Is My Phylactery Showing?
Faithful Catholic or modern-day pharisee? Sometimes I might be a bit of both.
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God Bless the Broken Road—First Sunday of Lent (Cycle C)
Mar 9th
Stepping Out in Faith—Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle C)
Feb 10th
Baptism of the Lord (Cycle C)
Jan 12th
Gaudete! Third Sunday of Advent (Cycle C)
Dec 15th
Faith Without Works—Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Sep 15th
Dear Rutha...
Sep 3rd
What is it? Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
What is it? Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
Aug 12th
You are a prophet—Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
Jul 14th
The Ties that Bind—Tenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
Jun 10th
Go—The Ascension of the Lord
May 13th
Lord, liar, or Lunatic—Third Sunday of Easter (Cycle B)
Apr 15th
Light and Truth—Fourth Sunday of Lent (Cycle A)
Mar 10th
Seeking Sacramental Healing—Sixth week in Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
Feb 12th
The Body of Christ—Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
Jan 15th
Still, Small Voice—Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle A)
Aug 14th
On Canes and Cannulas
Jul 21st
Yoke Yourself to Him—Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle A)
Jul 9th
The Sheep of His Flock—Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle A)
Jun 18th
Jesus is Risen—Third Sunday of Easter (Cycle A)
Apr 23rd
Exsultet (Easter Proclamation)
Apr 15th
Just Ask—Third Sunday of Lent (Cycle A)
Mar 12th
The Way of Life and the Way of Death—Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)
Feb 13th
Let's Stop Being Stupid—Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle A)
Jan 15th
The God of Reversals—Third Sunday of Advent (Cycle A)
Dec 11th
Reconcile—28th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle C)
Oct 9th
The Prodigal Father—24th Sunday for Ordinary Time (Cycle C)
Sep 11th
Your Neighbor as Yourself—Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle C)
Jul 10th
Undivided Unity—Most Holy Trinity (Cycle C)
Jun 12th
Mercy on the Sea of Tiberias (John 21:1–19)
May 2nd
I Desire Mercy, Not Sacrifice: Fifth Sunday of Lent (Cycle C)
Apr 3rd
Vaccine Mandates and Freedom of Conscience
Mar 20th
Follow Me—Baptism of the Lord (Cycle C)
Jan 9th
Gaudete! Third Sunday of Advent (Cycle C)
Dec 13th
Two Paths, Your Choice: Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
Nov 14th
Why a Professional Musician Found True Freedom in Catholicism | Catholic...
Oct 10th
Wealth or Wisdom—Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
Oct 10th
Let It Be Done unto Me: The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Cycle B )
Aug 16th
Repent and Believe—15th Tuesday in Ordinary Time (Cycle II)
Jul 14th
Be a Prophet—Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
Jul 11th
Obstacles to the Life of Grace
Jun 14th
Actual Grace
Jun 14th
An Incarnational People—Third Sunday of Easter (Cycle B)
Apr 18th
Cling to What is True and Good—Fourth Sunday of Lent (Cycle B)
Mar 14th
Giver of Good Gifts—Thursday of the First Week of Lent
Feb 26th
The Sacrifice of Matrimony
Feb 22nd
Los leprosos entre nosotros—Sexta semana del tiempo ordinario (ciclo B)
Feb 14th
Renewed and Restored—Baptism of the Lord (Cycle B)
Jan 10th
How old was St. Joseph?
