Saturday, the 5th Week in Lent March 23, 2024
Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Saturday, the 5th Week in Lent March 23, 2024 – John 11:45-56 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032324.cfm Go to Ephraim. I learned a long time ago, and perhaps you have, too, that nothing good can come out of a decision when made of fear. Consider the Pharisees. Because of his miracles, more people […]
Saturday, the 5th Week in Lent March 23, 2024
Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Saturday, the 5th Week in Lent March 23, 2024 – John 11:45-56 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032324.cfm Go to Ephraim. I learned a long time ago, and perhaps you have, too, that nothing good can come out of a decision when made of fear. Consider the Pharisees. Because of his miracles, more people […]
Friday, the 5th Week in Lent March 22, 2024
Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Friday, the 5th Week in Lent March 22, 2024 – John 10:31-42 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032224.cfm Getting to Know My Father It isn’t hard for me to appreciate what parents experience morning, noon, and night. It’s one thing after another. There isn’t a moment’s rest. “Mommy,” calls one child while she is changing […]
Thursday, the 5th Week in Lent March 21, 2024
Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Thursday, the 5th Week in Lent March 21, 2024 – Genesis 3:17:3-9; John 8:51-59 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032124.cfm The Greatest Miracle of All. Today’s readings revealed different ways people react to God. When Abraham’s wife, Sarah, was told that her husband, an older man, would become a father, not only of one […]
Wednesday, 5th Week in Lent March 20, 2024
Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Wednesday, 5th Week in Lent Daniel 3;14-20, 91-92, 95, John 8:31-42 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032024.cfm Read the Directions Have you ever bought something without reading the directions? I remember doing this when I was suffering from allergies. I squirted some of the medicine in my nose, and it ran down my throat. […]
Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary March 19, 2024
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for Solemnity of St. Joseph, Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary March 19, Matthew 1:16, 18-21, 24a https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031924.cfm Consecration to St. Joseph Someone gave me the book Consecration to St. Joseph, The Wonders of Our Spiritual Father (Fr. Donald H. Calloway, MIC). I began the 33-day retreat hoping it would touch […]
Monday, the 5th Week in Lent March 18, 2024
Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Monday, the 5th Week in Lent March 18, 2024 – John 8:1-11 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031824.cfm Drop Your Stone. We call heroes today people who have no concern for their own welfare and put themselves in harm’s way, no matter the cost. Whether it’s a burning house or a car in a […]
Fifth Sunday in Lent B March 17, 2024
Father Rick’s Two-Minute Homily for the Fifth Sunday in Lent B March 17, 2024 John: 20-33, March 17, 2024 Fifth Sunday of Lent | USCCB No Greater Love We are entering into the most brutal two weeks of Jesus’s life as we pray over the gospel readings at Mass. Hear the agony in His heart: […]
Saturday, the 4th Week in Lent March 16, 2024
Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Saturday, the 4th Week in Lent March 16, 2024, John 7: 40-53 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031624.cfm We Know It All Will anything be different when we leave Mass and go back home? Will we have changed in any way, having encountered Jesus in Word and Sacrament? Everybody in today’s gospel has a […]
Friday, the 4th Week in Lent March 15, 2024
Peace be with you. Father Rick’s One Minute Homily for Friday, the 4th Week in Lent March 15, 2024, John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031524.cfm The Source of Courage Long ago, I heard that obedience is the second-highest virtue after martyrdom. I became convinced that if I did the will of God, accepting any […]