Thursday 7th Week Ordinary Time, 27 Feb 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (9 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were put around his neck and he were thrown into the sea.

Readings: James 5:1-6; Psalm 49; Mark  9:41-50

Wednesday 7th Week Ordinary Time, 26 Feb 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (7 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. You have no idea what your life will be like. Instead you should say: If the Lord wills it. Whoever is not against us is for us.

Readings: James 4:13-17; Psalm 49; Mark 9:38-40

Tuesday 7th Week Ordinary Time, 25 Feb 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (6 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. The humble will gain the Kingdom of God. If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.

Readings: James 4:1-10; Psalm 55; Mark 9:30-37

Monday 7th Week Ordinary Time, 24 Feb 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (6 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Worldly wisdom is earthly, unspiritual, demonic. For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there is disorder.

Readings: James 3:13-18; Psalm 19; Mark 9:14-29

7th Sunday Ordinary Time, 23 Feb 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (16 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise.  Love is of God. Hate is of Satan. Jesus teaches us to love our enemies. By turning the other cheek and going the extra mile we gain freedom through non-violence.

Readings: Leviticus 19:1-2, 17-18; Psalm 103; 1Corinthians 3:16-23; Matthew 5:38-48

Chair of Peter, 22 Feb 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (10 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.

Readings: 1Peter 5:1-4; Psalm 23; Matthew 16:13-19

Friday 6th Week Ordinary Time, 21 Feb 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (8 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. For just as a body without a spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

Readings: James 2:14-24, 26; Psalm 112; Mark 8:34-9:1

Thursday 6th Week Ordinary Time, 20 Feb 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (6 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. If you show partiality, you commit sin. Jesus asks, "Who do you say that I am?" Peter replied, "You are the Christ."

Readings: James 2:1-9; Psalm 34; Mark 8:27-33

Wednesday 6th Week Ordinary Time, 19 Feb 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (7 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Be doers of the word and not hearers only. Religion that is pure and undefiled before God is this: to care for orphans and widows in their need.

Readings: James 1:19-27; Psalm 15; Mark 8:22-26

6th Sunday Ordinary Time, 16 Feb 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (19 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Jesus, the new Moses refines Thou Shall Not Kill to Thou Shall Not even be Angry and Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery to Thou Shall Not even look Lustfully. This is Good News because the power of God in us if far greater than the power of evil in the world.

Readings: Sirach 15:15-20; Psalm119; 1Corinthians 2:6-10; Matthew 5:17-37

Saturday 5th Week Ordinary Time, 15 Feb 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (9 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Jeroboam made two golden calves one in Dan and one in Bethel, leading the 10 Northern Kingdoms away from the One True God and eventually into oblivion. Jesus feeds the thousands.

Readings: 1Kings 12:26-32, 13:33-34; Psalm 106; Mark 8:1-10

Sts Valentine, Cyril, and Methodius, 14 Feb 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (10 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Today we exchange heart shaped Valentines while Jesus offers his own heart to us every day in the Eucharist.

Readings: 1 Kings 11:29-32; 12:19; Psalm 81; Mark 7:31-37

Thursday 5th Week Ordinary Time, 13 Feb 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (8 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Solomon starts to worship the idols of his many wives. The humility of the Syophoenician women saves her daughter.

Readings: 1Kings 11:4-13; Psalm 106; Mark 7:24-30

Wednesday 5th Week Ordinary Time, 12 Feb 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (8 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. The queen of Sheba, after meeting King Solomon, was left breathless, in awe. What takes your breath away? For me it is looking at Jesus crucified, and imagining the love that brought him there.

Readings: 1Kings 10:1-10; Psalm 37; Mark 7:14-23

Our Lady of Lourdes, 11 Feb 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (8 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. The waters at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes have healed hundreds of thousands, yet Jesus heals you and strengthens you at every Mass. Come often.

Readings: 1Kings 8:22-23, 27-30; Psalm 84; Mark 7:1-13

St Scholastica, 10 Feb 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (6 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Who ever touched the tassel of Jesus' cloak was healed. Come to Mass and touch Jesus in the Eucharist and be healed.

Readings: 1Kings 8:1-7, 9-13; Psalm 132; Mark 6:53-56

5th Sunday Ordinary Time, Cycle A, 9 Feb 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (18 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise.  Jesus declares us Salt and Light for a world flavorless and lost in darkness. Let us care for those in need flavoring both their and our lives with healing, shining the Light of Christ into a world of selfish darkness.

Readings: Isaiah 58:7-10; Psalm 112; 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; Matthew 5:13-16

Presentation of the Lord Jesus, 2 Feb 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (20 min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. Simeon and Anna, filled with the Holy Spirit recognize the baby Jesus as the savior of the world, while everyone else fails to do so. Pray daily to be filled with the Holy Spirit.

Readings: Malachi 3:1-4; Psalm 24; Hebrews 2:14-18; Luke 2:22-40

Saturday 3rd Week Ordinary Time, 1 Feb 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (7min) given by Fr Thomas Weise. The prophet Nathan uses a parable to convict King David of stealing the wife of Uriah. David responds, "I have sinned against the Lord."

Readings: 2 Samuel 12:1-7a, 10-17; Psalm 51; Mark 4:35-41

St John Bosco, 31 Jan 2014

Click here to listen to this homily (9min) given by Fr Thomas Weise.  St John Bosco (1815-1888) responded to the industrial revolution's city youth by teaching them a trade and about Jesus. 

Readings: 2 Samuel 11:1-4a, 5-10a, 13-17; Psalm 51; Mark 4:26-34