Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Monday, 4th Week in Lent, March 11, 2024
Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent | USCCB No More Dog Days with Jesus Growing up, I loved to fish with my Dad. What was most important to me was the number of fish and the size of the fish we caught. June and July were called the “dog days” because fish were stubborn. […]
Father Rick’s 3-Minute Homily for the 4th Sunday in Lent – Good Shepherd, Sunday, March 10, 2024
Fourth Sunday of Lent | USCCB The Snake and the Cross Today’s gospel reminded me of a time when I went mushrooming with my Dad. I was only about 6 or 7 years old. I saw a snake and was curious. So I got a long stick and poked at it. The snake curled up […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday, 3rd Week in Lent, 3/9/2024
Saturday of the Third Week of Lent | USCCB Seal the Deal? Back in 1981 I visited Father Gordon in Blessed Sacrament Church in Seminole. It was my first visit to Florida. I vividly remember walking into the church and standing in awe for five or 10 minutes. It was like I couldn’t move. I […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Friday, 3/8/2024
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Friday, 3rd Week in Lent March 8, 2024, Mark 12:28-34 Friday of the Third Week of Lent | USCCB Don’t ask any more questions. Think back to a time when your heart was ready to burst. You couldn’t take anymore. It could be an experience on a retreat or […]
Fr. Rick’s 3 Minute Gospel Reflection – 3/7/2024
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Thursday, 3rd Week in Lent March 7, 2024, Luke 11:14-23 The Finger of God? “If it’s by the finger of God that I cast out demons.….” How much can we do with our little finger? I have to say not very much. I tried to open a new jar […]
Wednesday, 3rd Week in Lent March 6, 2024
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Wednesday, 3rd Week in Lent March 6, 2024, Deuteronomy 4:1, 5-9 Matthew 5:17-19 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030624.cfm Did You Share Your Story with Someone Today? Sometimes you walk into a room and say, “What did I come in here to do?” We got distracted by other thoughts. Anyone who has suffered from […]
Tuesday, 3rd Week in Lent, March 5. 2024
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Tuesday, 3rd Week in Lent, March 5. 2024, Matthew 18:21-35 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030524.cfm Reconciliation: Inconceivable but Necessary. “Whatever you do the least of my brethren, you do to me.” Think of the millions of Ukrainians who migrated from their country and the thousands killed by the Russians. What Vladimir Putin began […]
Monday, 3rd Week in Lent March 4, 2024
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for, March 4, 2024, Luke 4:24-30 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030424.cfm Homecoming. When I came home from England after my studies, my family met me at the airport terminal. It seemed like we never would stop hugging each other. And there was a tremendous celebration of my ordination and first Mass. Imagine Jesus growing […]
2 March, 2024 16:05
Father Rick’s Three-Minute Homily for 3rd Sunday in Lent, March 3, 2024, Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030324-YearB.cfm Better to whip obstacles than people. The pastor of a poor parish got a call from the IRS, "Are you the pastor?" The voice on the phone asked. "I am," he replied. "Do you know a Bob Weaver? Is […]
Saturday, 2nd Week in Lent March 2, 2024
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Saturday, 2nd Week in Lent, March 2, 2024, Luke 15:1-3, 11-32 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031023.cfm Home at Last. How sad it is to venture out alone, away from our Father. Like the younger son in the parable, our sin, walking away from all God provides for us, begins long before we walk […]