Wednesday 3rd Week Ordinary Time, 29 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (7 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Jesus tells and explains the parable of the sower. May every part of our soul's garden be rich soil that produces good fruit.

Readings: 2 Samuel 7:4-17; Psalm 89; Mark 4:1-20

St Thomas Aquinas, 28 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (8 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. "Three things are necessary for the salvation of man: to know what he ought to believe; to know what he ought to desire; and to know what he ought to do." ~ St Thomas Aquinas

Readings: 2 Samuel 6:12b-15, 17-19; Psalm 24; Mark 3:31-35

St Angela Merici, 27 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (5 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. "Do now what you'll wish you had done when your moment comes to die." ~St Angela Merici

Readings: 2 Samuel 5:1-7, 10; Psalm 89; Mark 3:22-30

3rd Sunday Ordinary Time, Cycle A, 26 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (19 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Jesus moves to Capernaum, called four fisherman to follow Him, and begins His ministry of bringing light into the darkness.

Readings: Isaiah 8:23-9:3; 1 Corinthians 1:10-13, 17; Matthew 4:12-23

Bill Love, Funeral & Eulogy, 25 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (10 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise and Eulogy by Celine Love. Bill Love (1927-2014), a teller of tall tales and fish stories who live life to the fullest and loved deeply. You will be missed. May you Rest in Peace.

Readings: Wisdom 3:1-9; Psalm 23; John 14:1-6

Conversion of St Paul, 25 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (5 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. O God, who taught the whole world through the preaching of the blessed Apostle Paul, draw us, we pray, nearer to you through the example of him whose conversion we celebrate today, and so make us witnesses to your truth in the world.

Readings: Acts 22:3-16; Psalm 117; Mark 16:15-18

St Francis de Sales, 24 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (7 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. O Lord, kindle in our hearts that divine fire of the Holy Spirit with which you so wonderfully inflamed the most gentle soul of St Francis de Sales.

Readings: 1 Samuel 24:3-21; Psalm 57; Mark 3:13-19

St Marianne Cope, 23 Jan 2014

Click here  to listen to this homily (8 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. So many were coming to hear and touch Jesus that he pushed off from shore in a boat to teach. Let us be fearless in sharing the Good News that our Churches will be full of people longing to hear Jesus and touch Him in the Eucharist.

Readings: 1 Samuel 18:6-9, 19:1-7; Psalm 56; Mark 3:7-12

Prayer for Legal Protection of Unborn Children, 22 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (9 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. God our Creator, we give thanks to you, who alone have the power to impart the breath of life as you form each of us in our mother's womb; grant, we pray, that we, whom you have made stewards of creation, may remain faithful to this sacred trust and constant in safeguarding the dignity of every human life. Amen

Readings: 1 Samuel 17:32-33, 37, 40-51; Psalm 144; Mark 3:1-6

St Agnes, 21 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (6 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. The Spirit of the Lord rushed upon David. St Agnes, "Christ made my soul beautiful with the jewels of grace and virtue. I belong to Him whom the angels serve."

Readings: 1 Samuel 16:1-13; Psalm 89; Mark 2:23-28

Monday 2nd Week Ordinary Time, 20 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (8 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Obedience to the Will of God is our greatest way of Loving God and Neighbor. Follow the Will of God in obedience today.

Readings: 1 Samuel  15:16-23; Psalm 50; Mark 2:18-22

Sanctity of Life Sunday, 19 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (18 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. God is the Author of all life. Every child is conceived within God's complete control. He creates each one of us. Let's pray that every conception ends with a live birth.

Readings: Isaiah 49:3, 5-6; Psalm 40; 1 Corinthians 1:1-3; John 1:29-34

Saturday 1st Week Ordinary Time, 18 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (5 min) give by Fr Thomas Weise. Jesus came to save sinner. He often ate with them. So we are in good company. Invite Jesus to dinner this week.

Readings: 1 Samuel 9:1-4, 17-19, 10:1; Psalm 21; Mark 2:13-17

Friday 1st Week Ordinary Time, 17 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (8 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Anthony heard, "Go sell what you have and follow after me," doing so he became a Saint. The Son of Man has authority to forgive sins on earth.

