28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) 2023 INTRO: Do you always wear the right thing? You all look nice today…. BUT are you wearing the right outfits?????? The wedding banquet story in Matthew’s gospel has this UNIQUE confrontation of the generous KING with a guest not wearing the “right thing” or the “correct outfit” according […]
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) INTRO: I am not sure how much you know about the SAINTS, and I have to say I could use a class on the Lives of the Saints, but I do remember some “tid-bits” about many saints. Saint Catherine of Siena is considered a DOCTOR of the CHURCH…she was […]
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) 2023 INTRO: REPENT I always cringe at the word REPENT. It seems so “harsh.” It seems it is directed at someone who had done something BIG. So why am I mentioning this today? Because of: – The first son & – The tax collectors and prostitutes We sort of […]
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) 2023 INTRO: Growing up with siblings…I am sure you all experienced it …. THE OLDER ONES always got privileges!!! *Like staying up later *Or staying out LONGER It is so typical that the younger would say: “This isn’t fair!!!” Well, obviously the impression that things are not fair was […]
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) INTRO: There were a bunch of guys having an OUTDOOR B-B-Q and it continued into the night…….and got a little noisy. At one point…out of the darkness, appeared a man clothed in pajamas and slippers. He introduced himself politely as “the neighbor from across the street” and asked if […]
22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) 2023 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 […]
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) 2023 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!!!! ???? IT ONLY divided when an old couple, HAND IN HAND, lovingly, faithfully, and bravely […]
FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD (A) INTRO: A top level executive was dashing through the airport to catch a plane, when he discovered he‘d forgot his watch!!!! As he was hurrying thru the airport he stopped a stranger to ask the time. The stranger smiled and set down his 2 very large suitcases […]
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time 2023 (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 […]
Corpus Christi The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ 2023 A Intro: QUESTION TIME … Congregation participation! 1. How many of you like to EAT? 2. How many of you like to cook or GRILL OUTSIDE? 3. How many of you have ever “waited on tables”? 4. How many of you eat out? Obviously, […]