Father Rick’s Gospel Reflection for Thursday, 33rd Week in Ordinary Time

November 21, 2024, Luke 19:41-44 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112323-weekday.cfm Tears over Jerusalem. Imagine the grief in the heart of Jesus as he approached Jerusalem. He wanted them to receive so much of the peace He had in His heart.  It was the time of their visitation, and they blew it. We are his Jerusalem, faithful and unfaithful, saints and […]

Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Wednesday, 33rd Week in Ordinary Time

November 20, 2024, Luke 19:11-28 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112024.cfm When I can’t love as much as someone needs, God can. One word sticks out in today’s gospel and carries great importance with it. That word is “trade.” The nobleman told the servants to “trade” with the coins he gave them. That meant getting out of the house and […]

Father Rick’s Gospel Reflection for Tuesday, 33rd Week in Ordinary Time

November 19, 2024, Luke 19:1-10 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111924.cfm   Zacchaeus received Jesus with boundless joy. Jesus walked into town just like any of us would walk. But He walked with a purpose: to heal the brokenhearted, especially those who gave Him no time of day. Meet Zacchaeus, The wealthiest and least respected person in town. He gouged the […]

Father Rick’s Gospel Reflection for Monday, 33rd Week in Ordinary Time

November 18, 2024, Luke 18:35-53 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111824.cfm  Crying out! Every day, the blind man in the gospel had his hand out. Begging was his only way of getting food. Imagine how many times he begged the same people. Now, Rabbis taught people while they walked from one town to another. So, when the blind man heard […]

Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time

November 17, 2024, Matthew 13:24-32 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111724.cfm https://www.dosp.org/courageouslyliving/ Bishop Parkes Call to Conversion This past Sunday I was honored to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation to our young people and today I will administer this sacrament to four of our young people at (this) the 11:30 Mass. Confirmation is not like graduation when you finish your […]

Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Saturday, 32nd Week in Ordinary Time

November 16, 2024, Luke 18:1-8 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111624.cfm Does God have a cell phone? Cell phones are so convenient. We can do so many things with these little computers, and they can take up a lot of our time. In the gospel, Jesus talks about praying without becoming weary. I was pondering how much I use my […]

Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Friday, 32nd Week in Ordinary Time

November 15, 2024,  Luke 17:26-37 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111524.cfm    Do Your Shopping Early? Can you imagine walking into a grocery store on the day a hurricane hits? Well, for one thing, the store will not be open, and it is too late to prepare for a storm of that magnitude. It was easy to become complacent when […]

Father Rick’s Gospel Reflection for Thursday, 32nd Week in Ordinary Time

November 11, 2024, Luke 17:20-25 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111424.cfm No Greater Love. I remember a movie about Mother Teresa of Calcutta, No Greater Love. Many times, she brought tears to my eyes. Christ was so present in her you couldn’t see Mother anymore. Indeed, the Kingdom of God came in Mother Teresa. Jesus told us in the gospel that we […]

Father Rick’s Gospel Reflection for Wednesday, 32nd Week in Ordinary Time

November 13, 2024, Luke 17:11-19 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111324.cfm Jesus heals us on our way. Once again, Jesus catches us off guard. Usually, he heals someone on the spot. But in today’s gospel with the ten lepers, he tells them to go on their way and to show themselves to the priest. Amazingly, on their way, Jesus cured them. That might […]

Father Rick’s Gospel Reflection for Tuesday, 32nd Week in Ordinary Time

November 12, 2024, Luke 17:7-10   https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111224.cfm Serving when we don’t plan it. I can see the servant in the gospel wiping his brow, walking up the steps into his master’s house. All he wants to do is put his feet up, at least for a few minutes. But all he hears is his master’s […]