Browsing the August 2019 archive of Blog

Aug 25, 2019 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time

Posted by Helen Kilburg on 8/26/19

Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time  

Reading 1 IS 66:18-21

Responsorial Psalm PS 117:1, 2

R.(Mk 16:15) Go out to all the world and tell the Good News.

Reading 2 HEB 12:5-7, 11-13

Alleluia JN 14:6 Alleluia, alleluia.

Gospel LK 13:22-30

Homily for Nativity on the Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time   

Thanks for being here to worship God on this beautiful last weekend before school starts. With that start comes the start of several sports seasons. The other day I was talking to my friend who is a football coach at Wahlert and he asked if I was going to address the players at some point.  I told him, I don’t know, but I know what I’d say, “The pain of discipline is much less than the pain of ... Read More »

August 18, 2019 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Fr Andy Upah

Posted by Helen Kilburg on 8/19/19

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time  

Reading 1 JER 38:4-6, 8-10

Responsorial Psalm PS 40:2, 3, 4, 18 (14b)  Lord, come to my aid!

Reading 2 HEB 12:1-4

Alleluia JN 10:27 Alleluia, alleluia. 

Gospel LK 12:49-53

Homily for Nativity on the Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 8/18/2019 JER 38:4-6, 8-10; HEB ... Read More »

August 11, 2019 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Deacon Steve Whiteman

Posted by Helen Kilburg on 8/12/19

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time  11 Aug 2019        grab onto the rope Death and taxes.

In 1789, Benjamin Franklin coined this well-known expression when he wrote: “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.”

Death and taxes are still 2 certainties in our ever-changing world but one could argue there ... Read More »

August 4, 2019 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Fr Andy Upah

Posted by Helen Kilburg on 8/05/19

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Reading 1ECC 1:2; 2:21-23

Responsorial Psalm PS 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14 AND 17 (1)If today you hear his voice, harden not your hearts.

Reading 2 COL 3:1-5, 9-11

Alleluia MT 5:3

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. ... Read More »