Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Monday – 02-28-2022
Monday 8 th Week in Ordinary Time 2022Luke 10:17-27 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022822.cfmWHEN A CHALLENGE COMES ALONG, DON’T LET THE FIRE GO OUT.A challenge we accept and work on sets the fire in us ablaze. The biggest challenge inmy life was accepting the position of pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church and School inobedience. I say “in obedience” because […]
Father Rick’s Three Minute Homily for Sunday – 02-27-2022
8 th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 Luke 6: 39-45 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022722.cfm YOU CAN’T FAKE GOODNESS. Every once in a while, I have the fortune to see goodness in a person. For example,during Catholic Schools Week a few weeks back, all the school children were outsidewaving big red hearts on a stick while our priests rode by in […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily Friday – 02-25-2022
Friday 7th Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Matthew:10-12 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022522.cfm THE BEST OF TIMES – THE WORST OF TIMES What an exciting time when a couple is engaged and comes to me to prepare them for Marriage. The Church provides a 6-month preparation for couples to grow in the Presence of Christ for better or worse, richer […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily Wednesday – 02-23-2022
Wednesday 7th Week in Ordinary Time 2022Matthew 9:38-40 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022322.cfm US AND THEM “Growing up is hard to do,” I remember that song by Ginger and the Snaps. Being a grown-up is hard to do as well. Perhaps you knew a bully or bullies in school. They pick on one or two kids, which is devastating […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily Tuesday – 02-22-2022
Tuesday Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, Apostle 2022Matthew 16:13-19 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022222.cfm THE ROCK WITHIN ME YOU. A majority of us have taken vows. Perhaps you have taken a vow in marriage to God and your spouse. I have taken vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience to Jesus and my religious community. I took a […]
Fr. Rick’s Three Minute Homily Monday – 02-21-2022
Monday 7th Week in Ordinary Time 2022Mark 9:14-29 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022122.cfm AMAZEMENT AT LITTLE MIRACLES Amazement can stop us in our tracks. We have no words to express how something happened, but we know it’s true and real. I often experience this during spiritual direction and especially in the confessional. For the life of me, many times, […]
Fr. Rick’s Three Minute Homily Sunday – 02-20-2022
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022 Luke 6:27-38 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/022022.cfm ONLY CARNIVORES EAT RAW MEAT. There is nothing like catching a whiff of a great steak cooking slowly on a grill. If we are visiting someone, the question, “How do you like your steak?” always comes up. How would we feel if we were visiting someone and […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday – 02-19-2022
Saturday 6th Week in Ordinary Time 2022Mark 9:2-13 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021922.cfm THE DELIGHT OF THE LORD – THE CLOUD WITHIN. We trust the pilot when we get on a jet, and it is pouring down rain. We may not even give it a second thought. Even if there is turbulence and we are shaken up, we […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Friday – 02-18-2022
Friday 6th Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Mark 8:34-91 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021822.cfm DON’T BEAT YOURSELF UP. Occasionally, you will catch a jewel, a phrase that affects the rest of your life. I caught one of those jewels in the novitiate during my formation to become a religious. Blessed Antonio Rosmini, the founder of the Institute of Charity, […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Thursday – 02-17-2022
Thursday 6th Week in Ordinary Time 2022Mark 8:27-33 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021722.cfm A MOMENT THAT LASTS A LIFETIME. Two distinct memories have affected my relationship with Jesus and my ministry as a priest. Both occurred when the Bishop installed me as pastor in Sacred Heart Church, Bradenton, FL, and Blessed Sacrament Church, Seminole, FL. First, during the […]