Father Rick’s Three Minute Homily for 5th Sunday in Easter 2022 – 05-1-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051522.cfm ACTIONS FIRST – SERVE, LISTEN, THEN SPEAK. You may know that I belong to the Institute of Charity, a religious order. We are in many countries, including Tanzania and Kenya in East Africa. We established ourselves there 72 years ago. We run schools, parishes, health centers, and a formation house. Our good priests, sisters, […]
Father Rick’s Three Minute Homily for St. Mathias Feast 2022 – 05-14-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051422.cfm “REMAIN IN MY LOVE.” For years I worked out at a gym to keep in shape. There were some parishioners I got to know. We were at the age when we needed surgery on our joints. A couple of these guys said they didn’t need to continue their therapy. They could recover on their […]
Father Rick’s Three Minute Homily for Friday 4th Week in Easter 2022 – 05-13-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051322.cfm BEFORE GPS – HOW DO IT GET TO… I am often called to a house for an anointing of the sick and dying. GPS is the greatest, as long as I put in the correct address. However, before GPS, finding that house could be difficult. When I got lost, I would ask someone for […]
Father Rick’s Three Minute Homily for Thursday 4th Week in Easter 2022 – 05-12-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051222.cfm SUPPER, SLAVE, JUDAS, AND ACCEPTS THE ONE I SEND. It was Holy Thursday night at Sacred Heart Church, Bradenton, FL. I locked up the church after the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. I went to the rectory, and after a few minutes, there was a knock at the door. I opened it to see […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday 4th Week in Easter 2022 – 05-11-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051122.cfm THE LIGHT CHANGES EVERYTHING The world is full of darkness. Just turn on the news, and we see the horrible effects of darkness. Darkness can be personal. Fear, anxiety, and the impact of sinful choices all bring darkness home. Grief is immense darkness that pays a heavy toll on us. My Dad was my […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Tuesday 4th Week in Easter 2022 – 05-10-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051022.cfm SAFE AND SECURE I remember as a kid, we never locked our front door, even at night. People felt safe in their homes. I remember how we would stop by the church for a visit, and the church doors were always open. How times have changed! The alarm companies are a dime a dozen […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Monday 4th Week in Easter 2022 – 05-09-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/050922.cfm HAS ANYONE SEEN MY KEYS? How terrible to lose your keys? If I am outside, I can’t get into my house. If I lost my car keys, I couldn’t go anywhere. Life can come to a standstill without my keys. Jesus says that He is the gate of the sheep. So he is to […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday 3rd Week in Easter 2022 – 05-07-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/050722.cfm A SAD DAY FOR JESUS Sadness is a genuine emotion. It is normal to want to ignore or bury such feelings. We think if we forget the terrible things that happen to us, we will be ok. But such methods never work. Losing a person we love in death or losing a friend because […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Friday 3rd Week in Easter 2022 – 05-06-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/050722.cfm I BELIEVE IN THE REAL PRESENCE! I vividly remember a conversation I had during Covid with a good friend about the Real Presence of Jesus in a consecrated Host. He is a great person, generous, kind, and a faithful member of his protestant church. Our topic was how we received communion. He said they […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday 3rd Week in Easter 2022 – 05-04-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/050422.cfm NO BREAD, NO PIZZA. Every Wednesday during the school year, we celebrate Mass with our school children. I do my best to think of ways to communicate the day’s gospel to them. I struggled at my computer, trying to think of something that could help them relate to the theme, Jesus is the Bread […]