Readings: 1 Samuel 8:4-7, 10-22a; Psalm 89; Mark 2:1-12

Thursday 1st Week Ordinary Time, 16 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (6 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. At the touch of Jesus, the leprosy left him and he was made clean.

Readings: 1 Samuel 4:1-11; Psalm 44; Mark 1:40-45

Wednesday 1st Week Ordinary Time, 15 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (9 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Young Samuel hears the call of the Lord and answers, "Speak Lord, for your servant is listening." Let us do the same.

Readings: 1 Samuel 3:1-10, 19-20; Psalm 40; Mark 1:29-39

Tuesday 1st Week Ordinary Time, 14 Jan 2104

Click here to listen to this homily (5 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Jesus drives out daemons and teaches with authority. Jesus shares these abilities with us through our baptism. Go and do good.

Readings: 1 Samuel 1:9-20; Mark 1:21-28

Monday 1st Week Ordinary Time, 13 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (5 min) give by Fr Thomas Weise. Jesus calls his first Apostles, four fishermen. Lord help direct our fishing efforts for our friends, neighbors, and enemies. That all will be saved.

Readins: 1 Samuel 1:1-8; Psalm 116; Mark 1:14-20

Baptism of Our Lord Jesus, 12 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (15 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Baptism gives us supernatural powers to do good and avoid evil while marking each of us for our final destination in Heaven.

Readings: Isaiah 42:1-4, 6-7; Psalm 29; Acts 10:34-38; Matthew 3:13-17

Saturday after Epiphany, 11 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (9 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. John the Baptist said, "Jesus must increase; I must decrease." This is good advice for all of us.

Readings: 1 John 5:14-21; Psalm 149; John 3:22-30

Friday after Epiphany, 10 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (6 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. By this the love of God was revealed: God sent his Only Begotten Son into the world, so that we might have life through Him.

Readings: 1 John 5:5-13; Psalm 147; Luke 5:12-16

Thursday after Epiphany, 9 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (8 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Those who love God must also love their brother and sisters.

Readings: 1 John 4:19-5:4; Psalm 72; Luke 4:14-22

Tuesday after Epiphany, 7 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (7 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Love wills the good of the other. God is perfect Love. Thus we must believe that God wills our good.

Readings: 1 John 4:7-10; Psalm 72; Mark 6:34-44

St Andre Bessette, 6 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (7 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. St Andre Bessette answered the door at Notre Dame College near Montreal for 40 years in humility and love.

Readings: 1 John 3:22-4:6; Psalm 2; Matthew 4:12-17, 23-25

Epiphany, 5 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (18 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. The Magi were actively looking for Christ and so they found him while most of those in Jerusalem failed to recognize him.

Readings: Isaiah 60:1-6; Psalm 72; Ephesians 3:2-3a 5-6; Matthew 2:1-12

St Elizabeth Ann Seton, 4 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (9 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise.  We pray with St Elizabeth Ann Seton, wife, mother of five, widow and founder of the Sisters of Charity, that we will have an abiding desire to do the Will of God.

Readings: 1 John 3:7-10; Psalm 98; John 1:35-42

Holy Name of Jesus, 3 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (6 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. At the Name of Jesus every knee must bow in the Heavens, on Earth and under the Earth. It is with the name of Jesus that we are marked for eternal life.

Readings: 1 John 2:29-3:6; Psalm 98; John 1:29-34

Saints Basil and Gregory, 2 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (7 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Saints Basil and Gregory were close friends encouraging each other in the study and practice of their Christian Faith. May your 2014 be filled with holy friendships.

Readings: 1 John 2:22-28; Psalm 98; John 1:19-28

Mary, Mother of God, 1 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (12 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. May the Lord bless you and keep you, may the Lord let His face shine upon you, and give you Peace, and give you Peace, and give you Peace Forever. (sing with me)

Readings: Number 6:22-27; Psalm 67; Galatians 4:4-7; Luke 2:16-21