Just finished a long but a good weekend. It was a long weekend because in addition to the regular Sunday Masses, I had three other events going on. It was a good weekend because all three events went well and accomplished good ministry. The first event of the weekend was a Saturday morning Liturgy Committee …
2nd Sunday in Lent, Year B Genesis 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18 Romans 8:31b-34 Mark 9:2-10 March 4, 2012 For us, it seems impossible that God would have asked Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac. To sacrifice any human being should seem impossible and immoral. To add to that Abraham and Sarah had waited a long …
We began our yearly celebration of the season of Lent this week on February 22nd. During Lent, we abstain from meat on Fridays and Ash Wednesday. We give up something for Lent. We fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday. It is forty days long remembering the forty days Jesus spent in the desert after …
Here is my homily for today. 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Isaiah 43:18-19, 21-22, 24b-25 2 Corinthians 1:18-22 Mark 2:1-12 February 19, 2012 Isaiah is speaking in the first reading to the people who have been held in exile for 50 years in Babylon. Israel had once a great nation. It was God …
On February 22nd, we will begin our season of Lent for 2012. Lent is a time of preparation to help us prepare for the celebration of the Easter Triduum. Lent has origins in a retreat period for the catechumens in the early church who were preparing for Baptism at Easter. While they had spent months (even …
Here is the prepared text for my homily for this past weekend. 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Job 7:1-4, 6-7 1 Corinthians 9:16-19, 22-23 Mark 1:29-39 February 5, 2012 Today’s gospel is just 12 verses but it tells us a lot about Jesus. It tells us all the types of actions Jesus did …
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If you follow the Catholic News in America, then by now you have probably heard about the new federal mandate to require all health insurance plans to cover sterilization, contraception, and abortifacients as preventative health care. Here in the Diocese of Rochester, our Bishop Clark issued a letter today (2/1/12) to be distributed this weekend in …
I have been teaching our RCIA Catechumens and Candidates about the Sacraments. There are seven sacraments that we can separate into three categories. Under the category of Initiation are Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist. Marriage and Holy Orders are categorized as Sacraments of Service. Lastly, Reconciliation and Anointing are Sacraments of Healing. We seek the Anointing …
Here is my homily for today (Sunday, January 22, 2012) 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B (Click here to see the readings) Jonah 3:1-5, 10 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark 1:14-20 January 22, 2012 We see a pretty lofty example of what being a disciple means today. Jesus is just beginning his public ministry and …
Each year our Diocesan Public Policy Committee selects three issues to promote awareness of. This year’s issues are Sex Trafficking – Even in our own country, people are exploited and treated as objects of pleasure. Our faith is clear that people are not objects and must always be treated with dignity and love. The exploitation …
