Second Sunday of Advent (A) 2025 INTRO: Just picture…. tree trimming!!!!?? Our family would get together; sip some beverages, listen to Christmas music, and divide up the duties of trimming the tree. I got to do the lights……!!! How many of you HAVE CERTAIN WAY TO DO THE LIGHTS??? So here I am…doing the lights….and […]
First Sunday of Advent (A) 2025 INTRO: Next weekend on Saturday morning there will be many children wondering: “What is it going to be like…. going to confession for the first time?” BUT……WONDERING ABOUT THINGS in our future and what is going to happen ……… IT IS A GOOD THING!!! It keeps us on our […]
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time © INTRO: Tell story of the “persistent” baby sitter…. Did you ever try and get winter boots on a wiggly 2yr old? Two year old ANDY asked the baby sitter for help in getting his boots on. With her pulling and him pushing, the boots still didn’t want to go […]
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time © INTRO: There was once an incredibly wise and compassionate rabbi who served a congregation in a small European village. The villagers loved the rabbi and often came to him to pour out their hearts with their woes. Why is God making my life so difficult? Why must I suffer […]
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time © INTRO: Did you ever have to “HIRE” someone? In the hiring process it is important to allow the person … the one considering the job “to talk.” You can find out a lot about a person if they just talk and talk, while you listen. LET THE PERSON TALK […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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! […]