Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Holy Family



Homily for the Feast of the Holy Family.

FYI - I had a cold so I apologize in advance for this one!

Readings used for this Mass can be found at the  USCCB's official website. We chose Sirach and the longer form of Colossians and the Gospel.

Christmas



Homily from Christmas morning Mass

Sunday, December 21, 2014

Men's Retreat

The talks from our men's retreat can be found at the links below.

Talk 1



4th Sunday Advent



Homily for the 4th Sunday of Advent

Readings can be found at the USCCB's official website

Sunday, December 14, 2014

3rd Sunday of Advent




Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Advent

Readings can be found at the USCCB's official website

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Immaculate Conception





Homily for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.

Readings for the Mass can be found at USCCB's official website.



Sunday, December 7, 2014

2nd Sunday of Advent Year B




Homily for the Second Sunday of Advent

Readings can be found at the USCCB's official website

Sunday, November 30, 2014

Sunday, November 23, 2014

Christ King of the Universe





Homily for the Last Sunday of the Year; Christ, King of the Universe

Readings can be found at the USCCB's official website.


Sunday, November 16, 2014

33rd Sunday Ordinary Time Year A



You can find the readings for this Mass at the USCCB's official website.

More information about charisms can be found at the Siena institute website.


Thursday, November 13, 2014

End of Life Presentation

We recorded the End of Life Presentation given at the KC Hall on Wednesday November 12th.

Much of the information spoken about can be found at Respect Life Office Webpage


End of Life Talk


If that link didn't work try THIS ONE

Monday, November 10, 2014

Dedication of St. John Lateran Basilica

Homily from the Feast of the Dedication of St. John Lateran Basilica



Readings for this Mass can be found at USCCB's Official website

Sunday, November 2, 2014

All Souls Day

Homily for All Souls Day

 

The readings for this Mass can be found at USCCB's official website


Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Sunday, October 19, 2014

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Homily for this Sunday


 



The readings for this Mass can be found at the USCCB's official website.

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Sunday, October 5, 2014

SoundCloud

I will be moving the storage and sharing of my homilies to a program called SoundCloud. I will still post the homily on here as a blog post, but you can download the SoundCloud app on your smartphone or tablet and then search for IC Parish and subscribe to it and the homilies will be available that way as well. It is my hope that this will make for easier access and less down time when there seems to be high traffic to my homilies.
I am still not sure how to get the homilies on iTunes, but if someone does know what is needed please feel free to let me know.

God bless,
Fr. Paul Rutten

27th Sunday Year A

I have heard from some people that there are times when the homilies are unavailable. With that being said I am going to attempt a different method of storing and sharing the files. Please feel free to let me know if using Sound Cloud works better than the old method.



27th Sunday Year A

Homily

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The readings for Mass can be found at the USCCB's official website.


Sunday, September 28, 2014

26th Sunday Ordinary Time Year A

Homily

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Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Tuesday, September 16, 2014

Exaltation of the Holy Cross

Homily

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The readings for the Mass can be found at USCCB's official website.

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Homily

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The readings for this Mass can be found at the USCCB's official website.

Sunday, August 31, 2014

22nd Sunday Ordinary Time Year A

Homily

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Tuesday, August 26, 2014

21st Sunday Ordinary Time Year A

Homily

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Sunday, August 17, 2014

20th Sunday Ordinary Time Year A

Homily

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The readings for the Mass can be found at the USCCB's official website.

Assumption

Homily
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014

18th Sunday Ordinary Time Year A

Homily

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The readings for Mass can be found at the USCCB's official website.


Sunday, July 27, 2014

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A

Homily

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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

16th Sunday Ordinary Time Year A

Homily

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Sunday, July 13, 2014

15th Sunday Ordinary Time Year A

Homily

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The readings for Mass can be found at the USCCB's official website

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Solemnity of Sts Peter and Paul

Homily

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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Pentecost Sunday

Homily

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The readings for Mass can be found at the USCCB's official website

Ascension Sunday

Homily

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Tuesday, May 27, 2014

6th Sunday of Easter Year A

Homily

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Sunday, May 18, 2014

5th Sunday of Easter

Homily

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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

4th Sunday of Easter

Homily

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The readings for this Mass can be found at the USCCB official website.

Thursday, May 8, 2014

3rd Sunday of Easter Year A

Homily

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The readings for the Mass can be found at the USCCB official website


Sunday, April 27, 2014

Divine Mercy

Homily

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Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Easter

Homily

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The readings for the Mass can be found at the USCCB official website.

