Dcn. John Stanley’s Homily October 27, 2019 “This Gospel that we heard today, we’ve heard many times and I think of it as part 2 of Jesus’ lesson on prayer last week for last week on Sunday we heard the Gospel of the persistent widow and how through nagging the unjust judge she finally received […]
Poverty Of Spirit – Fr. Tom Tank
Fr. Tom Tank’s Homily October 27, 2019 “That responsorial psalm today certainly challenges ‘The Lord hears the cry of the poor and that first reading today emphasizes that as well that God has a special concern for those who recognize their poverty and certainly that is referring to people who are materially poor, financially poor, […]
God Answers Prayers – Fr. Tom Tank
Fr. Tom Tank’s Homily October 20, 2019 “Jesus in the Gospel today certainly exhorts us to pray with persistence and he uses that very simple image of the widow who was continually pestering the judge in order to get a decision and that the judge finally gives her a decision and how that perseverance pays […]
Persist In Prayer – Fr. Viet Nguyen
Fr. Viet Nguyen’s Homily October 19, 2019 “There used to be a show I would watch. I think it was on the Discovery Channel and the show was called, ‘I Shouldn’t Be Alive’ and really the show was a premise of people in these tragic accidents who are maybe in the middle of nowhere in […]
Thorn In His Side – Fr. Viet Nguyen
Fr. Viet Nguyen’s Homily October 13, 2019 “You know in today’s reading and Gospel I think the main thing we can learn is that the one thing we want to get rid of is the one thing usually that will bring us closest to God. The one thing we want to get rid of often […]
Eucharist Means Thanksgiving – Fr. Tom Tank
Fr. Tom Tank’s Homily October 13, 2019 “Well we’re all so familiar with this story of the 10 lepers and only 1 returning to give thanks to God and there’s an important message in that for each and every one of us because we can kind of take that idea of saying thanks for granted. […]
Thank You Lord – Msgr. Charles McGlinn
Msgr. Charles McGlinn’s Homily October 12, 2019 “Have you ever had a bad day? I guess all of us have at times. What goes into it? Maybe a difficulty with someone in the family or at work or at school or maybe we just got up on the wrong side of the bed and the […]
Stir Into Flame – Fr. Tom Tank
Fr. Tom’s Homily October 6, 2019 “Today in that second reading we have a very powerful reference from St. Paul and I’d like to share that with you (pulls out his phone) and by the way this is the first time you’ve ever seen this…Fr. Viet will say, ‘He’s finally in the 20th century!’ But […]
Lord Of Life – Msgr. Charles McGlinn
Msgr. Charles McGlinn’s Homily October 6, 2019 “Jesus’ words in the Gospel today at first glance might seem to be a little harsh. It sounds like he’s saying that if we do everything that he commands we’re still unworthy unprofitable servants. Well, I think that that’s sort of a misreading of the scriptures because I […]
The Pains Of Our World – Fr. Viet Nguyen
Fr. Viet’s Homily October 5, 2019 “You know they often say you don’t really notice something until it hits home. They say that about war, but in some ways the same is true for us especially on this Respect Life Sunday because the battles on abortion and Pro Life has been a nation-wide thing, but […]