Father Rick’s Gospel Reflection for Saturday, 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
November 23, 2024 Luke 20:27-40https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112224.cfm I Believe in the Resurrection of the Dead – Going Deep. My Dad and I would fish in the shallows of a lake during the spring. I asked him why, and he replied that the fish build their nests with rocks to spawn. After the females lay their eggs, […]
Father Rick’s Gospel Reflection for Friday, 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
November 22, 2024, Luke 19:45-48 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112224.cfm A House of Prayer. A house of prayer is a sacred place for communing with the Lord. Every time I enter this holy place, I must remind myself, “This is Jesus in the Tabernacle.” Have you ever considered how powerful the Blessed Sacrament is in the Tabernacle? Sometimes, we […]
Father Rick’s Gospel Reflection for Thursday, 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
November 21, 2024, Luke 19:41-44 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112323-weekday.cfm Tears over Jerusalem. Imagine the grief in the heart of Jesus as he approached Jerusalem. He wanted them to receive so much of the peace He had in His heart. It was the time of their visitation, and they blew it. We are his Jerusalem, faithful and unfaithful, saints and […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Wednesday, 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
November 20, 2024, Luke 19:11-28 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112024.cfm When I can’t love as much as someone needs, God can. One word sticks out in today’s gospel and carries great importance with it. That word is “trade.” The nobleman told the servants to “trade” with the coins he gave them. That meant getting out of the house and […]
Father Rick’s Gospel Reflection for Tuesday, 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
November 19, 2024, Luke 19:1-10 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111924.cfm Zacchaeus received Jesus with boundless joy. Jesus walked into town just like any of us would walk. But He walked with a purpose: to heal the brokenhearted, especially those who gave Him no time of day. Meet Zacchaeus, The wealthiest and least respected person in town. He gouged the […]
Father Rick’s Gospel Reflection for Monday, 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
November 18, 2024, Luke 18:35-53 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111824.cfm Crying out! Every day, the blind man in the gospel had his hand out. Begging was his only way of getting food. Imagine how many times he begged the same people. Now, Rabbis taught people while they walked from one town to another. So, when the blind man heard […]
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for the 33rd Week in Ordinary Time
November 17, 2024, Matthew 13:24-32 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111724.cfm https://www.dosp.org/courageouslyliving/ Bishop Parkes Call to Conversion This past Sunday I was honored to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation to our young people and today I will administer this sacrament to four of our young people at (this) the 11:30 Mass. Confirmation is not like graduation when you finish your […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Saturday, 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
November 16, 2024, Luke 18:1-8 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111624.cfm Does God have a cell phone? Cell phones are so convenient. We can do so many things with these little computers, and they can take up a lot of our time. In the gospel, Jesus talks about praying without becoming weary. I was pondering how much I use my […]
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Friday, 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
November 15, 2024, Luke 17:26-37 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111524.cfm Do Your Shopping Early? Can you imagine walking into a grocery store on the day a hurricane hits? Well, for one thing, the store will not be open, and it is too late to prepare for a storm of that magnitude. It was easy to become complacent when […]
Father Rick’s Gospel Reflection for Thursday, 32nd Week in Ordinary Time
November 11, 2024, Luke 17:20-25 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111424.cfm No Greater Love. I remember a movie about Mother Teresa of Calcutta, No Greater Love. Many times, she brought tears to my eyes. Christ was so present in her you couldn’t see Mother anymore. Indeed, the Kingdom of God came in Mother Teresa. Jesus told us in the gospel that we […]