Fr. Bob’s Homily – Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today’s situation in the Gospel must have been very painful for Jesus. He had gone home for a short visit, but instead of receiving a warm welcome He was greeted with a cold shoulder.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Imagine yourself in a large, crowded sports event trying to get toward the exit. People are moving in the same direction, jostling along and bumping into one another. A tap on the arm or tug on the sleeve goes entirely unnoticed.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Today’s Gospel tells of a sea voyage that was made a long time ago… a long way off…The location was a small body of water called the Sea of Galilee, which most of us have never seen and probably never will.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
There is an old truth that we will reap what we sow. That is the metaphor in today’s Gospel, the seeds we sow. As we go through life, we all sow seeds. Do we ever stop and think, what are we planting in our children, our friends, or our co-workers?
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Corpus Christi Sunday
How much would you pay a person to die for you? It sounds like a strange question, but people have died for others.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Trinity Sunday
Today is Trinity Sunday. Our faith tells us there is but one God, and in thy one God there are three persons - Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
3 Postulants, 1 Candidate Welcomed in Peru
April 20-26 was a special time at the St. Francis Solano Retreat Center in Lima, Peru, as 3 postulants and 1 candidate were accepted at the Board of Admissions.
Obituary Notice for Rev. William F. Drobach, SA
Father William F. “Bill” Drobach, SA, a Franciscan Friar of the Atonement, passed from this life on Thursday, May 20, 2021.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Feast of Pentecost
This Feast of Pentecost is often called the birthday of the church. That is a good description, but there is a problem. When most of us say “the church” we unconsciously think of the church as we know it now.
Fr. Bob’s Homily – Seventh Sunday of Easter
In our Gospel today we read the prayer of Jesus the night before He died. It is the longest prayer in the Bible.