Pastoral Messages on Pastoral Readings (Page 18)

Homilies

Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary – 2021

Sunday’s Readings: Revelation 11:19a; 12:1-6a, 10ab; Psalms 45:10, 11, 12, 16; 1 Corinthians 15:20-27; Luke 1:39-56 ……from your Pastor’s Desk The Assumption of The BlessedVirgin Mary; Sunday, August 15 “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb ” – Luke 1:42 The feasts of Mary may be puzzling to the casual observer. And some are surprised at…

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 2021

Sunday’s Readings: 1 Kings 19:4-8; Psalms 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Ephesians 4:30—5:2; John 6:41-51 ……from your Pastor’s Desk Appreciating What We Have We all know people that are complainers. I know someone that if I said “I ‘d like to give you a hundred dollars” and handed her a Benjamin – she’d frown and say “Don’t you have 2 fifty’s ???” Well,…

18th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 2021

Sunday’s Readings: Exodus 16:2-4, 12-15; Psalms 78:3-4, 23-24, 25, 54; Ephesians 4:17, 20-24; John 6:24-35 ……from your Pastor’s Desk Hello friends. Here is something I found on the ‘net’ by Donagh O’Shea. I offer it because it addresses a most contemporary issue… Fr. Ron In my childhood an elderly farmer, renowned for early rising, used to sit in the village church while…

15th Sunday In Ordinary Time

July 10th & 11th, 2021……from your Pastor’s DeskHealing and ReconciliationWhen people ask a priest to pray for them, or for God’s blessing, it may be so that they may regain peace of mind in coping with an illness or with tensions in the family, but sometimes it’s hoping that some conflict in their lives will…