Homily Connect: Aug 2
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 2, 2020 IS-55:1-3 ROM 8:35, 37-39 MT 14:13-21 Scripture But they said to him, “Five loaves and two fish are all we have here.” Then he said, “Bring them here to me,” and he ordered the crowds to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and […]
July 31: Day by Day with Father Bill
MEMORIAL OF SAINT IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA, PRIEST AND FOUNDER OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS Father Arturo Sosa, a Venezuelan, serves as the Superior General of the Society of Jesus and as the Successor of its Founder, Saint Father Ignatius of Loyola. I am very impressed with the ministry of the Jesuits throughout the world and […]
July 30: Day by Day with Father Bill
MEMORIAL OF BLESSED FATHER SOLANUS CASEY, Order of Friars Minor, Capuchin On Saturday, November 18, 2017, Father Solanus Casey, a Capuchin Franciscan, was beatified before over 70,000 people at Soldiers Field, just outside of Detroit. Father Casey is the second American-born male to be beatified. I recall that Father Stanley Rother, a native of Oklahoma, […]
July 29: Day by Day with Father Bill
MEMORIAL OF SAINT MARTHA Sister Mary Lou Kownacki, a Benedictine nun and colleague/friend of Sister Joan Chittister, coordinates the website Monasteries of the Heart and is a published poet. I have enjoyed very much her two books of poetry: The Blue Heron and Thirty-Seven Other Miracles and Old Monk. Here is one of her poems […]
July 28: Day by Day with Father Bill
TUESDAY OF THE SEVENTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME Jesus’ primary concern was to be obedient to his Father, to live constantly in his presence. Only then did it become clear to him what his task was in his relationships with people. This also is the way he proposes for his apostles: “It is to the […]
July 27: Day by Day with Father Bill
MONDAY OF THE SEVENTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME In 2016, Representative John Lewis received the National Book Award for Book 3 in his trilogy of children’s books recounting the Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. It was on March 7, 1965, as Mr Lewis was beaten to the pavement […]
July 26: Day by Day with Father Bill
SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME For those of us who are missing being led by our choir at a Mass on the weekend, here is a link to a beautiful piece of sacred music. Here are some lyrics to help you join in this beautiful song of prayer: O be joyful in the Lord, all […]
July 25: Day by Day with Father Bill
FEAST OF SAINT LUKE, APOSTLE OF THE LORD Let’s play ball! A #PricelessBaseball experience at home we hope these fans will remember forever — being up on the big screen on @MLB #OpeningDay. pic.twitter.com/57hy3G2lx6 — Mastercard (@Mastercard) July 23, 2020 My dear Mom, who turns ninety in August, is excited to be able to follow […]
July 24: Day by Day with Father Bill
FRIDAY OF THE SIXTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME “Study the path of others to make your way easier and more abundant. Lean toward the whispers of your own heart, discover the universal truth, and follow its dictates…Release the need to hate, to harbor division, and the enticement of revenge. Release all bitterness. Hold only love, […]
July 23: Day by Day with Father Bill
THURSDAY OF THE SIXTEENTH WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME The esteemed Italian composer, Ennio Morricone, died on July 6 at the age of 91. He received many awards for his music. He was presented with an honorary Oscar for Lifetime Achievement in 2009 and with a true Oscar for his music in Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful […]