Conversion of St Paul 25 Jan 2009

Click here to download and listen to this homily (10 minutes) given by Fr. Thomas Weise at the 11 am Mass.  The Conversion of St. Paul on the road to Damascus becomes the touch stone for the rest of Paul's ministry.  He finds Jesus of Nazareth alive in the followers of the way that he was persecuting.  Bono, the lead singer of the rock band U2, when asked about the amazing success of his one.org campaign to end world hunger, said: "We need to stop praying the God will bless what we are doing.  Instead we need to get onboard with what God is doing because it is already abundantly blessed."  Jonah get a trip in the belly of a whale before he gets onboard with God's plan to save Nineveh.  Paul ends up trying to destroy the very Gospel message he will carry to the ends of the earth through his travels and writing before he meets the risen Lord. 

Lets get onboard with what God is already doing, because it is abundantly blessed.

Readings: Jonah 3:1-5, 10; Psalm 25; Acts 9:1-22; Mark 1:14-20

Bishop Elect Edward J Burns 19 Jan 2009

Click here to download and listen to this homily (8 minutes) given by Bishop Elect Edward Burns on the day of the announcement that he will be the next Bishop of the Diocese of Juneau.  "It is with profound gratitude to our Holy Father for his confidence in me to lead this Diocese and with great humility that I have accepted this challenge."  His Episcopal motto is "Pray with Confidence!"  Let us pray for one another.

Monsignor Burns was born on October 7, 1957 to Donald P. and Geraldine Little Burns in Pittsburgh, PA.  He received secondary education at Lincoln High School in Ellwood City, PA.  He obtained a BA in Philosophy and Sociology from Duquesne University, Pitsburgh, PA.  He earned a Master of Divinity and a Master of Theology from Mount St. Mary Seminary in Emmitsburg, MD.  He was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Pittsburgh on June 25, 1983.

He will be ordained a Bishop on March 3, 2009 in St Paul Cathedral, Pittsburgh, PA.

He will be installed as Bishop of Juneau on April 2, 2009 in St Paul Parish, Juneau, AK.

2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B 18 Jan 2009

Click here to download and listen to this homily (9 minutes) given by Fr. Thomas Weise.  We know very little about the deep oceans.  In fact we may know more about the moon and Mars than we know about the deep sea.  I think this is true for us as well.  We need to go deeper into our selves and find the Holy Spirit dwelling there.  We truly are a temple of the Holy Spirit.

Readings: 1 Samuel 3:3b-10, 19; Psalm 40; 1 Corinthians 6:13c-15a; John 1:35-42

Baptism of the Lord 11 Jan 2008

Click here to download and listen to this homily (13 minutes) given by Fr. Thomas Weise.  We are all beloved sons and daughters of the Lord.  Do we live it?

Click here to download and listen to this homily (14 minutes) given by Deacon Charles Rohrbacher.  We are to be the hands, feet, eyes, ears of Christ in the world.  We have been baptized into the living Body of Christ.

Readings: Isaiah 55:1-11; Isaiah 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6; 1 John 5:1-9; Mark 1:7-11