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 […]

24th Sunday Ordinary Time ( C ) INTRO: Everyone knows Pope Francis chooses to be the kind of POPE that is a bit different than many others. There was a story that circulated about Pope Francis, whether all the details are accurate is not as important as the overall meaning. As it is told, after […]

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time ( C ) INTRO: When I was in the second grade I was awfully impressed with our parish priest who came into the classroom. He was a newly ordained priest, TALL, HANDSOME, and FUNNY. Of course we were preparing for First Holy Communion in that grade and our teacher stressed […]

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time © INTRO: I have mentioned this before…..My parents moved us kids to a new home and new grade school right as I was starting my 6th grade! For me it was disappointing and frightening…………the thought of leaving all my old friends and now needing to make NEW ONES!!! Also, it […]

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time© INTRO: I do “fly” at least couple of times a year nowadays, but, the older I get …. Flying causes me to be bit more “jumpy”! When you get on the plane, buckle in, and before taking off, the crew always go through the safety protocol. One of the things […]