Here you will find a quick link to the upcoming Sunday Readings for the Mass – and from time to time a short Bible study on the Gospel or one of the other readings.
25th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A (September 20, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: The Sure Foundation
Fr George’s homily: What’s fair?
24th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A (September 13, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Looking back
Fr George’s homily: Forgiveness, gardens, and hard work
23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A (September 6, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Sins against
Fr George’s homily: We have to talk
22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A (August 30, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Leadership
Fr George’s homily: Remembering the fire
21st Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A (August 23, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Bourbon and the Spiritual Life
Fr George’s homily: A question for a lifetime
20th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A (August 16, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: The Wolf of Gubbio
Fr George’s homily: Leaning
19th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A (August 9, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Audacious
Fr George’s homily: Making Time to Listen
18th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A (August 2, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: What anchors you?
Fr George’s homily: Nine words and a question mark
17th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A (July 26, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: The Backyard Fence
Fr George’s homily: Keeping Up
16th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A (July 19, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: What is your Bible plan?
Fr George’s homily: Those who are just must be kind
15th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A (July 12, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: How to begin to read the Bible
Fr George’s homily: Saying Yes
14th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A (July 5, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Be Forgiving
Fr George’s homily: Adjustments
13th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A (June 28, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Forgiving God
Fr George’s homily: Making your life count
12th Sunday of Ordinary Time – Year A (June 21, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (June 19/21, 2020)
Pastor’s Column: The Sacred Heart
Fr George’s homily: Fountain fullness of love
Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi – June 14, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: The Body of Christ for Francis
Fr George’s homily: The Desire of Souls
Holy Trinity Sunday (June 7, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: The Trinity: in relationship
Fr George’s homily: In relationship with lives that matter
Pentecost Sunday (May 31, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Figuring things out
Fr George’s homily: This Pentecost
Ascension Sunday (May 24, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: How beautiful
Fr George’s homily: The next steps
6th Sunday in Easter (May 17, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Choosing an Abundant Life
Fr George’s homily: Finding our way
5th Sunday in Easter (May 10, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Discovering Essential
Fr George’s homily: Living Stones
4th Sunday in Easter (May 3, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Change upon change upon change
Fr George’s homily: Who could possibly love us?
3rd Sunday in Easter (April 26, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Spring Cleaning
Fr. George’s homily: Turning Out Well
2nd Sunday in Easter (April 19, 2020)
Divine Mercy Sunday
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Not the finish line
Fr. George’s homily: Perception and Response
Easter Sunday (April 12, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Being a Parish
Fr. George’s homily: Covenant People (Easter Vigil)
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion (April 5, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Opportunities Given Us
Fr George’s homily: Entry into the Heart of Holy Week
5th Sunday of Lent (March 29, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: The Power of Habits (part 2)
Fr George’s homily: As Tears Fall
4th Sunday of Lent (March 22, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: The Power of Habits
Fr George’s homily: Being Church
On Wednesday March 18th, the Diocese of St. Petersburg suspended all public Masses due to the Covid-19 pandemic. We will endeavor to maintain the posting of a Gospel Study, the Pastor’s Column and a Homily. Be well. Be smart. Be safe.
3rd Sunday of Lent (March 15, 2020)
Gospel study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Lent with a new lens
Fr George’s homily: Nuance
2nd Sunday of Lent (March 8, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Right-sizing for Lent
Fr George’s homily: It’s good to be here
1st Sunday of Lent (March 1, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Your Lenten Plan
Fr George’s homily: Three Invitations
7th Sunday of Ordinary Time (February 23, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: RCIA in the Lenten Season
Fr George’s homily: Being Perfect
6th Sunday of Ordinary Time (February 16, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: What’s Going On (Part 2)
Fr George’s homily: Habits
5th Sunday of Ordinary Time (February 9, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: What’s Going On
Fr George’s homily: Christian saltiness
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (February 2, 2020)
Pastor’s Column: True North
Fr George’s homily: The Light and the Story
4th Sunday of Ordinary Time (replaced by Presentation)
Gospel Study: commentary
3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (January 26, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: The spectrum
Fr George’s homily: Timbuktu
2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time (January 19, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: A view from the kitchen window
Fr George’s homily: From silence to the heroic
Baptism of the Lord (January 12, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Looking Ahead
Fr George’s homily: Set as a Covenant
The Epiphany of the Lord (January 5, 2020)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: What are you seeking?
Something extra: Who are the Magi?
Fr George’s homily: Assumptions
Holy Family (December 29, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Resolutions and Habits
Fr George’s homily: A work in progress
Christmas (December 25, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary (Vigil Mass)
Fr George’s homily: The Day After
Fourth Sunday in Advent (December 22, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Hark the Herald
Fr George’s homily: Complicated and Messy
Third Sunday in Advent (December 15, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: The Habit of Patience
Fr. George’s homily: Where is the Joy?
