Fr. Mohan Bathineni’s Homily Deceber 5, 2021 “Dear friends in Jesus, one day a lady came to the late psychologist, a newspaper columnist, Dr. George Crane seeking rewards from her husband. This is what she told him, ‘I not only want to get rid of him, but also want to get even with him. Before […]

Fr. Gary Pennings’ Homily November 28, 2021 “The Gospel passage today in St. Luke’s Gospel comes right after a passage that describes the destruction of the temple in 70 AD where Jerusalem was trampled under foot and St. Luke says, ‘Jerusalem will be trampled under foot until the times of the gentiles are fulfilled.’ You […]

Fr. Mohan Bathineni’s Homily November 27, 2021 “Dear friends in Jesus, not too long ago a home caught fire and burned down in Los Angeles killing six people. What made this accident exceptionally tragic was the fact that the homeowner had been planning for a month to install a smoke alarm, but kept putting it […]

Fr. Mohan Bathineni’s Homily November 21, 2021 “Dear friends in Jesus, there is a story of a dying king who did not have anyone to succeed him to his throne. Noticing his sorrow, a friend gave him advice to choose between the two of his most trusted servants. The king loved this piece of advice […]

Fr. Gary Pennings’ Homily November 21, 2021 “I think you’ve all noticed even during the last couple weeks during our weekly readings and certainly you’ll notice for the first week of Advent that we will begin next week, the readings are what we call apocalyptic, in other words they pertain to end times. They have […]

Fr. Mohan Bathineni’s Homily November 14, 2021 “Dear friends in Jesus, a king had a dream in which he lost all his teeth. Upon awakening he called in a man who explained dreams and asked him to explain his own dream. ‘Your Majesty, you are so unfortunate,’ the man explained, ‘each lost tooth represents the […]

Fr. Gary Pennings’ Homily November 7, 2021 “Our opening prayer today said, almighty and merciful God graciously keep from us all adversity.’ We’re asking God to prevent trial and tribulation from coming into our life. Why? So that unhindered in mind and body, so we’re not distracted by all that stuff, we may pursue in […]

Fr. Mohan Bathineni’s Homily November 6, 2021 “Dear friends in Jesus, one day a man by the name of Joe went to a local monastery and said to the abbot, ‘Dear Abbot, I have everything I need in life except happiness. Also, I do not see any meaning or purpose to my life right now.’ […]

Fr. Mohan Bathineni’s Homily October 31, 2021 “Dear friends in Jesus, Russel Herman, a 60 year old carpenter, died in 1994 leaving a staggering will behind. It contained some praiseworthy requests. He left a billion and half dollars for the state of Illinois. 2 billion dollars for the city of East St. Louis. 2 and […]

Fr. Gary Pennings’ Homily October 30, 2021 “That first reading today from Deuteronomy and the reference that Jesus makes to it in the Gospel passage are connected to Jewish observances or practices that they still do today at least among Orthodox Jews. It’s really the prayer that is so central to their lives kind of […]