Dec 23rd
Gaudete! Third Sunday of Advent 2020
Dec 13th
The Coming End Times—Thirty-Fourth Wednesday of Ordinary Time (Cycle II)
Nov 25th
Be a Saint: Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)
Nov 15th
Heavenly Leaven—Friday of the 28th Week in Ordinary Time
Oct 16th
Entitled—Twentieth-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle A)
Oct 10th
Let It Go—Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle A)
Sep 13th
Mercy and Justice—Twenty-Third Thursday in Ordinary Time (Cycle II)
Mercy and Justice—Twenty-Third Thursday in Ordinary Time (Cycle II)
Sep 10th
The Nativity of the of Blessed Virgin Mary
The Nativity of the of Blessed Virgin Mary
Sep 8th
Mercy in a Time of Cholera—Fifteenth Week of Ordinary Time (Cycle A)
Jul 12th
The Trinity is a Family—Most Holy Trinity (Cycle A)
Jun 7th
Are not your ways unfair? First Friday of Lent
Are not your ways unfair? First Friday of Lent
Mar 6th
Original Justice—First Monday of Lent
Mar 2nd
A Humble, Contrite Heart You Will Not Spurn—Friday after Ash Wednesday
Feb 28th
Tests of Faith—Monday of the Sixth Week in Ordinary Time (II)
Feb 17th
What Defiles—Fifth Wednesday in Ordinary Time (II)
What Defiles—Fifth Wednesday in Ordinary Time (II)
Feb 13th
Salt & Light—Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle A)
Salt & Light—Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle A)
Feb 10th
Cultivating the Soil—Third Wednesday of Ordinary Time (Cycle II)
Cultivating the Soil—Third Wednesday of Ordinary Time (Cycle II)
Jan 29th
Humility—Second Thursday in Ordinary Time 2020 (cyc II)
Humility—Second Thursday in Ordinary Time 2020 (cyc II)
Jan 24th
Love Your Neighbor—Thursday After Epiphany 2020
Love Your Neighbor—Thursday After Epiphany 2020
Jan 10th
The Spirit of Truth—Monday After Epiphany 2020
Jan 7th
Authority and the Family—The Holy Family of Jesus (Cycle A)
Authority and the Family—The Holy Family of Jesus (Cycle A)
Dec 29th
Seek the Truth Always—Third Monday of Advent (Cycle A)
Seek the Truth Always—Third Monday of Advent (Cycle A)
Dec 17th
"From his roots a bud shall blossom"—Second Sunday of Advent (Cycle A)
"From his roots a bud shall blossom"—Second Sunday of Advent (Cycle A)
Dec 9th
Only Say the Word—Monday First Week of Advent (Cycle A)
Only Say the Word—Monday First Week of Advent (Cycle A)
Dec 3rd
Preaching next weekend
Preaching next weekend
Dec 1st
Willing to Die? Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle C)
Willing to Die? Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle C)
Nov 10th
Preaching this weekend
Preaching this weekend
Nov 8th
True Healing—Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle C)
Oct 13th
The Father's Mercy—24th Sunday for Ordinary Time (Cycle C)
The Father's Mercy—24th Sunday for Ordinary Time (Cycle C)
Sep 15th
Preaching this week
Preaching this week
Sep 14th
What is faith? Nineteenth Sunday for Ordinary Time—Cycle C
What is faith? Nineteenth Sunday for Ordinary Time—Cycle C
Aug 11th
New Music Project! Rome in Flames
Aug 6th
The Law in Your Heart and on Your Lips—Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle C)
Jul 14th
Do not be afraid—Saturday in the 14th Week of Ordinary Time (Cycle A)
Do not be afraid—Saturday in the 14th Week of Ordinary Time (Cycle A)
Jul 13th
Corpus Christi (Cycle C)
Corpus Christi (Cycle C)
Jun 23rd
Good Shepherds and Hirelings
May 15th
The Lamb of God and the Good Shepherd—Fourth Sunday of Easter (Cycle C)
May 12th
Divine Mercy—Second Sunday of Easter (Cycle C)
Apr 28th
God bless the broken road—First Sunday of Lent 2019 (Cycle C)
Mar 11th
Step out in Faith—Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle C)
Feb 10th
Baptism of the Lord (Cycle C)
Jan 13th
Feast of the Holy Family (Cycle C)
Dec 31st
Prepare the way—Second Sunday in Advent (Cycle C)
Dec 9th
We do not know the day. We do not know the hour.—Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
Nov 18th
The Sanctity of Life—Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
Oct 21st
How difficult it is for the wealthy to enter
Oct 14th
On the Goodness of Created Things—Twenty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
Sep 9th
What is it?—Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
What is it?—Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
Aug 12th
Your are a prophet—Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
Jul 16th
Spiritual Battle Comes to Us—Fatima Benediction and Rosary: July 13, 2018
Jul 16th
Via Dolorosa: Day 6
Jun 11th
Bound: 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
Bound: 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Cycle B)
Jun 10th
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Deacon Bill Burns
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