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Aug 31: Day by Day with Father Bill

MONDAY OF THE TWENTY-SECOND WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME -From Christ Is Alive! by Pope Francis: The second great truth is that Christ, out of love, sacrificed himself completely in order to save you. His outstretched arms on the cross are the most telling sign that he is a friend who is willing to stop at […]

Aug 30: Day by Day with Father Bill

TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Truly all of creation is charged with the grandeur of God. It is like shook foil…!!! Enjoy!   I have a friend who is a gentle Mama to monarch butterflies, raising them from pinprick-size eggs to adults released into the big beautiful blue sky! Just a thought: You may be more […]

Aug 29: Day by Day with Father Bill

MEMORIAL OF THE PASSION OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST God transmits his love day and night. It is really in the Blessed Sacrament. God wants us so much. God’s love is like gigantic sea waves pounding and demanding to break into our lives. However, we have interior resistant walls resulting in inner conflicts. These conflicts […]

Aug 30 Homily Connect: Discipleship

Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Aug. 30, 2020 JER 20:7-9   ROM 12:1-2   MT 16:21-27 Scripture Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.  For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for […]

Aug 28: Day by Day with Father Bill

MEMORIAL OF SAINT AUGUSTINE, BISHOP AND DOCTOR OF THE CHURCH On this 57th anniversary of the March on Washington DC, I thought it appropriate to quote just a bit of Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr’s I Have a Dream address. This is one of the greatest oratorical masterpieces in our nation’s history, standing along […]

Aug 27: Day by Day with Father Bill

MEMORIAL OF SAINT MONICA, MOTHER OF SAINT AUGUSTINE -From Christ Is Alive! by Pope Francis: When God asks something of you, or simply makes you face life’s challenges, he is hoping that you will make room for him to push you, to help you grow. He does not get upset if you share your questions […]

Aug 26: Day by Day with Father Bill

WEDNESDAY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME -From Christ Is Alive! by Pope Francis For God, you have worth; you are not insignificant. You are important to him for you are the work of his hands. That is why he is concerned about you and looks to you with affection. Trust in the memory […]

Aug 25: Day by Day with Father Bill

TUESDAY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME -From Christ Is Alive! by Pope Francis In God’s word, we find many expressions of his love. It is as if God tried to find different ways of showing that love, so that, with one of them at least, God could touch your heart. For example, there […]

Aug 24: Day by Day wtih Father Bill

FEAST OF SAINT BARTHOLOMEW, APOSTLE For the month of October 2018, Pope Francis and representative Bishops from throughout the world met with young people in Rome to discuss the joys and struggles of life and life in the church. As Pope Francis accompanied these young people, he listened with his heart. His response to that […]

Aug 23 Homily Connect: What Does Jesus Look Like

Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, August 23, 2020 IS 22:19-23  |  ROM 11:33-36,  | MT 16:13-20 Scripture “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” They replied, “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, still others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.” He said to them, “But who do you say that I […]