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Fr. Rich's Homilies


Holy Thursday, 2024 - Spiritual Renewal and the Triduum

March 24, 2024 - The Ultimate Purpose of Holy Week: the Gift of Salvation for the Human Race

March 17, 2024 - Create a clean heart in me, O God

March 10, 2024 - For God so loved the world that He gave His only Son

March 3, 2024 - The Divine Gift of the Ten Commandments as the Way to True Life

FEBRUARY
February 25, 2024 - Holy Memories to Keep Us on Track and Help Us to Grow Closer to God
February 18, 2024 - First Sunday of Lent - Repent and Believe in the Gospel
February 11, 2024 - The Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick
February 4, 2024 - Where are We Finding our Happiness/ Spiritual Joy?

JANUARY
January 28, 2024 - The Reality of the Fallen Angels and How to Best Deal with Them
January 21, 2024 - Viewing Earthly Life in Light of Eternity
January 14, 2024 - Our Call from God to Grow in Holiness
Feast of the Epiphany, 2024 - The Magi’s Example of seeking the Lord is meant for Us to Generously Follow

2023
DECEMBER
Feast of the Holy Family, 2023 - The Holy Family as the model for Catholic Family Life
Christmas, 2023 - How the Gift of Christ coming among Us should change our Lives for the Better
December 17, 2023 - Rejoicing in the Lord always - even in the face of many earthly problems, evils & sin
December 10, 2023 - Being Spiritually Prepared for Jesus’s Return and the Gift of Salvation
December 3, 2023 - Advent: Getting Spiritually Prepared for Jesus’s First and Second Coming

NOVEMBER
November 26, 2023 - Is Jesus Christ truly the King of our Life?
November 19, 2023 - The Day of the Lord is coming like a thief in the night
November 12, 2023 - On Death: Keep your Eyes open, for You know neither the Day nor the Hour
November 5, 2023 - The Gift and the Sacred Responsibility of the Ordained Priesthood

OCTOBER
October 29, 2023 - Spiritually helping the Souls in Purgatory
October 22, 2023 - What goes to Caesar and what goes to God?
October 15, 2023 - How to be invited into the Divine Wedding Banquet – rather than be thrown out of it!
October 8, 2023 - Overcoming Anxiety by Daily Embracing the Lord’s Grace and Holy Providence
October 1, 2023 - Living Humbly in an Era of great Pride and for the Conversion of Souls

SEPTEMBER
September 24, 2023 - The Catechetical Mission of the Church and Family
September 17, 2023 - Forgiveness
September 10, 2023 - What does it mean to truly Love our Neighbor and Speak the Truth?

AUGUST
August 20, 2023 - Keeping Holy the Lord's Day
August 15, 2023 - Feast of the Assumption of Our Lady - Mary the Spiritual Shining Star Pointing Us to Christ
August 13, 2023 - Why Does it Seem so Hard to Find the Living God in our Time in History?
August 6, 2023 - The Transfiguration as a Sacred Event meant to Deepen our Faith in Jesus

JULY
July 30, 2023 - The Pearl of Great Price
July 23, 2023 - The Power of God’s Love can Transform our Life – What is Our Response?
July 16, 2023 - How Do We Bear Good Spiritual Fruit for God's Kingdom?
July 9, 2023 - The Beautiful Spiritual Fruits of Embracing the Yoke of the Lord
July 2, 2023 - Prayer, Sacrifice, and Acts of Self-denial for the Conversion of Sinners: at the Request of Our Lady of Fatima

JUNE
June 25, 2023 - Combating the tendency to give in to Human Respect to the detriment of our Catholic Faith
June 18, 2023 - The Gift of both Spiritual and Human Fatherhood rooted in union with God
June 11, 2023 - Corpus Christi - The Mystery of Faith
June 4, 2023 - Trinity Sunday - The Call to have a Living Relationship with the Blessed Trinity

MAY
May 28, 2023 - The Holy Spirit: the Sanctifier
May 21, 2023 - The Message of Our Lady of Akita, Japan
May 14, 2023 - The Message of Our Lady of Champion, Wisconsin
May 7, 2023 - The Message of Our Lady of LaSalette, France

APRIL
April 30, 2023 - How to foster more Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life
April 23, 2023 - Encountering the Lord Jesus like the Disciples on the Road to Emmaus
Divine Mercy Sunday 2023: Doubting Thomas and Jesus’s Mercy for him and for all of us – if we are open to it

Easter 2023: Embracing the Mercy of God which flows from the Salvific Death of Jesus

Good Friday 2023: Trusting in God's Mercy
Homily for Holy Thursday 2023: 3 Holy Risks in Christ's Charity for the Salvation of the Human Race
April 2, 2023 - Spiritually immersing ourselves into the mystery of the Lord’s Passion and Death

MARCH
March 26, 2023 - The Catholic View of Death
March 19, 2023 - Beyond the Surface of Things to Spiritual Reality
March 12, 2023 - Jesus's Encounter with the Woman at the Well as the Model of Conversion
March 5, 2023 - Lent as an annual Spiritual Visitation by the Lord

FEBRUARY
February 26, 2023 - Why is it such a life-long battle to live in Holiness?
February 19, 2023 - The True Test of Charity
February 12, 2023 - Jesus’s Teaching on the Sanctity of Marriage – and Difficult Marriage Situations
February 5, 2023 - Are We the Real Deal?

