23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) INTRO: We have lots of weddings here at IHM these days and I remember one GROOM explaining to me that he was hosting the guys of the bridal party for an OUTDOOR B-B-Q and it carried on into the night…….and got a little noisy. At one point…out of the […]
Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) 2020 INTRO: A teacher was explaining the STATIONS OF THE CROSS to her class. She got to the FOURTH STATION where Jesus meets his mother Mary on the road to Calvary. She explained that Mary and JESUS were not allowed to SPEAK TO EACH OTHER That MOTHER AND SON spoke […]
21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) 2020 INTRO: At an early age, RESPONSIBILITY WAS TAUGHT. My responsibility or chore was taking on the cleaning of the basement. I was expected to clean the FOUNDATION of our home! When my father was a newlywed and found out that they were having TWINS… he needed to take […]
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) INTRO: tell story of Hide-n-Seek……”being found”! Hide-n-Seek, I was pretty good at finding the right spot to hide in. I was a smaller sized child and I was “fast”! So I could find really good places! ONE TIME I had found a place under our back porch steps!! It […]
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) INTRO: There is an old JEWISH legend about Moses….It says when Moses stretched out his staff to divide the water of the Red Sea for the people to cross over….it didn’t divide!!!! ???? The Red Sea ONLY divided when an old couple, HAND IN HAND, lovingly, faithfully, and bravely […]
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) 2020 “Do you UNDERSTAND all these things? They answered, yes!” INTRO: UNDERSTANDING; the greatest gift from God! ———————————————————————————— In grade school, high school, and college, I struggled with MATH. I just couldn’t get it, nor understood it at all. I memorized numbers, fractions, but, not much else. In theology […]
16TH Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) 2020 Intro: I know many clever and good teachers, but, one in particular has a unique action in her classroom. Every Friday afternoon this teacher asks her fifth grade class to take out a piece of paper and write down the names of four children they would like to […]
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2020 (A) INTRO: Our dad was always referred to as: The great TRANSFORMER! He could TAKE STUFF and he would completely transform the stuff into something new! I remember when we got to the BIG HOUSE; we had no dining room set!! Well my dad’s mom (Grandma Singler) decided to […]
14th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) 2020 INTRO: I had a summer job while in the seminary and my boss always made his presence known. He was an exacting kind of boss, and not in the good way, employees were a bit frightened by him when he came to observe or comment on our work! […]
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) INTRO: ASK: Are you afraid of anything??? THE PURPLE PEOPLE EATERS Our parents painted our young boy’s room “purple” and my mean sister kept creeping me out that it would now bring the purple people eaters to my room at night when we were sleeping…aghhhh! I was sooooo afraid […]