Deacon Stu’s Reflection 8-3-24
17th Friday in ordinary Time Yr 2 – August 2, 2024Jer 26:1-9; Ps 69: 5, 8-10, 14; Mt 13:54-58 It seems lately, Christianity is being pushed to the forefront of everyone’s minds. From the political landscape to the Olympics, there seems to be a huge attack on those who are Christians. Not just the Catholic faith, […]
Deacon Stu Dobson’s Homily – July 26, 2024
Friday the 16th week of Ordinary Time, Feast of St. Anne and St. Joachim, July 26, 2024 Jer 3:14-17; (Ps) Jer 31:10-13; Mt 13:18-23 Today we celebrate the lives of St. Anne and St. Joachim, Mary’s parents. Not much is known about them except what we find in the Protoevangelium of James, which means the precursor […]
Deacon Stu Dobson’s Reflection 7-19-24
Friday, 15th week in Ordinary Time, July 19, 2024 Is 38:1-6, 21-22, 7-8; (Ps) Is 38:10-12-16; Mt 12:1-8 Personally, I think I would be rather upset if a prophet came to me and said, “Put your house in order, for you are about to die.” Yikes! I am not that old, (yet). But it is an […]
Deacon Stu Dobson’s Reflection 7-12-24
Friday of the Fourteenth week of Ordinary time, Yr 2. July 12, 2024 Hos 14:2-10; Ps 51: 3-4, 8-9. 12-13, 14 and 17; Mt 10:16-23 Hosea’s prophecy closes on a note of hope. Verse 14:5 says, “I will heal their defection, says the Lord, I will love them freely.” These words are comforting to someone […]
Deacon Stu Dobson’s Homily 7-5-24
Friday, the 13th week of ordinary time, July 5, 2024 Am 8:4-6, 9-12; Ps 119:2, 10, 20, 30, 40, 131; Mt 9:9-13 A long time ago, probably 30-plus years ago, we were doing a Bible study on the Gospel of Matthew. What struck me was the call of Matthew, how Jesus just walked up to him […]
Deacon Stu Dobson’s Reflection 6-28-24
12th week in ordinary time- Feast of St Irenaeus – Friday, June 28, 2024 Kgs 25:1-12 Ps 137:1-6 Mt 8:1-4 Today, we continue reading from the second half of the Book of Kings. One would wonder why we need to go back through history and learn all about the persecutions of the Israelites. In this section […]
Deacon Stu Dobson’s Reflection 6-7-24
Friday after Corpus Christi, Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus-June 7, 2024 Dt 7:6-11; Ps 103:1-4, 8, 10; 1 Jn 4:7-16; Mt 11:25-30 Note: I will be out of town celebrating the marriage of my daughter, but I liked this reflection so much, that I decided to share it from last year! How […]
Deacon Stu Dobson’s Reflection 5-24-24
7th Friday in Ordinary Time, year 2, May 24, 2024 Jas 5:9-12; Ps 103:1-4, 8-9, 11-12; Mk 10:1-12 Since the great fall of humanity, as told in Genesis Chapter 3, it seems we think we know what is best for ourselves. We want to be God and make all the decisions on how we live our […]
Deacon Stu Dobson’s Reflection 5-17-24
Friday of the 7th week of Easter, May 17, 2024 Acts 25: 13b-21; Ps 103-1-2, 11-12, 19-20; Jn 21:15-19 The other day, a group of men were sitting around talking about their life in Christ. It seemed to be a great topic given Pentecost is on Sunday. Often, we forget how we first met the Lord. […]
Deacon Stu Dobson’s Reflection 5-10-24
Friday of the 6th week of Easter, May 10, 2024 Acts 18:9-18; Ps 47:2-7; Jn 16:20-23 We have all had dreams. And, If I were to surmise, some were good, and some were nightmares. Paul understood the dream he had to be a premonition as to what would lie ahead. I don’t know if I would […]