Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Wednesday, 25th Week in Ordinary Time, September 24, 2025
Luke 9:1-6 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092425.cfm Have No Fear To Hold The Pain Of Another In Your Heart. How often have dictators come to power and been brought down? They exploit their power to oppress their people into a subhuman existence. And what happens when someone dares to oppose them? They make their authority known! Some dictators still […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Tuesday
25th Week in Ordinary Time, Luke 8:19-21 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092325.cfm Jesus Is Always Speaking To Us. It’s mysterious to me, but sometimes I hear a voice inside telling me to do something. At other times, a thought keeps coming back to call, visit, or pray for someone. I am a slow learner, but I have discovered that […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Monday, 25th Week in Ordinary Time
September 22, 2025, Luke 8:16-18 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092225.cfm My Two Dads When I was five or six, my Dad built a bathroom addition. He finished the foundation, and the brick was about three feet high. He told me not to play there, but I didn’t listen. He went into the house for lunch and left his tools […]
Father Rick’s Gospel Reflection for the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time C
Twenty-fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time | USCCBDaily Bible Readings, Podcast Audio and Videos and Prayers brought to you by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.bible.usccb.org We have but one Lord, Jesus Christ. Life is filled with challenges every day, but it’s inspiring to reflect on Jesus’ words in today’s Gospel: “The person who is […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Saturday, 24th Week in Ordinary Time
September 20, 2025, Luke 8:4-15 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/092025.cfm Everything is Grace Some experiences stay with you forever. I had one such moment in the seminary with a professor, Fr. Eric Doyle. He called me into his office for a final oral exam on the doctrine of grace. I sat in a chair facing him. He held my […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Friday, 24th Week in Ordinary Time
September 19, 2025, Luke 8:1-3 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091925.cfm Jesus Attracts Opposites Each parish has its own level of dedication to Jesus and the Church. For centuries, a traditional view of the Church worked well, but now it needs to evolve. Simply put, some individuals believe that the clergy, religious, and a select few laypeople are entrusted to […]
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Thursday, 24th Week in Ordinary Time
September 18, 2025, Luke 7:36-50 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/0091825.cfm Pope Paul VI wrote about evangelization that “modern man listens more willingly to witnesses than to teachers, and if he does listen to teachers, it is because they are witnesses” (Evangelii Nuntiandi 41). The witness of the sinful woman in this Gospel makes her a powerful evangelist. Her actions speak – even […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Wednesday, 24th Week in Ordinary Time
September 17, 2025, Luke 7: 31-35 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091725.cfm Dancing with Jesus. Presidential campaigns can seem endless, with candidates focusing more on criticizing each other than on their own policies. The scribes and Pharisees refused to engage with either John the Baptist or Jesus. They rejected John’s austere call to repentance and also criticized Jesus for being […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Tuesday, 24th Week in Ordinary Time
September 16, 2025, Luke 7:11-17 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091625.cfm “I Command You; Get Up!” My heart goes out to parents who have lost a child. The pain feels endless. We may know friends who seem lifeless due to despair or a lack of meaning. Reaching out and failing leaves our hearts empty. This is Jesus’ world. Our emptiness […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily Memorial of our Lady of Sorrows
September 15, 2025, John 19:33-35 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091525.cfm No Other Way Nothing is harder than a parent burying their own child. How can anyone understand the pain of a parent watching their child’s lifeless body in a coffin? Yet, when I’ve sat with them, they always say, “Why couldn’t it have been me?” Today, we honor our Mother […]