Remembering Aidan Taylor Neary10 Dec 2009

Click here to download and listen to this homily (15 minutes) given by Fr. Thomas Weise at St. Pauls on the occasion of the one year anniversary of Aidan Neary's death. Life is Good, every moment is precious, and the next moment is not guaranteed.

Readings: Ecclesiastes 3:1-8; Psalm 116; Romans 8:28-32; Matthew 25:1-13.

Click here to download and listen to this reflection (12 minutes) given by Mary and Patrick Neary, Aidan's parents.

Aiden wrote this poem "Legacy" in March of 2008 a few months before his death: "All of us want our memory saved, long after we come to pass. We want a piece of us engraved, or captured, as if behind glass. We all want to leave behind a legacy, so that we'll live on in our endeavors. To want otherwise would simply be a lunacy, for then we'd be forgotten forever. As for mine, I don't ask for much, I don't need to be very far-famed. I want to be good, and remembered as such. With that legacy, I wouldn't be ashamed."

2nd Sunday of Advent, Cycle C, 6 Dec 2009

Click here to download and listen to this homily (13 minutes) given by Bishop Edward Burns. John the Baptist calls each of us to conversion. What are we going to do differently to prepare the way for the coming of the Lord Jesus?

Readings: Baruch 5:1-9; Psalm 126; Philippians 1:4-6, 8-11; Luke 3:1-6.

1st Sunday of Advent, Cycle C, 29 Nov 2009

Click here to download and listen to this homily (18 minutes) given by Fr. Thomas Weise. Happy Catholic New Year! What two things will you do to help bring about the Kingdom of God?

Click here to download and listen to this homily (12 minutes) given by Deacon Charles Rohrbacher. Advent is the time to pray "Maranatha--Come Lord Jesus."

Readings: Jeremiah 33: 14-16; Psalm 25; 1 Thessalonians 3:12-4:2; Luke 21:25-28, 34-36.