Homily for the first Sunday of October This Wednesday, October 7, the Church celebrates the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. Traditionally, the Sunday closest to the feast has been known as Rosary Sunday. October is also the month … Continue reading →
18th Sunday After Pentecost — 2026 There are people for whom we have prayed for years. A son or daughter who has stopped practicing the Faith. A family member who has not been to Confession in decades. Someone struggling with … Continue reading →
15th Sunday After Pentecost — 2026 In this Sunday’s Gospel, Saint Luke recounts three encounters with Our Lord. A grieving mother encounters His compassion, a dead man encounters His divine power, and a crowd encounters the presence of God. No … Continue reading →
23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time – A In this Sunday’s Gospel, Jesus gives us some very practical advice about dealing with conflict: “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone.” (Matthew … Continue reading →
Years ago, an older woman I knew used to say, “It’s so easy to be a Catholic.” I have to disagree. Perhaps it is easy to call yourself a Catholic. It may even be easy to practice a kind of “Catholic lite”—going through … Continue reading →
Why Am I Not More Like Christ? 10th Sunday After Pentecost This Sunday’s Gospel presents us with one of our Lord’s most familiar parables: two men who went up to the Temple to pray. They entered the same Temple, stood … Continue reading →
The Sacred Liturgy today presents us with a message that is both sobering and filled with hope. It reminds us that while the Christian life is a tremendous gift, there are also very real dangers that confront every disciple of … Continue reading →
On the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart in 1995, Pope St. John Paul II established the annual World Day of Prayer for the Sanctification of Priests. Interestingly, unlike many papal initiatives, there was no major apostolic letter or formal document. … Continue reading →
I’m writing for your prayers. For the past 8+ years, I have been dealing with a voice ailment. I have been seeing a voice patholagist on and off since 2013, and a physical therapist for the past two months. During … Continue reading →
We hear a lot about people being woke today. So are you woke? Let talk about woke and what that means for us. And I’ll share with you to instances of me being woke. FrF (at) iPadre (dot) netFeedback line: (267) … Continue reading →
