Homilies and Letters

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2025 C INTRO: I am a routine person! As much as I can, I try and follow the same pattern of my schedule… For example…when I go somewhere…. SAME ROUTE…. someone can tell me “Oh try this shortcut… I DON’T DO IT!!! I FEEL COMFORTABLE, SAFE, FOLLOWING MY PATTERNS AND […]

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25th Sunday in Ordinary Time © INTRO: (Tell story of making something look good.) My father, in his day, he was pretty talented at many home carpentry and mechanical things!!! ONE DAY, and I don’t know what possessed us brothers….but, my twin and I, at a very young age, took “Bobbie pins” (hair pins) and […]

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2025 Exaltation of the Cross Sunday – 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2025 INTRO: May I suggest that as when we come together in a EUCHARISTIC liturgy in a church building, we gather as a family, under the wood of the crucifix………. This CRUCIFIX is the great reminder of how Jesus Christ saved you and […]

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18th Sunday in Ordinary Time C INTRO: We Singler kids did have many possessions in terms of board games, card games, and toys with which to occupy our time. BUT, when we knew our cousins were coming over, we hid many of these possessions in a big basement closet as we did not want to […]

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17th Sunday in Ordinary Time C INTRO: -Not too long ago, I watched the gentle hands of an EMT worker carefully lifting a loved one and bringing them to rescue. The use of their hands was tender and life-giving. -Just watch the hands of our skillful youth, using their: I-phone I-pad X-box And play station! […]

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15th Sunday in Ordinary Time C VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL MASS Intro: Tell story of Father Prendergast and “I just love these potatoes!” “YOU ONLY LOVE GOD AND PEOPLE” ………. NOT POTATOES!!!!” He was right…. Potatoes are an inanimate object…!!!! Have you ever asked yourself the question? “How do I get to heaven?” This is the […]

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14th Sunday in Ordinary Time © INTRO: Summer is for many a time to go places! So, when you go places, are you a TRAVELER or a TOURIST? If you think with me for a minute, there is a surprisingly good defined distinction between the two…. The Traveler • Is interested in unfamiliar things. • […]

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SS. Peter and Paul, Apostles © 2025 INTRO: The kids in our neighborhood and I played “cops and robbers” …. dressing up as so….and we played “lost in space” acting out the characters and dreaming up our own episodes and we imitated the old and famous, “BATMAN AND ROBIN” stories!!!! Typically, it was an afternoon […]

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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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