Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday, 7th Week in Easter
June 7, 2025, John 21: 20-25 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/060725.cfm Who Do You Want to Be Like? After graduating from high school, I completed my novitiate. I took my first vows with the religious order, the Institute of Charity. Then, I went to England for my studies, and I soon discovered that the students in my class had […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Friday, 7th Week in Easter
June 6, 2025, John 21:15-19 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/052424.cfm Do You Love Me? Do you know people, perhaps yourself, who have gone to a doctor and then another doctor, another doctor, and can’t find the correct diagnosis? I met a lady who went to five different doctors before one doctor asked her to take a nitroglycerin pill. Within […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Thursday, 7th Week in Easter
, John 17: 20-26 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/060525.cfm Jesus Prayed Consider the challenges you are currently facing. In the garden, Jesus fervently prayed for you and me before his crucifixion. His prayer was not in vain. He desires us to never feel alone in our struggles but to always receive the best from Him. Each moment, we are […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday, 7th Week in Easter
June 4, 2025, John 17:11b-19 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/060425.cfm Detours in Life Road construction can present a problem for commuters. First, we wonder how far it will take us out of our way. Then there is the time we lose; if the construction takes weeks or more, we must adjust when we leave home. We are grateful that […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Monday, 7th Week in Easter
June 2, 2025, John 16:29-33 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/060225.cfm Friendships That Endure Friends are the best; some last a while, and others a lifetime. These enduring friendships, like a sturdy ship in a storm, weather the business of life. The ones that last are friends who share the Lord and their life, and they have an enduring quality […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Monday, 7th Week in Easter
June 2, 2025, John 16:29-33 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/060225.cfm Friendships That Endure Friends are the best; some last a while, and others a lifetime. These enduring friendships, like a sturdy ship in a storm, weather the business of life. The ones that last are friends who share the Lord and their life, and they have an enduring quality […]
Fr. Rick’s Gospel Reflection for the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord
June 1, 2025, Luke 24:46-53 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/060125-Ascension.cfm Experience Leads to Witness Cell phones are so practical. It was incredible the number of pictures I took when I was in Rome a few weeks ago. I was blessed to visit the shrine of the Holy Face of Christ Jesus. There were no cameras to take pictures in […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for The Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary
May 31, 2025, Luke 1:39-56 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/053125.cfm Jesus Shows Up in Life’s Ordinary Events. When I got home from school, I could hear my Mom saying, “Ricky, will you please clean up that mess in the kitchen for me?” “But Mom, I didn’t make it,” was my reply. “I know,” she said, “But do it because […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Thursday, 6th Week in Easter
May 29, 2025, John 16:16-20 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/052925-thursday.cfm A Little While. I meet with someone who lost a spouse, parent, or sibling almost every week. I wish a magic word or phrase would lift them from their grief. But unfortunately, our words can barely touch what the soul is experiencing through their tears. Those tears slowly but […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Tuesday, 6th Week in Easter
May 7, 2024, John 16:5-11 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/052725.cfm “Grief Has Filled Your Hearts.” It’s a simple task to bring to mind a moment when we lost a family member or a dear friend. The grief that fills our hearts in those moments is truly overwhelming. Jesus, in his final moments with the disciples, spoke of his impending […]