Browsing Fr. Jasper's Homily
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time(7/30/23)
Posted by Peg O'Donnell
Treasure, That Is What You Are
Of the nearly three dozen couples I have prepared for marriage these past six years, Andrew and Maggie (pseudonyms) will always hold a special place in my heart for this one reason alone: Maggie was courageous enough to turn to her fiancé ... Read More »
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time(7/23/23)
Posted by Peg O'Donnell
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
Something is happening.
It’s small, almost imperceptible. But the Spirit – the One of whom Paul speaks in today’s letter to the Romans – is at work, searching hearts and stirring souls to act.
It might be better to say: stirring ... Read More »
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time(7/16/23)
Posted by Peg O'Donnell
Sow What?
by Fr. Rich Jasper
It was a late-January morning during my second year of teaching middle-school students when the announcement from the principal came over the loud speaker: “Faculty and students, please pardon the interruption. The weather forecast has changed pretty quickly within the past hour; ... Read More »
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time(7/9/23)
Posted by Peg O'Donnell
The Yoke’s on You
by Fr. Rich Jasper
During the long holiday weekend, I went exploring for a bit in the county I now call home. It is quite rural, with vast expanses of farmland and forest as well as plentiful rivers that flow toward the ... Read More »
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time(7/2/23)
Posted by Peg O'Donnell
The Cost of Love
by Fr. Rich Jasper
Dearest Woman of Shunem,
How beautiful your soul for welcoming the stranger, Elisha, into your home, caring for him and providing for him.
You knew he was a holy man because you yourself certainly had a space for ... Read More »