Trinity Sunday 2023 INTRO: Everybody’s got a name ……. A “given” name or a nickname! My Father was called: DAD Sometimes: DADDY Or POPS My mom of course called him JOHN And He called my mom: PEACH The names of GOD Is what we celebrate today! God the Father, God the Son and God the […]
Ascension Sunday 2023 INTRO: Some of you have heard this story, but a couple of years ago…. on a Mother’s Day…. I received a “Mother’s Day” card!!!!!!!!!!! It was from my older sister…who was organizing and cleaning out some “MEMORIBILIA” of my mom’s after she had died. What she found were several pictures of me […]
The Easter Vigil in the Holy Night 2023 Intro: Growing up…. Our family had lots of parties! That meant A LOT OF CHORES put on us kids to get ready for the party!! And A LOT of work put upon our mom! Anyway, when we all were getting into the thick of getting everything ready […]
Holy Thursday 2023 INTRO When we were kids …. There was a set place for each of us at the dinner table. I was always to the right of my father…. I was a S L O W – eater and he could help me speed things up!!! When our family went to church there […]
PALM SUNDAY 2023 INTRO: A number of years ago I took horseback riding lessons with my brother on our day off. And, one day, as it could only happen to me, while in the arena as I was trying to “canter”, outside the arena there was a truck delivery using the “backup feature that had […]
Fifth Sunday in Lent (A) 2023 INTRO: “Untie Him” We have these ropes for the servers’ albs. They have to be tied in a knot. It’s hilarious to watch. Kids today cannot tie a knot!! Besides that, I got to say: Many of us adults are: Tied up or Tied down! Think about it…. • […]
Third Sunday of Lent (A) 2023 INTRO: Todays, Long Gospel story ….. is one about …… Jesus having MERCY on people who are “different “or considered, by leaders of the day, to be out of the circle of society. SAMARITANS! JESUS actually builds up these people who have been considered different and teaches us (the […]
Second Sunday in Lent (A) 2023 INTRO: I know people who climb mountains. They explain that depending on the 1. MOUNTAIN HEIGHT, 2. THE TRAIL YOU FOLLOW, and your 3. PHYSICAL ENDURANCE it can be a hard trek! They also admit you see God’s creation at its most magnificence along the way! For most of […]
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) INTRO: Most people prefer doing EASY over doing DIFFICULT. This is so natural. But in the life of a CHRISTIAN, a CATHOLIC, and a follower of JESUS …… we are expected to do DIFFICULT! We are supposed to do the challenging acts of loving all of our neighbors, good […]
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (A) INTRO: tell story of Father and little boy making the kite! A little boy and his father are making a KITE. They spend hours together carefully gluing the pinewood slats, fitting the delicate paper onto the frame, and fashioning the tail. Then on that first windy day father and […]