Homily Blog, June 18, 2023

Practice Makes Perfect Deacon Ray Ortman Several years ago a survey identified the most well-known wisdom sayings from our youth.  Among the most common are “treat others how you’d like to be treated” and “if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”  But the most...

Homily Blog, June 11, 2023

Homily Blog, June 11, 2023 Corpus Cristi Sunday  My niece who lives out of state one Sunday after trying her best to get her three small kids ready for Mass, she and her husband pulled up to the church parking lot late. As they were walking into church, they spotted...

Homily Blog, June 4, 2023

Deacon Ray Ortman Credo in unum Deum.  I believe in One God.  Belief in one God is the cornerstone of God’s revelation of Himself to ancient Israel — monotheism in contrast with what was then widespread polytheism — and it lies also at the heart of our Christian...

Homily Blog, May 21, 2023

Deacon Ray Ortman “I solemnly swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the Truth. So helpme God.” If you’ve ever been involved in a court case, you will know that is the oaththat witnesses take before testifying. But what it means to be a “witness?”In...

Homily Blog, May 28, 2023

From Act 2, today’s first reading we hear, “There are many kinds of spiritual gifts but the same Spirit.” And from in I Cor. 12, today’s second reading we hear, “As the body is one though it has many parts … so also (is the body of) Christ.” If you look around, you’ll...

Homily Blog, May 14, 2023

In the last line of today’s Gospel from John 14 Jesus says in effect, “If you love me, I will reveal myself to you.” It’s true, God reveals God’s self to us in many ways and if you look hard you’ll see it happening all over the place  It’s like the angel walking...