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Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Friday – 01-21-2022

Friday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time 2022Mark 3:13-19 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012122.cfm   WHO IS YOUR MENTOR?   When I began my studies for the priesthood in England, I met a priest who knew Jesus. Fr. Anthony profoundly affected me and my relationship with God. He wasn’t a scholar who could teach a theological course. He had a presence about […]

1-20-2022 – St. Sebastian

St. Sebastian was commonly invoked as a protector against the plague. According to historical records, he defended the city of Rome against the plague in 680. His association with the plague could be because he survived being shot full of arrows and in pagan belief, pestilence was delivered by arrows shot by the gods above. […]

Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Thursday – 01-20-2022

Thursday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time 2022     Mark 3:7-12 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012022.cfm   A CUP OF COFFEE WITH JESUS. I remember reading a book on St. Joan of Arc. She was burned at the stake because she claimed she heard Jesus speaking to her. While the fire was being set, the judge asked her, “How do you hear […]

1/19/2022 – St. Canute

Martyred king of Denmark, sometimes called Knud. The illegitimate son of King Sven II Estridson of Denmark, Canute succeeded his brother Harald III Hen in 1081. After marrying Adela, the sister of Count Robert of Flanders, Canute built churches and monasteries. In 1085, he planned an invasion of England, but the nobles of the court […]

Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday – 01-19-2022

Wednesday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time 2022     Mark 3:1-6 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011922.cfm  SABBATH TIME – TWO FOR ONE.  When I became pastor at Blessed Sacrament Church, I told each staff member individually, “People are always more important than our stuff.” Stuff will disintegrate, plans, decisions, and accomplishments will become history. But people remain with us for eternity. In […]

1/18/2022 – The Chair of Peter

This feast brings to mind the mission of teacher and pastor conferred by Christ on Peter, and continued in an unbroken line down to the present Pope. We celebrate the unity of the Church, founded upon the Apostle, and renew our assent to the Magisterium of the Roman Pontiff, extended both to truths which are […]

Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Tuesday – 01-18-2022

Tuesday 2nd Week in Ordinary Time 2022    Mark 2:23-28 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011822.cfm    PUSH THEM BACK, WAY BACK. Moods are changing all the time. Sometimes when I am at a stoplight or coming off the expressway, I often see someone with a sign, “Hungry” or “Need Help.” Maybe you are like me. Depending on my mood, I either […]