Fourth Sunday of Advent (A) 2019 INTRO: ASK: HONESTY NOW….. Raise your hands if someone has accused you of “talking too much”!!! I thought so! LOL I have been accused of such as well. Even back when I was in the second grade the Notre Dame Sister wrote to my parents: IF JAMES WOULDN”T TALK […]
Third Sunday of Advent (A) 2019 INTRO: Now, I want to try something….. “Sit up straight”! It was all the time…. Our parents ……. telling us: “To sit up straight.” I am sure you’ve said it and or have done it when “corrected”! My mom used to make my sister walk balancing a book on […]
Second Sunday of Advent (A) INTRO: Has this ever happened to you…..tree trimming!!!!?? Families get together; sip some beverages, listening to Christmas music, dividing up the duties of trimming the tree. Suppose you are the one who gets to do the lights…..!!! How many of you like to do the lights???? How many of you […]
First Sunday of Advent 2019 (A) INTRO: “Raise your hands if you think I’m pretty clever” LOL Well I am pretty clever…. It was a while ago that I, in my cleverness… planned a SURPRISE BIRTHDAY PARTY for my TWIN BROTHER. Get it?? My twin….. I thought that was pretty clever and it worked out […]
31st Sunday in Ordinary Time ( C ) INTRO: There are many commentaries on this Gospel about Zacchaeus and I imagine if you read this story ahead of the Mass you may have a good interpretation of Luke’s message. The message is pretty obvious. Jesus seeks us out. ONE commentary I read pointed out a […]
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time ( C ) 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 […]
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time ( C ) INTRO: There was once a very 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. There were: Nagging spouses, Peoples with aches and pains, Lazy […]
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time ( C ) INTRO: How about you, did you ever have to “HIRE” someone? Then you know that 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 […]
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time ( C ) INTRO: Not sure if you all know, but I am a person of routine! ANY of you people of ROUTINE???? As much as I can, I try and follow the same pattern of schedule… (Don’t ask why…or try and figure me out….I just do!) For example…when I […]
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time ( C ) INTRO: Tell story of making something look good………. My father, in his day, he was pretty talented at many home carpentry and mechanical things!!! Well, I don’t know what possessed us brothers….but, my twin and I, at a very young age, took “Bobbie pins” (hair pins) and […]