Chosen in Love
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29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (10/18/2026) This weekend at the 10:15 AM Mass, we’ll celebrate a couple whose civil marriage is being convalidated in the Catholic Church. Through this sacrament, they’re inviting God more fully into their marriage and having their union recognized by the Church. This is a wonderful opportunity to invite anyone whose marriage hasn’t been recognized by the Church, or who may need an annulment from a previous marriage, to start a conversation with me. I’m here to help you understand your situation and walk with you through the process. God has called...
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Gut Check, Next Step
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26th Sunday in Ordinary Time (09/27/26) I don’t like mornings. I’m not a morning person, and I never wake up happy. I have a sleep app that asks me to rate how I wake up: angry red, “blah” yellow, or happy green. After years of using it, I’ve never once chosen green. I’m permanently yellow. But as a kid, there were mornings when I absolutely would have chosen green: waking up to hear, “It’s a snow day! No school!” Or Dad waking you up for deer hunting. Those were green-face mornings. But when Dad woke you up because there was work to do? Definitely red. In today’s Gospel,...
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We’re Growing - St. Joseph
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22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (08/30/26) Something is happening in our parish—and it’s beautiful. We’re growing: more young families, more baptisms, more people becoming Catholic, and more people coming home to the faith after years away. That doesn’t happen by accident. It’s the Holy Spirit moving through this community, through the prayers, service, hospitality, and witness of so many people. Like Jeremiah’s image of God’s word as a fire in his bones, when we encounter something real in Jesus, we can’t help but share it—and that faith spreads. We see it especially in...
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Deacon Brian: The Good News
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21st Sunday in Ordinary Time (8/23/2026) Fr. David often reminds us that the Sunday readings are connected, and today that connection is especially powerful. Isaiah tells us about the “key of the House of David” being given to Eliakim, while in today’s Gospel, Jesus—the Son of David—gives the keys of the Kingdom of Heaven to Peter, appointing him to proclaim the faith with authority. And what does Peter proclaim? The kerygma, the Greek word for “proclamation”: the heart of the Good News. The kerygma isn’t primarily about what we do for God—loving our neighbor or...
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Prayerful Generosity — CSA Appeal
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20th Sunday in Ordinary Time (08/16/26). This weekend is our Catholic Services Appeal, which helps our Diocese of Superior serve the people of Northern Wisconsin. Our goals this year are $69,650 for St. Joseph and $17,290 for St. Ann. We made our goals last year, and I’m confident we can do it again. But I want to challenge us to something deeper than simply meeting a number: prayerful generosity. Jesus gives us the perfect example. He was prayerful—continually interceding for us—and He was generous, giving His very life for our salvation. The CSA makes a real difference: it supports...
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What Really Fills Us?
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18th Sunday in Ordinary Time God doesn't just want to give us enough—He wants to fill us. Throughout Scripture, food is a sign of something much deeper: God satisfying the hunger of our hearts and souls. Even as Jesus grieved the death of John the Baptist and sought time alone in prayer, His heart was moved with compassion for the crowds. He took five loaves and two fish, blessed them, broke them, and gave them, showing that when we offer our small gifts to God, He multiplies them beyond what we can imagine. That same pattern reaches its fulfillment in the Eucharist, where Christ feeds us...
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Pearl of Great Price
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17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Today's Gospel reminds us that God's kingdom is not a life free from suffering, but the certainty that God can bring good out of every hardship. Like the merchant who joyfully sold everything for the pearl of great price, we are invited to rediscover the incomparable treasure of Jesus Christ and His Church. Even though the Church is made up of saints and sinners in a broken world, its true worth never diminishes because Christ remains present in the Eucharist, His Word, and the sacraments. This week, reflect on two simple questions: Do I truly recognize Jesus as my...
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What Kind of Soil Will We Become?
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15th Sunday in Ordinary Time In this homily on the Parable of the Sower, we're invited to stop asking, "What kind of soil am I?" and instead ask, "What kind of soil am I becoming?" God never stops sowing His grace into our lives, but the fruit we bear depends on the condition of our hearts. Discover how you're probably bearing more spiritual fruit than you realize, why greater fruitfulness often comes from bringing more intention—not more activity—to your daily relationships, and how to identify and remove the "rocks" and "thorns" that keep God's Word from taking deeper root. A practical...
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Taking Up Your Cross: Acceptance and Freedom
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13th Sunday in Ordinary Time There's a world of difference between having a cross and taking up your cross. Drawing on Jacques Philippe's Interior Freedom, Fr. David shares the three ways we respond to suffering — rebellion, resignation, and consent — and why only one of them leads to peace. If you've ever spent more energy fearing a cross than actually carrying one, this homily is for you.
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The Spirit is Alive Here!
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Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity On this Trinity Sunday, we celebrate not only the mystery of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but the living God who is actively at work among us today. In this homily, Fr. David reflects on the visible signs of the Holy Spirit moving in our parish communities—more baptisms, growing numbers of families, new households joining the Church, deeper conversions, and people returning to the Lord after years away. As we recognize these signs of grace, we are encouraged to keep doing what we're doing: inviting, welcoming, praying, serving, and sharing our faith...
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