Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Holy Saturday
April 19, 2025, Luke 24:1-12 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041925.cfm I know You Are Seeking Jesus? As we walk to the tomb with Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, our thoughts are bouncing off the walls of our brains. So much has happened in the last couple of days. We need this Saturday to take it all in. Our […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Good Friday
April 18, 2025, John 18: 1 – 19:42 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041825.cfm How Much Jesus Loves Us. “He bowed His head and gave up His spirit.” “There was no more terrible death than death by crucifixion. Even the Romans regarded it with a shudder of horror, and Cicero declared it was “the most cruel and horrifying death.” Tacitus said […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily forHoly Thursday – Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
April 17, 2025, John 13:1-15 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041725-Supper.cfm You Can’t Have One Without The Other. I did my studies in DerrysWood, south of London, England. We were a community of 30, and today’s gospel reminded me of Father General Jimmy Flynn (the Superior General of the Institute of Charity), who was washing dishes after a meal. The […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for
April 16, 2025, Matthew 26:14-25 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041625.cfm We Have No Suspects. The nightly local news often reports a crime committed, and they say, “At this time, we have no suspects. However, please get in touch with the local police or sheriff’s department if you have any information.” Sometimes, someone has something that seems insignificant but can lead to […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Tuesday of Holy Week
April 15, 2025, John 13: 21-33,36-38 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041525.cfm So Many Chances. The nightly local news often reports a crime committed, and they say, “At this time, we have no suspects. However, please contact the local police or sheriff’s department if you have any information.” Sometimes, someone has something that seems insignificant but can lead to the arrest of […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Monday of Holy Week
April 14, 2025, John 12:1-11 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041425.cfm Tears that Heal Here we are, Monday of Holy Week. Where did those five weeks of Lent go? Please, God, we are all following Jesus a little more than when we received our ashes. I am thinking beyond what we gave up for Lent. Consider our sacrifices to be […]
Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Saturday, the 5th Week in Lent
April 12, 2025 – John 11:45-56 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041225.cfm Fear Is Useless I learned long ago that nothing good can come from a decision made out of fear. When the Pharisees saw that Jesus was gaining popularity, they feared that the Romans would come and destroy them. They began plotting His death. John tells us that our […]
Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Friday, the 5th Week in Lent
April 11, 2025 – John 10:31-42 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041125.cfm Getting to Know My Father It isn’t hard for me to appreciate what parents experience in the morning, noon, and night. The constant demands, the never-ending tasks, it’s one thing after another. There isn’t a moment’s rest. “Mommy,” calls one child while she is changing a diaper. I experience […]
Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Thursday, the 5th Week in Lent
April 10, 2025, Genesis 3:17:3-9; John 8:51-59 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041025.cfm The Greatest Miracle of All. Today’s readings revealed different ways people react to God. When Abraham’s wife, Sarah, was told that her husband, an older man, would become a father, not only of one child but a host of nations, she laughed. Later, Abraham heard that God […]
Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Wednesday, 5th Week in Lent
April 9, 2025 Daniel 3;14-20, 91-92, 95, John 8:31-42 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040925.cfm Read the Directions Have you ever bought something without reading the directions? I remember doing this when I was suffering from allergies. I squirted some of the medicine in my nose, and it ran down my throat. It was not pleasant. So I read the […]