Browsing the July 2023 archive of Father's Homilies

Homily for the Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 16, 2023

Posted by marguerite noga on 7/17/23

  Preparing for everything God offers

One day, a farmer was out in his pumpkin patch. The tiny pumpkins were just beginning to form. So the farmer took a small bottle and stuffed one of the budding pumpkins into it to see how it would fare. Sometime later, when ... Read More »

Homily for the Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 2, 2023

Posted by marguerite noga on 7/05/23

  Losing yourself to find yourself

The following story comes from the time of the Persian Gulf War, about the resistance efforts in Kuwait. Najeeb Bastaki, a twenty-four year old Kuwaiti living in Kuwait City, was a member of the Kuwaiti resistance. But he told a reporter, “The word ... Read More »