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 […]
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 […]