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Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeJuly 24, 2022 — Year CReadings: Gn 18:20-32 / Ps 138 / Col 2:12-14 / Lk 11:1-13by Rev. Mr. Mark De La Hunt, Permanent Deacon In this homily we will look to Mary and Jesus to give us examples of how to pray. In the year […]
READ MORESixteenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeJuly 17, 2022 — Year CReadings: Gn 18:1-10a / Ps 15 / Col 1:24-28 / Lk 10:38-42by Rev. Nixon Negparanon, Pastor There is a story about three prisoners on death row, who were asked for their last wish. The first one wished for pizza. It was […]
READ MOREFifteenth Sunday in Ordinary TimeJuly 10, 2022 — Year CReadings: Dt 30:10-14 / Ps 69 / Col:15-20 / Lk 10:25-37by Rev. Mr. Barry Welch, Guest Homilist Today I would like to share my take on Bishop Robert Barron’s take of one interpretation of The Good Samaritan parable. A man fell […]
READ MOREThirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time June 26, 2022 – Year C Readings: 1 Kgs 19:16b, 19-21 / Ps 16 / Gal 5:1, 13-18 / Lk 9:51-62 by Rev. Jay Biber, Guest Celebrant This was a week like no other, with the big elephant in the little living room: major cultural […]
READ MOREThe Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ June 19, 2022 — Year C Readings: Gn 14:18-20 / Ps 110 / 1 Cor 11:23-26 / Lk 9:11b-17 by Rev. Nixon Negparanon, Pastor I read this story told by Archbishop Fulton Sheen: that, during China’s 1911 republican revolution, […]
READ MOREThe Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity June 12, 2022 — Year C Readings: Prv 8:22-31 / Ps 8 / Rom 5:1-5 / Jn 16:12-15 by Rev. Mr. Mark De La Hunt, Permanent Deacon The truths of our Catholic faith are too often these days being denied or being twisted. […]
READ MOREPentecost Sunday June 5, 2022 — Year C Readings: Acts 2:1-11 / Ps 104 / Rom 8:8-17 / Jn 20:19-23 by Rev. Nixon Negparanon, Pastor There is a story about a young boy who went to the store on his bicycle to buy something, but there was no place to […]
READ MOREThe Ascension of the Lord May 29, 2022 — Year C Readings: Acts 1:1-11 / Ps 47 / Eph 1:17-23 / Lk 24:46-53 by Rev. Nixon Negparanon, Pastor The four gospels contain many parables of a master who sets out on a long journey and gives his servants charge of […]
READ MORESixth Sunday of Easter May 22, 2022 — Year C Readings: Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 / Ps 67 / Rev 21:10-14, 22-23 / Jn 14:23-29 by Rev. Mr. Mark De La Hunt, Permanent Deacon I’ll always remember when my wife and I learned the Church’s teachings on birth control. We were […]
READ MOREFifth Sunday of EasterMay 15, 2022 — Year CReadings: Acts 14:21-27 / Ps 145 / Rev 21:1-5a / Jn 13:31-33a, 34-35by Rev. Nixon Negparanon, Pastor Today is the Fifth Sunday of Easter. Each Sunday after Easter, God’s messages through the readings help us in living our everyday lives. The main […]
READ MOREFourth Sunday of Easter May 8, 2022 — Year C Readings: Acts 13:14, 43-52 / Ps 100 / Rev 7:9, 14b-17 / Jn 10:27-30 by Rev. Nixon Negparanon, Pastor Four clergymen, taking a short break from their heavy schedules, were on a park bench chatting and enjoying an early Spring […]
READ MOREThird Sunday of Easter May 1, 2022 — Year C Readings: Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 / Ps 30 / Rev 5:11-14 / Jn 21:1-19 by Rev. Mr. Barry Welch, Guest Homilist Sometimes when you’re trying something new, barriers arise, especially if you want to do something good and follow Jesus. Stumbling […]
