Homilies and Letters

Trinity Sunday © INTRO: My Father was called: DAD Sometimes: DADDY Or POPS My mom of course called him JOHN. And He called my mom: PEACH. Everybody has a name ……. A “given” name or a nickname!  The names of GOD It is what we celebrate today! “Oh Lord our God, how wonderful your […]

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Pentecost Sunday ABC 2025 INTRO: A young executive was tooling down a street a bit too fast in his new shiny, sporty JAGUAR, but when he got to an area where there were a number of parked cars he slowed down watching for kids darting out between the cars…when all of a sudden a BRICK […]

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Ascension Sunday 2025 C INTRO: When we Singler kids were little, we fought with one another…. very typical: *That is mine, give it back to me *I am not doing it, because I did it last time *I hate you *Mom, she is picking on me And so on…. ASK……………. So, raise your hands if […]

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Sixth Sunday of Easter © 2025 INTRO: In your minds, is there a difference between BELIEVING in God and TRUSTING in God? We can BELIEVE that God exists, that He is out there somewhere and is good – but we will go about our day unsure of how He exists or even try and figure […]

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Fourth Sunday of Easter © INTRO: True story: Many years ago, fire was consuming an apartment building in New York City. A blind girl was trapped on the fourth floor, perched on a window ledge. Firefighters could not maneuver their ladder truck between the buildings, so a net was set up to catch the teenage […]

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2nd Sunday of EASTER 2025 INTRO: A prominent man died; a man who lived the “good life;” solid, moral, and trustworthy, a faithful husband and loving father. He had worked hard; his work ethic and professionalism were beyond reproach. When he died, he went to heaven where Saint Peter greeted him at the gates. When […]

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Easter Vigil 2025 © LUKE INTRO: It is so good to be with all of you tonight. I am not the greatest computer software kind of guy. Manipulating certain software just baffles me, confuses me. You can ask my staff! BUT, There is a different kind of confusion tonight, a holy confusion??? Luke recounts certain […]

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HOLY THURSDAY 2025 INTRO: I became a priest on June 12, 1982! It was a long-awaited day as I knew I wanted to become a priest in the second grade! The Sacrament of HOLY ORDERS is all about humbly serving other, making others come first before oneself, enriching their lives to grow in holiness and […]

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Palm Sunday © INTRO: The Catholic Church all throughout the world has designated PALM SUNDAY as the opening of HOLY WEEK. It welcomes and invites the entire world to HONOR JESUS with his triumphal entry into JERUSALEM! It must have been quite the scene! ASK: May I ask, besides your home, what is the ONE, […]

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Fifth Sunday of Lent © 2025 INTRO: Speaking of SAND, you might remember I go annually to CANCUN on the Caribbean Sea in the wintertime. It is soooooo beautiful!!!! AND do you know what???? …… I truly HATE SAND and rarely walk the beach. Sand gets everywhere! LOL I would never have made it in […]

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