Author Archives: Deacon Bob

Here is my homily for Thanksgiving Day. Blessed are you! Thanksgiving Homily, 2021 Sir 50: 20-24; 1 Cor 1: 3-9; Lk 21: 20-28 For what am I most grateful? Health? Life itself? Good fortune? My wife and family? The gift … Continue reading →

Here is my homily for the weekend. May God bless you! The Solemnity of our Lord Jesus Christ the King Daniel 7:13-14; Rev 1:5-8; John 18:33b-37 November20/21, 2021   The one to whom you listen is the one whom you … Continue reading →

Here is my homily for the weekend.  God bless you! 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B October 24, 2021 Jeremiah 31:7-9; Hebrews 5:1-6; Mark 10:46-52     We all are Bartimaeus!  We all, in some way, can see ourselves … Continue reading →

Here is this week’s homily. God bless all! 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B September 4/5, 2020 Isaiah 35:4-7a; James 2:1-5; Mark 7:31-37   Jesus is the fulfillment of all our hopes. Jesus is the one whom Isaiah identified … Continue reading →

Here is my homily for this weekend. God bless you all! 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B Dt 4:1-2. 6-8; James 1:17-18, 21b-22,27 August 28/29, 2021 Jesus is rather clear in the Gospel that we have to get this … Continue reading →

Here is my homily for the weekend. God bless all! 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B July 25, 2021 2 Kings 4:42-44; Ephesians 4:1-6; John 6:1-15   I asked my wife what I should preach this weekend, given the … Continue reading →

Here is my homily for last week. God bless each of you! 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B Father’s Day June 19/20, 2021 Job 1:1, 8-11; 2 Cor. 5:14-17; Mark 4:7-16 I don’t know how many men here today … Continue reading →

Here is my homily for Trinity Sunday. God bless you! Trinity Sunday May 29/30, 2021 Deuteronomy 4:32-34, 39-40; Romans 8:14-17; Matthew 28:16-20   Trinity Sunday is often one of those Sundays some priests and deacons dread; by that I mean, … Continue reading →

Here is my homily. Blessings on all! 4th Sunday of Easter, Cycle B April 24/25, 2021 Acts 4:8-12; 1John3:1-2; John 10:1-18   Even though each year the fourth Sunday of Easter is called “Good Shepherd Sunday” because the Gospel readings … Continue reading →

Here is my homily. God bless all! 2nd Sunday of Lent – Cycle B February 27/28, 2021 Gen 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Rom 8:31b – 34; Mark 9:22-10 A student in Rome was standing before the main altar in St. … Continue reading →

Here is my homily for the weekend. God bless all! 5th Sunday of Lent, Cycle B Jeremiah 31: 31-34; Hebrews 5: 7-9; John 12: 20-33 March 20/21, 2021   There comes a time in the life of men and women … Continue reading →

Here is my homily from the weekend. God bless all! 2nd Sunday of Lent – Cycle B February 27/28, 2021 Gen 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18; Rom 8:31b – 34; Mark 9:22-10 A student in Rome was standing before the main … Continue reading →

Here is my homily for this weekend. God bless all! 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle B January 23/24, 2021 Jonah 3:1-5, 10; 1Cor 7:29-31; Mark 1:14-2-   It may be surprising to hear a Lenten-like gospel at the beginning … Continue reading →

May God bless each of you in his mercy, and protect all our families! Solemnity of the Holy Family Sirach 3:2-7, 12-14; Col 3:12-21;  Luke 2:22-40 December 26/27, 2020   More and more I have been thinking about the effect … Continue reading →

My homily for December 22 this year. Homily December 22, 2020 The mark of any spiritually and emotionally mature man is the mark of humility. It is also a mark of contradiction to what our contemporary society says. The world … Continue reading →