Message from Fr. Rick
 

Ninteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
August 7, 2022

Brothers and Sisters in Christ,

I had hoped to be back on my feet this weekend to offer Mass at Saint Francis and Saint Anthony, but on Friday I again tested positive for COVID. Please pray that I can get over this bout. I am actually not doing too badly, a persistent cough and congestion, but thankfully no fever. Thank you to everyone for your prayers and for the meals being delivered to my door.

Saint Anthony, pray for us.

Saint Francis, pray for us.

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time July 31, 2022

“Thus will it be for all who store up treasure for themselves but are not rich in what matters to God.”

We have likely all heard the expression, “You can’t take it with you.”, and it’s true, you can’t take it with you. All the “stuff” we accumulate during our lives: material possessions, money, land, property, our reputations, and social standing, it all gets left behind when at last our eyes close for the last time on this world. And yet, Jesus reminds us there is something we can bring with us, wealth “that matters to God”.

A life of faith, a strong hope, love for God and for our neighbor out of love for God. This is the wealth we ought to be working to accumulate before we leave this world, true wealth that matters to God.