CHRIST THE KING (B) 2021 INTRO: Well, here we are… onto THANKSGIVING and next week the Advent Season! LOVE IT! BUT today we celebrate CHRIST THE KING! I got to tell you I never liked this SOLEMNITY! AS much as I love music and grandeur, I just have a challenging time celebrating JESUS CHRIST that […]

Priesthood Sunday 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Intro: WELL ……………. IHM School had a HALLOWEEN DAY yesterday (FRIDAY) at the end of the school day. Children paraded around the GYM in costumes and received a candy treat! You should have seen them………. there were: Super-Heroes, Dorothy from the Wizard of OZ, Saint Michael the […]

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) God’s power! INTRO: QUESTION: What are we supposed to learn today? – sell everything? – follow the commandments? – be careful of being wealthy? Who is the MAIN CHARACTER? – The RICH guy? – Jesus? – Disciples? – Children? A lot of times the expectation in MOVIES, is that […]

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) INTRO: Tell story of the NEW PRIEST… -all excited for his FIRST wedding -not sure how many of you know the details of the ROMAN MISSAL, but this new priest was “still” fumbling a bit with the pages/ritual HE WANTED TO GET EVERYTHING JUST RIGHT -he was asking his […]

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) 2021 INTRO: It was in the early 60’s. I was still a young impressionable son. My parents had us attending their home parish, an ethnic Slovak church in Lakewood and I liked church. On one occasion and it was during the time when all people knelt at the altar […]

25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) INTRO: When I was in school, I was always timid to ask questions!! I did it occasionally, but I felt everyone is going to look at me, or criticize me, or accuse me of making a MOUNTAIN out of a MOLEHILL. I AM SURE I WAS A BIT INSECURE, […]

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) 2021 INTRO: I first met JESUS in my family’s living room. I was probably 9 or 10 years old. It was on GOOD FRIDAY, during the three hours that Jesus was dying on the cross for us, and my parents handed us children the BIBLE telling us to BE […]

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time 2021 (B) INTRO: I have been accused of being that kind of person that some would say I am “stealing the show” or “making everything about ME!” Certainly not a favorite thing to hear about me. I have friends that say, “Oh of course it’s all about you!” Well, I […]

22nd Sunday in ordinary time 2021 INTRO: Sometimes the end of summer has our school children “shopping” for new clothes, whether online or in person shopping! So, did they BUY the right things???? Are they wearing the right shoes? The smartest footwear in the coolest colors? Is their hairstyle…. The RIGHT way? Are we, whether […]

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time B INTRO: Interesting couple of lines in today’s Gospel: Many of Jesus’s disciples who were listening said, “This saying is hard, who can accept it?” As a result of this many of His disciples returned to their former way of life and no longer accompanied Him. How sad. Jesus was […]