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Wednesday of Holy Week 2024

Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Wednesday of Holy Week March 27:204, Matthew 26:14-25 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041322.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 contact the local police or sheriff’s department if you have any information." Sometimes, someone has something […]

Tuesday of Holy Week March 26, 2024

Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Tuesday of Holy Week March 26, 2024, John 13: 21-33,36-38 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032624.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 get in touch with the local police or sheriff’s department if you have any information.” […]

Wednesday of Holy Week March 26, 2024

Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Wednesday of Holy Week March 26, 2024, John 13: 21-33,36-38 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032624.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 get in touch with the local police or sheriff’s department if you have any information.” […]

Monday of Holy Week March 25, 2024

Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Monday of Holy Week March 25, 2024, John 12:1-11 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032524.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 […]

Passion Sunday March 24, 2024

Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily For Passion Sunday March 24, 2024, Mark 14:1-15:47 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032424.cfm True Strength I want to consider the strength of Jesus. Imagine being blindfolded, spat upon, greeted with blows from guards, and just taking it. They crowned his head with thorns and repeatedly beat his back with whips. Think how it hurts to […]

Saturday, the 5th Week in Lent March 23, 2024

Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Saturday, the 5th Week in Lent March 23, 2024 – John 11:45-56 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032324.cfm Go to Ephraim. I learned a long time ago, and perhaps you have, too, that nothing good can come out of a decision when made of fear. Consider the Pharisees. Because of his miracles, more people […]

Saturday, the 5th Week in Lent March 23, 2024

Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Saturday, the 5th Week in Lent March 23, 2024 – John 11:45-56 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032324.cfm Go to Ephraim. I learned a long time ago, and perhaps you have, too, that nothing good can come out of a decision when made of fear. Consider the Pharisees. Because of his miracles, more people […]

Friday, the 5th Week in Lent March 22, 2024

Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Friday, the 5th Week in Lent March 22, 2024 – John 10:31-42 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032224.cfm Getting to Know My Father It isn’t hard for me to appreciate what parents experience morning, noon, and night. It’s one thing after another. There isn’t a moment’s rest. “Mommy,” calls one child while she is changing […]

Thursday, the 5th Week in Lent March 21, 2024

Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Thursday, the 5th Week in Lent March 21, 2024 – Genesis 3:17:3-9; John 8:51-59 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032124.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 […]