Fr. Rick’s 2 Minute Homily for Thursday 11th Week in Ordinary Time 2022 06-16-2022
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Thursday 11th Week in Ordinary Time 06-16-2022 Thursday 11th Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Matthew 6:7-15 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061622.cfm OUR FATHER – LOVE OF GOD AND NEIGHBOR. A son says to his father, “Dad, can I have some money to go to the movie with my friends?” “Dad gives his son […]
Wednesday 11th Week in Ordinary Time 2022
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday 11th Week in Ordinary Time 06-15-2022 Wednesday 11th Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Matthew 6:1-6;16-18 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061522.cfm INTENTION IS EVERYTHING. I always wanted to be a diocesan priest in the Diocese of Peoria. However, this desire changed when I started praying the Maxims of Christian Perfection by Blessed Antonio […]
Tuesday 11th Week in Ordinary Time 2022
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Tuesday 11th Week in Ordinary Time 06-14-2022 Tuesday 11th Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Matthew 5:43-48 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061422.cfm One day my sister Bev and I were walking. She had a bag in her hand with an envelope, a piece of paper, and her billfold. She stuck her hand in the […]
Monday 11th Week in Ordinary Time 2022
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Monday 11th Week in Ordinary Time 06-13-2022 Monday 11th Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Matthew 5:38-42 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061322.cfm KEEP YOUR HONOR. Honor is something we never want to lose. But, when we do, we lose touch with the core of who we are as children of God. We react rather […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday the 7th Week of Easter 6-1-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/060122.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, and if the construction takes weeks or more, we have to adjust the time we leave home. We are grateful the road will […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday the 7th Week of Easter 6-1-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/060122.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, and if the construction takes weeks or more, we have to adjust the time we leave home. We are grateful the road will […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Tuesday The Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/053122.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 you love me.” I was […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Monday 7th Week in Easter 5-30 -2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/053022.cfm FRIENDSHIPS THAT ENDURE Friends are the best. They are a great comfort in times of trouble but so much fun when life is good. Some friends last a while, and others last a lifetime. I have had both. Friends from my younger years endured my three moves in my assignments as a priest. Others […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Feast of the Ascension 2022, 05-29-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/052922-ascension.cfm “GRIEF HAS FILLED YOUR HEARTS.” At his Ascension, Jesus reminded the disciples of his Passion and Resurrection. This was a journey for the disciples they took 40 days. It’s also a journey for us when we lose someone dear to us. t doesn’t take much for us to recall a memory when a family […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday 6th Week in Easter 5-28 -2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/052822.cfm THE FATHER HIMSELF LOVES YOU. God bless the 19 children and two teachers shot in the elementary school in Texas. The shooting is something we can’t begin to wrap around our little brains. How can someone commit such horrendous murders on innocent children? What is there to gain? Something in the report is quite […]