JANUARY
January 29, 2023 - The Life of Catholic Integrity
January 22, 2023 - The Light of the Lord accompanying our entire earthly life – if we are open to it
January 15, 2023 - Three Virtues to help us grow in the Life of Holiness during Ordinary Time
January 8, 2023 - Feast of the Epiphany - Be Wise like the Wise Men
January 1, 2023 - Mary Mother of God - Mary our Advocate and Guide in the way of Christian discipleship

2022
DECEMBER
December 25, 2022 - Christmas and the Feast of the Holy Family
December 18, 2022 - St. Joseph as a role model for trusting in God’s guidance in life
December 11, 2022 - Patience and Hopefulness is waiting upon Jesus our Savior

NOVEMBER
November 27, 2022 - How to make a good and holy Advent
November 20, 2022 - Jesus's Universal Kingship, the 3 Crosses, and Our Response
November 13, 2022 - Living each day as if it were our last day on Earth
November 6, 2022 - Purgatory is real

OCTOBER
October 30, 2022 - God loves each of us beyond our imagining - What is our response?
October 23, 2022 - The Challenges and Opportunities of the Catholic Mission
October 9, 2022 - Growing in the gift of gratitude by embracing our Cross with the Lord for the good of souls
October 2, 2022 - Cherishing and Protecting each Human Being made in God’s Image

SEPTEMBER
September 25, 2022 - The spiritual importance of and how to pray the St. Michael Chaplet
September 11, 2022 - The Patience and Love of God
September 4, 2022 - How to spiritually deal with the “disappointments” of life

AUGUST
August 28, 2022 - Humility along with Faith as the foundation stones of our interior life
August 21, 2022 - The Discipline of the Lord and Growth in Holiness
August 14, 2022 - The virtue of Fortitude in the daily living of our Catholic Faith
August 7, 2022 - Living the Virtue of Faith in Daily Life

JULY
July 31, 2022 - The Ultimate Purpose of Our Life on Earth
July 24,
2022 - The Spiritual Power of Prayer and Penance for the Conversion of Hardened Sinners

July 17, 2022 - Prayer as the foundation for all spiritually fruitful Christian work/activities
July 10, 2022 - Embracing a Life of Christian Charity in a more profound way
July 3, 2022 - Are We Using Our Freedom for Good or Evil?

JUNE
June 26, 2022 - The Spirit vs. the Flesh in everyday life
June 19, 2022 - Feast of Corpus Christi - The Lord Jesus’s Real Presence in the Holy Eucharist and how we can grow in our love for that Divine Gift on a practical everyday level
June 12, 2022 - Trinity Sunday - Growing in Knowledge, Love, and Personal Communion with the Blessed Trinity
June 5, 2022 - Pentecost Sunday - Pentecost and how the Holy Spirit helps us in our Life of Faith – if we are docile

MAY
May 29, 2022 - Loving God in body and soul in imitation of Our Blessed Mother Mary
May 22, 2022 - The Holy Spirit leads us into all truth and communion and peace with God
May 15, 2022 - True Love
May 8, 2022 - The Gift of Motherhood leading to love for the Sanctity of all Human Life and Priestly and Religious Vocations
May 1, 2022 - Responding to the Lord in Faith with our human frailty

APRIL
Divine Mercy Sunday 2022 - Gift of God's Mercy
Easter 2022 - What do you want?
April 15, 2022 - Good Friday - What is Truth and the call to the deeper Conversion?
April 14, 2022 - Holy Thursday - The 3 Spiritual Gifts Jesus gave us on Holy Thursday
April 3, 2022 - God’s desire to re-create us in holiness in the image and likeness of Jesus

MARCH
March 27, 2022 - The Ongoing Call to Repentance and Conversion
March 20, 2022 - Entering more profoundly into the Mystery of the Holy Mass
March 13, 2022 - God Personal Visitations leading to a Transformation in Life
March 6, 2022 - Dealing with Temptation

