4th Sunday in Easter 13 April 2008

This Homily (28 minutes) was given by Fr. Thomas Weise at the 11am Mass celebrating Good Shepherd Sunday and World Day for Prayer for Vocations. A vocation to service in the Kingdom of God is born of: (1) the individual listening for that still small voice of God calling each of us by name, (2) the support of that vocation coming from the community. With the median age for the 42k priests in the US at 68, that means 21k priests are well passed retirement. By 2017 there will be more deacons than priests in the US, at 26k. We are a church in crisis. Vocations come from families. What will we do to encourage a vocation to service in the Church?

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Readings: Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Psalm 23; 1 Peter 2:20b-25; John 10:1-10

3rd Sunday of Easter 6 April 2008

This Homily (17 minutes) was given by Fr. Thomas Weise at the 5:30 evening Mass. The Gospel story is about the two disciples who were walking away from their faith Easter morning on their way to Emmaus. Jesus searches them out and walks with them, opens the scriptures for them, and they recognize him in the breaking of the bread.

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This Homily (18 minutes) was given by Deacon Charles Rohrbacher at the 11am morning Mass. Pope Gregory the Great, preaching on this gospel passage said: "Let anyone who wishes to understand what he has heard be quick to fulfill in action what he has already been able to understand. The Lord was not recognized when he was speaking, but he deigned to be recognized when he was being fed." We are called to hospitality and Christian charity.

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Readings: Acts 2:14, 22-33; Psalm 16; 1 Peter 1:17-21; Luke 24:13-35