Fr. Rick’s Three-Minute Homily for the Feast of the Epiphany
January 4, 2026, Matthew 2:1-12. https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010426.cfm We Journey with the Wise Men to our Messiah King. Things aren’t always what they appear to be. I’m thinking of a youth who tries out for the high school football team his freshman year. He sure has talent, and the coach sees his potential. The coach saw the […]
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Saturday in Christmastide.
John 1:29-34 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010324.cfm “I did not know him.” In my younger years, my relationship with Jesus was one-sided. It was all about me and what I had to do to prove myself worthy of Him. The more I prayed and the nicer I was to people, the more I would be worthy of Jesus. Then […]
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute HomilySaints Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen,Bishops and Doctors of the Church
January 2, 2026, John 1:19-28https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010226.cfm Our Voice. If someone walks up to us and says, “What is your name?” we respond by giving our name. Not John the Baptist. He didn’t say, “I am John, son of Elizabeth and Zechariah.” Nor did he claim to be the One who was coming to usher in the […]
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God
January 1, 2026, Luke 2:16-21 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010126.cfm The Shepherd Went in Haste. Peace be with you, everyone, and Happy New Year. A few weeks ago, I had surgery on five discs in my neck. I couldn’t wait to call my family to let them know it was successful. What a relief to know they were at […]
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily Seventh Day in the Octave of Christmas
December 31, 2025, John 1:1-18 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/123125.cfm The End Comes Before the New Beginning. On this last day of 2024, where does the Lord want to make a fresh start in our lives? How appropriate that Mother Church chooses the opening Gospel of St. John with the words, “In the beginning.” And from his first letter, […]
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for the Sixth Day In the Octave of Christmas
December 30, 2025, Luke 2:36-40 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/123025.cfm An Emptiness That Is Full The widow in today’s gospel makes me ponder how often I go out of my way to visit Jesus in the Chapel. She was 84 years old and a widow after only seven years of marriage. Girls were married at the early age of […]
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily Fifth Day in the Octave of Christmas
December 29, 2025, Luke 2:22-35 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122925.cfm Relief From What? Mother Mary and St. Joseph’s humble offering of two Turtledoves highlights the power of humility. Their trust and surrender, despite being seen as poor, invite us to feel encouraged and confident in our own humility before God. But one person did notice. His name was […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday, 2nd Week in Lent
March 22, 2025, Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032225.cfm Home at Last. How heart-wrenching it is to stray from our Father’s loving embrace. Like the younger son in the parable, our sin, the act of turning away from all God provides for us, begins long before we walk into the darkness of our immediate pleasures and our […]
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Friday of the Second Week in Advent
December 13, 2025, Matthew 11: 16- 19 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121324.cfm “We played the flute for you. We sang a dirge for you.” Who is playing and singing about our lives? Reflecting on this, I realize how much God is involved in our daily lives and how His presence is expressed through our experiences. Who is playing and […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Thursday 2nd Week in Advent
DECEMBER 11, 2023, Matthew 11:11-15 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121125.cfm VIOLENCE – IS THERE ANOTHER WAY? Isn’t it true that many people in America wonder when the violence will finally come to an end, or at least ease up a little? The news stories are constantly filled with it. Even Jesus mentions, “From the days of John the Baptist […]