https://youtu.be/nXlLA3huij4 In today’s homily, Father Jerry tells the story of a loving son who dropped everything and learned to make and sell cheesesteak sandwiches by the thousands, earning the money necessary to take his terminally ill mother on the vacation of her dreams. “Can we love enough to make someone’s dream a reality?” asks Father […]
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Thursday of the 5th Week of Easter
https://youtu.be/UFN44ZhWHjs Many many years ago, there was a great wizard who longed for a wife and family. Though he was good and kind, he intimidated every woman he met. So the wizard set about to concoct a chemical that would cause the object of his affection to fall in love with him. As luck would […]
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https://youtu.be/YrBtVCEc6LE “It’s the pruning season for many of us! Cutting away the dead branches of winter to let the new blossoms and buds of spring grow,” says Father Jerry in today’s homily. “It’s the time for gathering up the debris and dead thatch of our lawns and gardens, turning over the soil, and re-seeding the […]
Continue ReadingTuesday of the 5th Week of Easter
https://youtu.be/_D0OaT-yxF0 The ruler that Jesus warns us of in today’s gospel is that self-centeredness that makes us put our own interests and wants before that of others. The ruler that Jesus knows too well is the attitude that our perspective, our sins, our morality, our culture and nationality and race, are superior to that of […]
Continue ReadingThe Feasts of Saints Philip & James
https://youtu.be/MyjqgkOfsnw A new pastor was named for a small parish. The priest was told that it was a dying church. It wasn’t growing. The small congregation could barely pay its bills. Its days were numbered. But in getting to know the congregation, the pastor saw something else. “I began to see the strengths of my […]
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