ricky, go deep.” This past Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had the game in hand in the final minute until the Rams threw a long pass with […]