Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Thursday, 12th Week in Ordinary Time
June 26, 2025, Matthew 7: 21-29 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062625.cfm Rock – Faith and Love Take Work. People in Florida know how important it is to build their houses on solid ground. Between the sinkholes and the floods, homes can wash away easily. Jesus built His Church on St. Peter’s faith with purpose and intent, which he called “The Rock.” […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily forSolemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist
June 24, 2025, Luke 1: 57-66, 80 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062425-Mass I Love It When a Plan Comes Together The A-Team’s television show was a mixture of drama and comedy in the early 1980s. George Peppard played the character Col. John Hannibal Smith. It didn’t matter how many odds were against the A-Team; they somehow managed to save […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Monday 12th Week in Ordinary Time
June 23, 2025, Matthew 7:1-5 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062325.cfm Judging is Like Little Splinters. I remember our DRE and music director, Fred, telling me he picked up something with splinters working in the yard. There were small ones he couldn’t get out, and the doctor told him they had to work themselves out. Judging others is like those […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ
June 22, 2025, Mark 14:12-16, 22-26 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062225.cfm Food for the Journey It blows my mind to think that God the Father loves us so much and asked His Son to suffer, die, and rise from the dead to free us from our sins. And Jesus at the Last Supper gave His apostles the power to […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday 11th Week in Ordinary Time
June 21, 2025, Matthew 6:24-34 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062125.cfm Out With Worry – In With Trust. The only moment we can be with God is the present moment. We cannot be in His presence five seconds ago or any moment in the future. But all moments are present to God, from the first moment of creation to the […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Friday, 11th Week in Ordinary Time
June 21, 2024, Matthew 6:19-23 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/062025.cfm My Eye and My Treasure When I line up a shot to hit a golf ball, I pick out the smallest target I can find in the distance. I am close to hitting that target nine times out of ten. I purposely do not look at hazards like water, […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Thursday, 11th Week in Ordinary Time
June 19, 2025, Matthew 6:1-6,7-15 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061925.cfm Our Father – Love of God and His Children A son asks his father, “Dad, can I have money to go to the movie with my friends?” “Dad gives his son some money for the movies. A couple of days later, the son asks, “Dad, can I have the […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Wednesday, 11th Week in Ordinary Time
June 18, 2025, Matthew 6:1-6,16-18 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061825.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 Rosmini. The first maxim is simple but powerful and addresses today’s gospel – To desire only and without […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Tuesday 11th Week in Ordinary Time
June 16, 2025, Matthew 5:43-48 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061725.cfm Mercy Found – Thanks St. Anthony 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 bag, and the billfold was gone. We emptied the bag—No billfold. […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Monday 11th Week in Ordinary Time
June 16, 2025, Matthew 5:38-42 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/061625.cfm Keeping Your Honor We never want to lose honor, but if we do, we are no longer in touch with the core of who we are as children of God. We react rather than respond to others, especially if we feel threatened. Our defenses kick in, and we say […]