Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily – 12-06-2021
Monday 2nd Week of Advent Luke 5:17-26 INTERRUPTIONS – ARE THEY REALLY A NUISANCE? Paradise. Imagine for a moment having several projects you wish to accomplish. They all were completed with no interruptions at the end of the day. Wouldn’t that be a little bit of paradise? Sometimes we find ourselves in the middle of […]
Fr. Rick’s Minute Homily – 12-05-2021
Sunday 2nd Week of Advent Luke 3:1-6 THE DESERT John the Baptist goes into the desert to find Jesus in you and in me. So, the desert really isn’t a dreadful thing, and that is if my heart remains a desert, waiting for Jesus. So, think of your daily life as a desert. Maybe look at your schedule and […]
Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily 12-04-2021
Matthew 9:27-35; 10:1; 5a, 6-8 ONE SHEEP AT A TIME. THAT’S ALL I CAN CARRY Some days I wonder, ‘How in the world am I going to get through all of that needs to be done. Where do I start? And someone walks into the office who needs to see a priest. God bless them […]
Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily – 12-03-2021
Friday 1st Week of Advent Matthew 9:27-31 JESUS CURED TWO BLIND MEN – MIRACLES STILL HAPPEN A true Story – When I came home from the hospital after my ankle replacement surgery 5 weeks ago, I couldn’t find my vaccination card. I received both shots and a booster. I looked through the hospital folders and overnight bag […]
Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily -12-02-2021
Thursday 1st Week of Advent Matthew 7:21, 24-27 NEVER SATISFIED. That is Tom Brady, the quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He is never satisfied. If you listen to his news conferences after a win, he will acknowledge different players and plays that went well. But at the end, he always says in one way or […]
Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily – 12-01-2021
Wednesday 1st Week of Advent NEVER HUNGER. HOW IS THAT? A local restaurant donated turkeys for our parishioners to feed all the people in Pinellas Hope on Thanksgiving Day. Somewhere around 150 people. Every night on the local newscasts you see churches and organizations collecting food and giving it to families, especially during the Christmas […]
Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily – 11-30-2021
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 Feast of St. Andrew Matthew 4:18-22 My GPS. If only we had a road map like we do when we get in the car today. We put an address in our GPS and bingo, we are on our way. There are even places to eat and get gas. What a deal. Who […]
Until I rercover
Hi, Everyone, Peace be with you all. Today was my last Gospel reflection for a while. Tomorrow Dr. Matthew Swick will replace my left ankle with a brand new one. I will be writing again as soon as I can get back on the computer. Thanks for following me on our parish website. I wish […]
October 24, 2021, Sunday, 30th Week in Ordinary Time
Fulfilling a daydream. Luke 13:1-9 Would you mind opening your Scriptures and reading these verses prayerfully? We all have daydreams. Sometimes we see them as distractions to what we are doing. Something sparks a thought, and off we go into our dreamland. Hold on. Maybe some daydreams are more than a distraction. Consider a daydream […]
October 22, 2021, Friday 29th Week in Ordinary Time
The old-fashioned way works. Luke 12:54-59 Would you mind opening your Scriptures and reading these verses prayerfully? Do you remember your first written test to get your driver’s license? I recall the one part of the test that I found most difficult – the road signs. Over the few months before I took the test […]