Sunday, 20th Week in Ordinary Time August 20, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Sunday, 20th Week in Ordinary Time August 20, 2023, Matthew 15:21-28 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082023.cfm No One Is Different The witness of people makes me marvel at how the Gospel is alive and doing well in our world. I remember a family in the parish I served with five children, one severely […]
Saturday, 19th Week in Ordinary Time August 19, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday, 19th Week in Ordinary Time August 19, 2023, Matthew 19:13-15 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081923.cfm What if I Wasn’t Catholic? The thought comes to me now and then, “What would my life be like, and what would I be like if I wasn’t Catholic? I value the faith God planted in my […]
Friday, 19th Week in Ordinary Time August 18, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Friday, 19th Week in Ordinary Time August 18, 2023, Matthew 19:3-12 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081823.cfm Man’s Intentions or God’s Intentions. I met a couple recently whose 40-year-old son was utterly dependent upon them from birth. They do everything for him. Also, on the news, I heard of a mother or father running into […]
Thursday 19th Week in Ordinary Time August 17, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Thursday, 19th Week in Ordinary Time August 17, 2023, Matthew 18:21-19:1 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081723.cfm How Grateful Am I? When I read this gospel of the ungrateful servant, I was flooded with the many blessings I have received throughout my life. I couldn’t begin to count them. God blesses all of us […]
Thursday, 19th Week in Ordinary Time August 17, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Thursday, 19th Week in Ordinary Time August 17, 2023, Matthew 18:21-19:1 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081723.cfm How Grateful Am I? When I read this gospel of the ungrateful servant, I was flooded with the many blessings I have received throughout my life. I couldn’t begin to count them. God blesses all of us […]
Wednesday, 19th Week in Ordinary Time August 16, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday, 19th Week in Ordinary Time August 16, 2023, Matthew 18:15-20 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081623.cfm We Offend People But Also God Perhaps you have had the experience of asking God for forgiveness for your sins, especially against someone, and you are still not at peace with God or with the person. It’s […]
Assumption of Mother Mary August 15
Fr. Rick’s Three Minute Homily for Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary 08-15-2023 Luke 1:39-56 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081523-Day.cfm ASSUMPTION IS A BIG WELCOME. Mother Mary assumed Jesus wholly and completely, even in his sufferings. And she still does in his Body on earth (The Church). So here is a gripping story of two types of assumption, one […]
Sunday, 19th Week in Ordinary Time August 13, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Sunday, 19th Week in Ordinary Time August 13, 2023, Matthew 14:22-33 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081323.cfm What Wind? What Waves.? When Peter began walking on the water, only faith in Jesus kept him from sinking, nothing else. Like Peter, the height of the waves bashing against us and the strength of the wind […]
Saturday, 18th Week in Ordinary Time August 12, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday, 18th Week in Ordinary Time August 12, 2023, Matthew 17:14-20 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081223.cfm Lord, Have Pity on My Son. Often someone asks me to pray for healing or some favor. I have in my mind that Jesus is all-powerful and can do all things. But I have learned that appealing […]
Friday, 18th Week in Ordinary Time August 11, 2023
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for , Matthew 17:24-28 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081223.cfm The sacrament of the sick is a powerful encounter with Jesus in areas we suffer the greatest. Surgery carries its complications and difficulties. It can disrupt our lives, such as losing work and the ability to do the simplest things for ourselves. Over time it […]