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 […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday 2nd Week in Advent
December 13, 2027, 2023 Matthew 11:28-30 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121025.cfm It is God’s mercy that moves a person to acts of compassion. People with the world in their hearts use power to control others and events. God’s power is a loving mercy that cannot help but suffer with another person. His mercy is the source of the healing […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Tuesday 2nd Week in Advent
12-9-2025, Matthew 18:12-14 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/120925.cfm It is God’s mercy that moves a person to acts of compassion. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to look for someone who has lost their way with Jesus, lift them on our shoulders, and bring them back to the Altar of Sacrifice? It’s not so simple. They have free will. But on […]
Fr. Rick’s One Minute Homily
Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary December 8, 2025, Luke 1:26-38https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/120822.cfm “I AM.” Sports have always been a part of my life. I remember growing up and choosing teams with the neighborhood kids. I loved the competition. I took up golf later in life when my knees and ankles couldn’t take […]
Fr. Rick’s Two Minute Homily for 2nd Sunday in Advent A
December 7, 2025, Matthew 3:1-12 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/120725.cfm John the Baptist Is a Great Witness Bad habits are easy to develop and tough to break. One day, I can go out and have a great game of golf when everything is clicking, and the next time I go out, I might wonder what went wrong with my […]
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Saturday 1st Week of Advent
December 6, 2025, Matthew 9:27-35; 10:1; 5a, 6-8 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/120625.cfm One Sheep At A Time. That’s All I Can Carry Some days, I find myself wondering, ‘How will I get through everything I need to do? Where do I even start?’ Just then, someone who needs to see a priest walks into the office. God bless […]
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Thursday, 1st Week in Advent
December 4, 2025, Matthew 7:21, 24-27 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/120425.cfm Never Satisfied. That is Tom Brady, who was the quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He acknowledged the different players and plays that went well in his news conferences after wins. But at the end, he always says in one way or another, “We can play better.” I […]
Fr. Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Wednesday, 1st Week in Advent
December 3, 2025, Matthew 15:29-37 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/120325.cfm NEVER HUNGER. HOW IS THAT? A few years ago, a local restaurant donated turkeys for our parishioners to feed people at Pinellas Hope on Thanksgiving Day. About 150 people enjoyed a delicious cooked dinner. Every night on local newscasts, churches and organizations collect food and distribute it to families, especially […]