Wednesday 4th Week in Lent 2024
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1st Sunday in Leny 2024
Fr. Rick’s Three-Minute Homily for the 1st Sunday in Lent B February 18, 2024, Mark 1:12-15 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021824.cfm A Cuddle, A Kind Word Goes A Long Way! You may remember me telling the story of the runaway teenage girl who missed her mom and dad so much she begged me to take her home. I drove […]
Ash Wednesday February 14, 2024
Father Rick’s Three-Minute Homily for Ash Wednesday February 14, 2024, Mark 6:1-6,16-18 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021424.cfm THIS LENT, SET YOUR STANDARD HIGH – 40 DAYS TO GREATNESS! Competition is a part of life. We play games around the kitchen table, and we watch our children compete in sports growing up. We try our best to climb the ladder […]
Saturday, 5th Week in Ordinary Time, February 10, 2024
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Saturday, 5th Week in Ordinary Time, February 10, 2024, Mark 8:1-10 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021024.cfm From Nothing to Abundance A friend of mine introduced me to the Consecration to St. Joseph. I completed the 33 days during my recovery and made the Consecration. After that, St. Joseph became my friend and constant companion […]
Tuesday, 5th Week in Ordinary Time February 6, 2024
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Tuesday, 5th Week in Ordinary Time February 6, 2024, Mark 7:1-13 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/020624.cfm Hand-Me-Downs Growing up, I found it exciting to wear an old shirt my brother didn’t need any more or had outgrown. I was so proud when I got his baseball glove, which was broken in. Traditions are hand-me-downs […]
Friday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time January 19, 2024
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Friday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time January 19, 2024, Mark 3:13-19 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011924.cfm Who is Your Mentor? When I began my studies for the priesthood in England, I met a priest who knew Jesus. Fr. Anthony Meredith profoundly affected me and my relationship with God. He wasn’t a scholar who […]
Feast of the Epiphany New Mission Statement
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily For the Feast of the Epiphany January 7, 2024, Matthew 2:1-12 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010724.cfm Henry Van Dyke, in 1902 wrote about another wise man, Artaban. He bought three jewels for the new infant King: a sapphire, a ruby, and a pearl. On his way to meet the other three Maji, he stopped and […]
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Fr. Rick’s Gospel Reflection for Feast of St. Luke, Evangelist, October 18, 2022 Luke 10:1-9 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101822.cfm Please open your Scriptures and read these verses prayerfully. What can go wrong will go wrong, so it seems. Have you and those days when everything worked out the way it should? A Day like this is a delight. […]
Antonio Rosmini Spiritual Calendar October 1
Fr. Rick Pilger, I.C. Spiritual Calendar A Thought for Each Day of the Year By Blessed Antonio Rosmini October 1 Let us deem ourselves very fortunate if, by a singular favor of the Blessed Virgin, we should obtain, through the Rosary, only this: the grace to live in a way that will be pleasing to […]
The Pelican – Our Symbol
According to legend, the pelican, which has the greatest love of all creatures for its’ offspring, pierces it’s breast to feed them with it’s own blood. It is on the basis of this legend that the pelican came to symbolize Christ’s love for all mankind. In this sense, it is also symbolizes the Holy Eucharist. […]