Second Sunday in Advent (December 8, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: The Gift of Mercy
Fr George’s homily: Good Advice
First Sunday in Advent (December 1, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: The Gift of Forgiveness
Fr George’s homily: Diocesan Vocation Director preaching at all Masses
Thanksgiving Day (November 28, 2019)
Fr George’s homily: Practicing Gratitude
Thirty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (November 24, 2019)
Christ the King Sunday
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Cultivating Gratitude
Fr George’s homily: The King of Hearts
Thirty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (November 17, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Contagious Gratitude
Fr George’s homily: The Temple Within
Thirty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (November 10, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Practice, Practice, Practice
Fr George’s homily: Hope, Love and Resurrection
Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (November 3, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Making Your Plans
Fr George’s homily: Gone Fishing
Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 27, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Parish Life – Annual Reporting
Fr George’s homily: A Year From Now
Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 20, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Stewardship and Not Changing a Thing
Fr George’s homily: Prayer and the Long Defeat
Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 13, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: God’s Plan
Fr George’s homily: Being Grateful
Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 6, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Francis of Assisi
Fr George’s homily: Fences and Bridges
Twenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time (September 29, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column:
Fr George’s homily: First step: Empathy
Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time (September 22, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Everyday Holiness: Being Stewards of Your Own Life
Fr George’s homily: Infinite Mercy
Twenty-Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (September 15, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: History and Holiness: Being Stewards of Your Own Life
Fr George’s homily: It’s Complicated
Twenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (September 8, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Doing What is Ours to Do
Fr. George’s homily: Invited
Twenty-Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (September 1, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Thoughts for Labor Day
Fr. George’s homily: Being Humble
Twenty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time (August 25, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Core Values of Stewardship
Fr. George’s homily: Gifted, graced, and get-going
Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time (August 18, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Stewards of our lives
Fr. George’s homily: Temperature, change and grace
Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (August 11, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Stewardship: Talent
Fr. George’s homily: A Good Life
Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (August 4, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Stewardship: Time
Fr. George’s homily: When we fall asleep
Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (July 28, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Forgiving: why aren’t I any good at it?
Fr George’s homily: Unlearning and prayer
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (July 21, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Apollo 11 and Faith
Fr George’s homily: Choosing Well
Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (July 14, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Bourbon and the Spiritual Life
Fr. George’s homily: How do we see them?
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (July 7, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Remembering Freedom
Fr George’s homily: Crossing Bridges
Thirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (June 30, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: How to read the Bible
Fr George’s homily: Greatness
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (June 23, 2019) – Corpus Christi
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: How Not to Read the Bible
Fr George’s homily: Handing On and Covenant
The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity (June 16, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Pastor’s Column: Knowing Jesus
Fr George’s homily: What’s the Difference?
Pentecost Sunday (June 9, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr George’s homily: What does this mean?
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord (June 2, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr George’s homily: Save the Date Sunday
6th Sunday of Easter (May 26, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr George’s homily: Things held dear
5th Sunday of Easter (May 19, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr. George’s homily: Last word, first things
4th Sunday of Easter (May 12, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr George’s homily: A name spoken
3rd Sunday of Easter (May 5, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr George’s homily: Miserando atque Eligendo
2nd Sunday of Easter (April 28, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr George’s homily: Fear, Hope, and Being Sent
Easter Sunday (April 21, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr. George’s homily: Why do you believe?
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion (April 14, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
5th Lent, Year C (April 7, 2019)
at some Masses you may hear readings from Year A
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr. George’s homily: Conversion in the rearview
4th Lent, Year C (March 31, 2019)
at some Masses you may hear readings from Year A
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr. George’s homily: Hungers, empathy, and homecoming
3rd Lent, Year C (March 24, 2019)
at some Masses you may hear readings from Year A
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr. George’s homily: Controlling Chaos
RCIA homily: The well is deep
2nd Lent, Year C (March 17. 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr. George’s homily: Fuel for courage
1st Lent, Year C (March 10. 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr. George’s homily: Temptation
8th Sunday, Year C (March 3, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr. George’s homily: One’s speech
7th Sunday, Year C (February 24, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr. George’s homily: Precious and very great promises
6th Sunday, Year C (February 17, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr. George’s homily: Seeing the Kingdom
5th Sunday, Year C (February 10, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr. George’s homily: Into the Deep
4th Sunday, Year C (February 3, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr George’s homily: Wisdom and Love
3rd Sunday, Year C (January 27, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr George’s homily: The Porch Light
2nd Sunday, Year C (January 20, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Baptism of the Lord (January 13, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Epiphany (January 6, 2019)
Gospel Study: commentary
Holy Family (December 30, 2018)
Fr George’s homily: Becoming Holy Families
Christmas (December 24-25, 2018)
Christmas Vigil commentary
Christmas Day commentary
4th Sunday of Advent (December 23, 2018)
Fr George’s homily: A blessing for others
3rd Sunday of Advent (December 16, 2018)
Fr George’s homily: Choosing Joy
2nd Sunday of Advent (December 9, 2018)
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr George’s homily: The way to high places
1st Sunday of Advent (December 2, 2018)
Gospel Study: commentary
Fr George’s homily: A Promise big enough to save
Readings, commentaries, and homilies from previous years:
Liturgical Year B (2018) Liturgical Year A (2017) Liturgical Year C (2016)
