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Catechists Needed: Share Your Faith, Change a Life

✨ Our parish doesn’t just need teachers. We need disciples. ✨ Think you need a theology degree to help our youth grow in faith? Think again! Jesus didn’t invite the Apostles to a classroom; He invited them into His life. As a catechist, you do the exact same thing. All it takes is a heart […]

Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily ~ Thursday 13th Week in Ordinary Time

July 2, 2026, Matthew 9:1-8 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070226.cfm There Is Nothing Routine about Jesus Routines are a part of everyday life. We do the same things when we wake up andprepare for the day. We probably drive the same way to work. So, would it be fair to saythat our relationships are also subject to routine? We […]

Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily Wednesday, 13th Week in Ordinary Time

July 1, 2026, Matthew 8:28-34 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/070126.cfm Holy Water and The Authority of Jesus? How many times have I blessed myself with holy water without giving it a secondthought? But let us not forget that when the priest poured holy water over our heads, wewere transformed into children of God. From that moment, the holiness of […]

Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily Tuesday, 13th Week in Ordinary Time

June 30, 2026, Matthew 8:23-27 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/063026 Who Was Asleep? Getting proper rest is necessary for a healthy lifestyle. It takes a few days to recoverwhen we don’t get our quota. Another factor about sleep is that we are utterly obliviousto what is happening around us when we are out like a light.   It would appear […]

Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily ~ 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time ~ June 28, 2026

Matthew 10:37-42 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062826.cfm I imagine we can all think of someone who made an extraordinary sacrifice for Jesus.I’m not thinking of giving up something for the Lenten season. I’m thinking of somethinggut-wrenching that changes the course of your life. My sister Bev dated a lovely man for five years. I was only about five years […]

Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily ~ Saturday 12th Week in Ordinary Time

June 28, 2025, Matthew 8:5-17 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062726.cfm Loving the Least with the Most. We all have an alarm that goes off when someone is in crisis. Think of the firefighterswho run into a burning house to save someone, or the healthcare workers who sacrificethemselves for the greater good, especially during these challenging times. These arethe everyday […]

Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily ~ Friday the 12th Week in Ordinary Time.

June 26, 2026, Matthew 8: 1-4.https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062626.cfm Quarantine Is No Fun When COVID-19 hit, we did everything we could to avoid catching the virus. We woremasks, and anyone with COVID isolated themselves for up to two weeks or more.Some people had no symptoms, others were isolated in the hospital, and some were incritical care. People in […]

Father Rick’s Two-MINUTE Homily ~ June 24, 2026

Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist Luke 1: 57-66, 80 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062426-Day I Love It When a Plan Comes Together  The A-Team’s television show was a mixture of drama and comedy in the early 1980s.George Peppard played the character Col. John Hannibal Smith. It didn’t matter howmany odds were against the A-Team; they […]

Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily ~ Wednesday 12th Week in Ordinary Time

June 24, 2026, Matthew 7:15-20 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062525.cfm False Prophets – Scammers  I remember hardly locking our doors during the day when I was a child. Unfortunately,the sense of trust is gone today. Scammers are everywhere. We now have securitysystems for homes, phones, and computers. I know people who con artists scammedout of everything they own. When […]