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Father Rick's Daily Commentaries

July 25, 2021, 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Celebrate mom-and-pop operations However few dollars there are, parents make them stretch until payday. However uncertain the way ahead, they shoulder the decision-making for their brood. However dark the night and scary the storm, parents hug their little ones through it. Today our nation celebrates Parents’ Day, honoring the grownups who make children’s lives safer, […]
July 24, 2021, MEMORIAL OF SHARBEL MAKHLŪF, PRIEST
A quiet mystic speaks to our age Saint Sharbel Makhlūf (1828-98) was a Maronite monk and priest in Lebanon, renowned for his quiet holiness. On the occasion of his beatification in 1965, the Eastern Catholic hermit was described by Saint Pope Paul VI as “a new, eminent member of monastic sanctity,” who “through his example […]
July 23, 2021, MEMORIAL OF BRIDGET, RELIGIOUS
Love, embodied It’s great to have a deep connection with another person no matter what kind of relationship it may be. Birgitta Petersson (later known as Saint Bridget of Sweden) found this in Ulf Gudmarsson, whom she married while both were very young. Early on in their relationship, they were focused on raising a family […]
July 21, 2021, Wednesday, 16th Week of the Year
Choose wisely and well Good preachers know that if they tell a story as part of a sermon, their people are more likely to remember the message. Such preachers take their lead from the master storyteller. Jesus used stories, often parables with a lesson, to help listeners then and now understand what really matters in […]