Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Thursday – 02-03-2022
Thursday 4th Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Luke 2:22-32 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020322.cfm IGNITE THE FIRE IN EACH OTHER The first number of months of the pandemic turned our lives around. We made so many adjustments. Those first number of months brought a tremendous blessing to our parish staff. We became a family who loved and cared for each […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday – 02-02-202
Presentation of the Lord 2022 Luke 2:22-32 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020222.cfm CONSECRATED TO THE LORD Tom Brady took his time to make an important decision. Will he play another year in the NFL for the Bucs or retire. Anyone who follows the Bucs knows the impact Brady has on the game. He has broken many records that will stay for […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Tuesday – 02-01-2022
Tuesday 4th Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Mark 5:21-43 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020122.cfm NEVER GIVE UP. The more challenging life gets, the better we get, or do we? I had two operations in my second and fourth years of the seminary. Both occurred in January, and each left me with a three-month recovery. I attended no classes, read no books, […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Monday – 01-31-2022
Monday 4th Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Mark 5:1-20 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/013122.cfm ALONE AND HELPLESS People handle pain in different ways. Some have acute pain and never goes away, and they seek out a doctor. Others wait until the last minute, and the pain becomes a crisis. Beyond the crisis is someone who finds no relief in anything […]
Fr. Rick’s Three Minute Homily for Sunday – 01-30-2022
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2022Mark 4:21-30 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/013022.cfm WHO DOES HE THINK HE IS? I remember a saying of my mom and dad’s, “He’s too big for his britches?” It means, he is not what he thinks he is. That is pretty much how the people of Jesus’ hometown sized Jesus up. They were looking […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday – 01-29-2022
Saturday 3rd Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Mark 4:35-41 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012922.cfm DO NOT BE AFRAID TO GO DEEP. I WILL RAISE YOU UP. One early spring morning, I was fishing in Long Lake in Central Illinois with an old friend of my Dad, Bud Sepich. We were on a boat in 15 feet of water, fishing […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Friday – 01-28-2022
Friday 3rd Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Mark 4:26-34 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012822.cfm BECOME WHAT YOU EAT! I grew up in the Midwest, the corn belt of America. There was always talk about the size of the corn. If the corn was too short by the Fourth of July, the farmers knew there would be a problem getting their […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Thursday – 01-27-2022
Thursday 3rd Week in Ordinary Time 2022 Mark 4:21-25 https:/bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012722.cfm USE IT OR LOSE IT! The craze for working out and keeping in shape is a huge industry. I remember joining Lifestyles years ago. It didn’t take long to learn that I needed a trainer and a buddy to work out daily. Over the last three […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday – 01-26-2022
Wednesday 3rd Week in Ordinary Time 2002 Mark 4:1-20 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012622.cfm RICKY, GO DEEP When I was playing football as a young kid, I loved when my name was called, “Ricky, go deep.” This past Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had the game in hand in the final minute until the Rams threw a long pass with […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Tuesday – 01-25-2022
Conversion of St. Paul 2022 Acts 22:3-16 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012522.cfm St. Paul’s conversion is a fascinating story of how God works in our lives. He was in a murderous state of mind. His persecution of Jesus’ followers brought him into an encounter with our Lord. I am tempted to think that St. Paul had it easy because the blinding […]