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, […]
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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 […]
1/30/2022 – St. Bathildis
Queen and foundress. She was born in England, where she was enslaved and taken to Neustria, which was part of the Frankish kingdom. In time, Bathildis became a trusted member of King Clovis Il’s court and married him in 649. She bore him three sons: Clotaire Ill, Childeric II, and Thierry Ill, all of whom […]
1/29/2022 – St. Francis de Sales
St. Francis de Sales was born to a noble family at Chateau de Sales in the Kingdom of Savoy near Geneva, Switzerland on August 21, 1567. He was a Bishop and Doctor of the Church. Francis was both intelligent and gentle. From a very early age, he desired to serve God. He knew for years […]
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 […]
Teddy Bear Sunday
To kick off Catholic Schools Week, our school coordinates a Mass whereby they collect teddy bears to donate to the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office to assist victims of crimes. Our teddy bear Mass will be this Sunday, January 30th at 11:30am. Our goal is to collect over 500 teddy bears. Please consider donating a teddy […]
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 […]
1/28/2022 – St. Peter Nolasco
With St. Raymond of Penafort, founder of the Order of Mercedarians, the religious community which sent members as ransom for Christian prisoners in the hands of the Saracens. Details of his life are uncertain, but he was probably a native of Languedoc, France. After taking part in the crusade against the heretic Albigensians of southern […]