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Homily January 29, 2017

Benjamin Franklin was an extraordinary man with many gifts and talents. He once made a list of character qualities that he wanted to develop in his own life. When he mastered one virtue, he went on to the next. He did pretty well, he said, until he got to humility…   Every time he thought he [...]

2017-03-07T21:19:35-05:00

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What Your Pastor Won't Tell You about Parish Giving  by  JoAnne McPortland It’s that time of year. Your new set of Sunday offering envelopes arrives in the mail, or you pick up the box after Mass. Maybe you’re still hearing echoes of last fall’s pleas for a renewed commitment to weekly parish giving. Or your [...]

2017-03-07T21:20:08-05:00

Homily January 8, 2017

Homily Notes for the Feast of the Epiphany: On the first Sunday of Advent, the parents of two young boys would set up the manger scene in their living room with the animals only. They place the Magi or three kings in their boys bedroom. Every day the family would move the kings closer to [...]

2017-03-07T21:21:47-05:00

Homily January 1, 2017

A mother heard her son praying his night prayers.  He was telling God what he planned to do the next day and how God could help him do it.  The mother interrupted, saying, “Son, don’t bother giving God instructions.  Just report for duty.” For many of us New Year’s Day is a day of resolutions [...]

2017-03-07T21:21:14-05:00

Homily December 18, 2016

December 18, 2016 We all know that children sometimes see the world differently. A kindergarten teacher told the story of the first Christmas from a children’s book. At the end, she asked a number of questions to see how well they listened. One was this: “Who was the first to know about the birth of [...]

2017-03-07T21:22:12-05:00

Homily December 11, 2016

December 11, 2016 A young man was walking along a beach after a storm when he came upon a half-buried old lantern. He pulled it out of the sand and rubbed it vigorously. Of course, a genie appeared and offered him a wish -- any one thing in the world he wanted. Being a clever [...]

2017-02-21T14:40:21-05:00

Homily – December 4, 2016 (Click for full text)

REMINDER Tomorrow, December 8, is the feast of the Immaculate Conception, a holy day of obligation. The vigil Mass will be tonight at 7pm. The Masses tomorrow will be at 8:30am and 12 Noon. December 4 – Second Sunday of Advent Comics have long observed that the three most dreaded words at Christmas time are [...]

2017-02-21T14:40:21-05:00

Homily – November 6, 2016 (Click For Full Text)

As people arrive in their cars for a funeral they are often asked, “Are you going to cemetery?” And although sometimes we say, “No,”: the truth is that sooner or later all of us are going to the cemetery. No one here, none of us, are not going to die one day. One unfortunate aspect [...]

2016-12-15T04:35:17-05:00
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