FEBRUARY
February 27, 2022 - A Golden Opportunity to Grow in Holiness: Lent 2022
February 20, 2022 - Forgiveness of and love for our neighbor in God
February 13, 2022 - The Truth of the Bodily Resurrection of the Lord Jesus as the Bedrock of our Catholic Faith
February 6, 2022 - The Call of the Lord

JANUARY
January 30, 2022 - The Reaction of the Human Person to Divine Love: Embracing vs. Rejecting
January 23, 2022 - The Gift of being part of the Mystical Body of Christ
January 16, 2022 - Following Our Lady’s directive to do what Jesus tells us to do
January 9, 2022 - The Gift of Baptism
Epiphany, 2022 - The Revelation of Jesus to the Magi – He is the Savior for the whole world

2021
DECEMBER
Christmas, 2021 - You are to name Him Jesus because He will save His people from their sins
December 12, 2021 - Supernatural Joy
December 5, 2021 - Responding to God’s Love by Growing in Holiness and Trust in Him

NOVEMBER
November 28, 2021 - 1st Sunday of Advent: A New Spiritual Start
November 21, 2021 - Growing in Communion with Jesus our King
November 14, 2021 - Pondering the End of Days
November 7, 2021 - Being Magnanimous with God for the Salvation of our own Soul and other Souls

OCTOBER
October 31, 2021 - What Is True Love?
October 24, 2021 - Lord, I Want to See
October 17, 2021 - Embracing our Cross in love and humility for the good of souls
October 10, 2021 - Reading and Meditating upon the Sacred Scriptures as a Wellspring of Holiness
October 3, 2021 - Respecting and Protecting all Human Life from Conception until Natural death

SEPTEMBER
September 26, 2021 - The Connection between Mass, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, and the Integrity of Our Lives
September 19, 2021 - What Matters in the End: the Salvation of Souls - not the Disordered Passions of the World
September 12, 2021 - Whoever wishes to come after Me must deny himself, take up his Cross, and follow Me
September 5, 2021 - Paralyzing Fear vs. Living in God's Peace

AUGUST
August 29, 2021 - The Conversion of the Heart
August 22, 2021 - Will We Stay or Will We Leave?
August 15, 2021 - Feast of the Assumption - Mary as our spiritual mothers and source of encouragement in this Valley of Tears
August 8, 2021 - God's gifts for encouraging us to persevere in the Faith in this Valley of Tears
August 1, 2021 - Jesus's Desire for each of us to give our life to Him in Love and Trust

JULY
July 25, 2021 - The Deeper Meaning of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes and Every person being important in God's eyes
July 18, 2021 - Seeking the Lord's Peace
July 4, 2021 - My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness

JUNE
June 27, 2021 - The Interplay of Divine Healing and the Redemptive Meaning of Human Suffering
June 20, 2021 - Being a Man of God
June 13, 2021 - Littleness and Preparation for Our Final End
June 6, 2021 - Corpus Christi - Do we realize the gift that the Mass and the Holy Eucharist is?

MAY
May 30, 2021 - Trinity Sunday - The belief in the Holy Trinity as the Foundation for our Christian Life
May 23, 2021 - Pentecost Sunday - The Holy Spirit
May 16, 2021 - Remorse vs. Repentance
May 13, 2021 - What the Ascension of the Lord Jesus Means for Us
May 9, 2021 - Mary and Mother's Day
May 2, 2021 - Transformation in Christ

APRIL
How to encourage priestly and religious vocations in this difficult time
Growth in the Joy of the Spiritual Life in the Light of Jesus's Resurrection
The Gift of Divine Mercy Sunday
Easter 2021: A New Start
Good Friday 2021 - Entering more deeply into the mystery of the Lord’s Passion by meditating on and living the Sorrowful Mysteries of the Rosary
Holy Thursday 2021 - The Gift of the First Mass

MARCH
March 28, 2021 - Has God Abandoned Us?


Infant of Prague 1-Day Novena

(This Novena is to be said at the same time every hour for
9 consecutive hours in 1 Day!)


O Jesus, Who hast said, "ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock, and it shall be opened to you"; through the intercession of Mary, Thy most Holy Mother, I knock, I seek, I ask that my prayer be granted.
(Make your Request)

O Jesus, Who hast said. "all that you ask of the Father in My Name, He will grant you"; through the intercession of Mary Thy Most Holy Mother, I humbly and urgently ask Thy Father in Thy Name that my prayer be granted.
(Make your Request)

O Jesus, Who hast said "Heaven and Earth shall pass away but my word shall not pass," through the intercession of Mary, Thy Most Holy Mother, I feel confident that my prayer will be granted.
(Make your Request)

St. Michael the Archangel, defend us in battle, be our defense against the wickedness and snares of the devil; may God rebuke him, we humbly pray, and do thou O Prince of the heavenly hosts, by the divine power, thrust into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who prowl about the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
 
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