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20th Sunday in Ordinary Time: August 16/17 2025
A Calvin and Hobbes cartoon pictures Calvin, who is probably 4 or 5 years old, sitting under a sign out by the street which says, “a good...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
4 hours ago4 min read
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time: August 9/10 2025
I found Jesus’ words in the Gospel today very comforting; did you catch them right at the beginning of the reading? “Do not be afraid any...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Aug 123 min read
18th Sunday in Ordinary Time: August 2/3 2025
The Vicious Cycle by Subham Garg Once upon a time there was a beggar. A dirt-poor beggar with no money for food, shelter, or decent...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Aug 54 min read
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time: July 26/27 2025
Most of us think of prayers, as asking God for what we want or need. While prayer is much more than this, let’s stick with that for a...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Aug 53 min read
15th Sunday in Ordinary Time: July 12/13 2025
A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho. . . Jesus doesn’t use any religious or social labels to describe the man, and he...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Jul 153 min read
Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles: June 28/29 2025
Ordinarily, after Lent, after Easter, and after the two post, Easter solemnities of the Holy Trinity and the Body and Blood of Christ, we...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Jul 15 min read
Trinity Sunday: June 14/15 2025
On this feast of the Holy Trinity – which teaches us that God comes in three: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: let me share three stories...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Jun 174 min read
Pentecost: June 7/8 2025
I think the seeds, as well as the need for today’s feast of Pentecost were planted last week in our hearts and minds in two of our...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Jun 104 min read
5th Sunday of Easter: May 17/18 2025
And Jesus said: “my children, I will be with you only a little while longer. I give you a new commandment love one another.” Did I read...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
May 214 min read
4th Sunday of Easter: May 10/11 2025
Most of you, especially the students in our school, have heard a lot of this – but I don’t think anyone has heard the full story. So on...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
May 135 min read
Easter Sunday: April 19/20 2025
So HAPPY EASTER! And thanks for spending it with us here at St. Patrick! More than anything else after Lent is over, I like being able to...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Apr 235 min read
Palm Sunday: April 11/12 2025
Today, more than ever, I wanted to say in the opening greeting: Dear friends in Christ, for 5 SHORT weeks, we have been preparing to...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Apr 142 min read
Lent: April 5/6 2025
It was a phrase first used by Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel. He used it to describe how easily the Israelites forgot how God freed...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Apr 94 min read
Baptism of the Lord: Jan. 11/12, 2025
Who is faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive – and able to leap tall buildings with single bound? Superman -...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Jan 224 min read
1 Advent: Nov. 30/Dec. 1, 2024
Why does a teenage boy, given to one word answers and careless dress, suddenly become concerned about his appearance and sound a bit more...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Dec 5, 20244 min read
Thanksgiving: 28 November 2024
So just a little light humor before we get serious: A man named John received a parrot, named CHIEF, as a gift. The parrot had a bad...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Nov 28, 20242 min read
Christ the King: 23/24 November 2024
When Pope Pius XI instituted this feast of Christ the King for the universal Church in 1925 - Christians in many parts of the world were...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Nov 24, 20243 min read
32nd Ordinary Time: November 9 / 10
11/10/2024 Two widows - the most vulnerable people in a patriarchal society. And they should humble us. A starving mother...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Nov 12, 20242 min read
31st Sunday Ordinary Time November 2 & 3, 2024
To peak your interest – and to catch your attention--- our school's spring musical will be Fiddler on the Roof -- so stay tuned -- and...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Nov 7, 20242 min read
28 Ordinary: October 12/13, 2024
My name is Plutus – I was named after the Greek God of wealth – because that’s what I was, “filthy rich” as you say in your day. I...

Fr. Matthew Brumleve
Oct 13, 20244 min read
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