READ MORESecond Sunday of Easter Sunday of Divine Mercy April 24, 2022 – Year C Readings: Acts 5:12-16 / Ps 118 / Rev 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 / Jn 20:19-31 by Rev. Louis Benoit, Guest Celebrant In the gospel for today, I think we need to be in touch with the apostles […]
READ MOREEaster Sunday – The Resurrection of the Lord April 17, 2022 — Year C Readings: Acts 10:34a, 37-43 / Ps 118 / Col 3:1-4 / Jn 20:1-9 by Rev. Nixon Negparanon, Pastor In the old Jewish culture, women were considered to be unreliable in what they said, and therefore, they […]
READ MOREHoly Thursday April 14, 2022 — Year C Readings: Ex 12:1-8, 11-14 / Ps 116 / 1 Cor 11:23-26 / Jn 13:1-15 by Rev. Nixon Negparanon, Pastor There is a meaningful quotation from an unknown author that says: “It is not the number of servants you have that matters to […]
READ MOREPalm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion April 10, 2022 — Year C Readings: Lk 19:28-40 / Is 50:4-7 / Ps 22 / Phil 2:6-11 / Lk 22:14 – 23:56 by Rev. Mr. Barry Welch, Guest Homilist Today is Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion. On this Palm Sunday, we gather […]
READ MOREFifth Sunday of Lent April 3, 2022 — Year C Readings: Is 43:16-21 / Ps 126 / Phil 3:8-14 / Jn 8:1-11 by Rev. Nixon Negparanon, Pastor There is a little-known sidelight to the story of the woman taken in adultery. After the Pharisees dragged her before Jesus for sentencing, […]
READ MOREFourth Sunday of Lent March 27, 2022 — Year C Readings: Jos 5:9a, 10-12; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; 2 Cor 5:17-21; Lk 15:1-3, 11-32 by Rev. Mr. Mark De La Hunt, Permanent Deacon The gospel begins with these words: “Tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to listen to […]
READ MOREThird Sunday of Lent March 20, 2022 — Year C Readings: Ex 3:1-8a, 13-15 / Ps 103 / 1 Cor 10:1-6, 10-12 / Lk 13:1-9 by Rev. Nixon Negparanon, Pastor Today is the Third Sunday of Lent. The season of Lent is a wakeup call for all of us, a […]
READ MORESecond Sunday of Lent March 13, 2022 — Year C Readings: Gn 15:5-12, 17-18 / Ps 27 / Phil 3:17 – 4:1 / Lk 9:28b-36 by Rev. Mr. Barry Welch, Guest Homilist I happened upon a YouTube video of an old bluegrass gospel song called Angel Band. It reminded me […]
READ MOREFirst Sunday of Lent March 6, 2022 — Year C Readings: Dt 26:4-10 / Ps 91 / Rom 10:8-13 / Lk 4:1-13 by Rev. Nixon Negparanon, Pastor There is a beautiful quotation from Franklin Jones, a journalist. He said, “What makes resisting temptation difficult for many people is they don’t […]
READ MOREAsh Wednesday March 2, 2022 — Year C Readings: Jl 2:12-18 / Ps 51 / 2 Cor 5:20 – 6:2 / Mt 6:1-6, 16-18 by Rev. Nixon Negparanon, Pastor During the season of Lent, especially Ash Wednesday, we may ask the question, “Why do we use ashes on Ash Wednesday?” […]
READ MOREEighth Sunday in Ordinary Time February 27, 2022 — Year C Readings: Sir 27:4-7 / Ps 92 / 1 Cor 15:54-58 / Lk 6:39-45 by Rev. Mr. Mark De La Hunt, Permanent Deacon I have a tongue-in-cheek conversion story for you. My wife was preparing dinner, and I walked into […]
READ MORESeventh Sunday in Ordinary Time February 20, 2022 — Year C Readings: 1 Sm 26:2, 7-9, 12-13, 22-23 / Ps 103 / 1 Cor 15:45-49 / Lk 6:27-38 by Rev. Nixon Negparanon, Pastor His advisors, because of his being friendly even to his political enemies, criticized President Abraham Lincoln, and […]
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