17th Sunday in Ordinary Time C 2022 INTRO: There was a phrase used by both of my parents on us children. We would see our neighbor friends get this toy or that bike and we would get disinterested in our own toys and bikes and so on. So, we would BEG our parents, incessantly asking […]
16th Sunday in ORDINARY TIME 2022 C INTRO: Most of you may know I enjoy cooking. My mom was a great cook, and I got that gene. Sometimes it is a lot of work; chopping, dicing, mixing, planning what goes with this or that, but I do it! There is a saying from some chefs: […]
14th Sunday Ordinary Time C 2022 INTRO: A while ago I was listening to the great excitement of one of our students going ON and ON enthusiastically about their TRACK PROGRESS!!! Oh my… how their time was getting better and better, so much so that at the end of the season they won the meet! […]
Corpus Christi The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ 2022 C Intro: QUESTION TIME … Congregation participation! 1. How many of you like to cook or GRILL OUTSIDE? I am sure this Father’s Day weekend many will be doing this!!! Happy Father’s Day men! 2. How many of you like to EAT? 3. How […]
Ascension Sunday © 2022 INTRO: When I was deciding to become a priest, I wavered back and forth while in the seminary if I could do this or not. How could I get up everyday and have to preach, heal, and minister and do it well? My spiritual director kept saying: “You have it within […]
6th Sunday of Easter 2022 c INTRO: I WAS A YOUNG BOY in the early or mid-sixty’s when the SIGN OF PEACE originated in the Mass. I distinctly remember my mom and dad a bit hesitant about this “gesture.” I heard them “talking” and questioning it. We kids thought it COOL! However, my parents embraced […]
Fifth Sunday of Easter © INTRO: When I was first learning how to cut the lawn in our family home, I was in Jr. High …. And …. I thought it was a bit UNUSUAL, but my father was explaining to me that I had to cut the grass ON THE DIAGONAL!! And then the […]
Fourth Sunday of Easter © INTRO: True story: Many years ago, fire was consuming an apartment building in New York City. A blind girl was trapped on the fourth floor, perched on a window ledge. Firefighters could not maneuver their ladder truck between the buildings, so a net was set up to catch the teenage […]
Second Sunday of Easter C 2022 INTRO: I have had it mentioned to me several times by all sorts of people: “I feel like I’m losing my faith.” People would say that they have had an intimate relationship with God, but now they feel empty inside, and have even begun to question whether God exists […]
Palm Sunday 2022 C INTRO: The Catholic Church all throughout the world has designated PALM SUNDAY as the opening of HOLY WEEK. It recalls JESUS’ triumphal entry into JERUSALEM! It must have been quite the scene! ASK: What is the ONE, MOST EXPENSIVE ITEM that you own? (Do not really tell me…but think of it […]