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Palm Sunday

Homily

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Monday, April 7, 2014

5th Sunday Lent Year A

Homily

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Tuesday, April 1, 2014

4th Sunday Lent Year A

Homily
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The readings for this Mass can be found at the USCCB official website.

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

3rd Sunday Lent

Homily

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The readings can be found at the USCCB official website.

Why do we do that? Have a box where there are oils kept - this is called an ambry and it is often a small box in the sanctuary or near the baptismal font. It can also be an inset box with a door on it. This is where the holy oils are kept, which are blessed each year at the Chrism Mass.

Monday, March 17, 2014

2nd Sunday Lent Year A

Homily

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The readings for this Mass can be found at the USCCB official website


Tuesday, March 11, 2014

1st Sunday Lent

Homily

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Why do we do that? Go to a priest for confession
In John 20:21-23 we read "Jesus said to them again, "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me, so I send you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them and said to them, "Receive the holy Spirit. Whose sins you forgive are forgiven them, and whose sins you retain are retained."

We can see clearly that the holy Spirit was given to the Disciples with the command to forgive sins. Our Lord would not do something like this without the command needing to be followed by others. While it is God who forgives us our sins, it is through the priest that we receive the gift. We also see that sin is not just an offense against God and myself, but it is against the community as well. Thus, one must seek forgiveness from God and the community. Again, the priest takes this dual role upon himself.


Thursday, March 6, 2014

Ash Wednesday

Homily
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Wednesday, March 5, 2014

Presentation of Our Lord Year A

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8th Sunday Ordinary Time Year A

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7th Sunday Ordinary Time Year A

Homily

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

5th Sunday Ordinary Time Year A

Homily

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The readings for the weekend can be found at the USCCB official website.

Thursday, January 30, 2014

3rd Sunday Ordinary Time Year A

Homily

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Readings for the Mass can be found at the USCCB official website

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Women's Retreat

The audio for our women's retreat can be heard by clicking on the link below.

Talk

2nd Sunday Ordinary Time Year A

Homily

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The readings for the Mass can be found at the USCCB official website


Monday, January 13, 2014

Baptism of Our Lord

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Why do we do that? Have guardian angels
Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992 AD) No. 336
From infancy to death human life is surrounded by their watchful care and intercession. “Beside each believer stands an angel as protector and shepherd leading him to life.” Already here on earth the Christian life shares by faith in the blessed company of angels and men united in God.

Many of us learned a prayer as a child, which should be prayed every day.
Angel of God 
My guardian dear 
To Whom His love 
Commits me here 
Ever this day 
Be at my side 
To light and guard 
To rule and guide. Amen

Thursday, January 9, 2014

Why the Change?

On January 8th Dr. Chris Burgwald, the Director of Evangelization and Adult Catechesis spoke to our parish on why the Church is moving in a different direction when it comes to young adult education. You can listen to the talk by clicking on the link below.

Why the Change?




Monday, January 6, 2014

Epiphany

Homily
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The readings can be found at the USCCB official website.

Why do we do that? Why does the Pope wear white

The tradition (important to note this is a little "t" tradition, which means it is not something infallible or unchangeable, it is just something we have done for a while) of the Holy Father wearing a white cassock has origins as far back as Pope Pius V in 1566. Some will argue Pope's were seen in white before this date, but most scholars will say this was when the shift took place in a more definitive way.
Pope Pius V was a Dominican priest before he was elevated to the chair of Peter. Dominicans can be found wearing white habit and thus when he was elected he chose not to change his habit.
While there is a practical origin to the pope wearing white we can also draw a spiritual understanding as well. We long for good, moral role models in our world and the Holy Father, while not perfect by any means is one we are grateful we can look at as such. Thus his white cassock reflects the purity of Christ, what we were clothed in at our baptism.

Saturday, January 4, 2014

Mary Mother of God

Homily

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Holy Family

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Why do we do that? Mass intentions and offerings

The Mass is a prayer offered by the priest and the people to God. In our prayers we often have an intention for which we have come. Each Mass has a specific intention that the priest either says out loud or recalls before celebrating the Mass. Each person at Mass is encouraged as well to offer an intention for the Mass they are attending.
A person can have a Mass offered for a particular intention; person, living or deceased by contacting their parish office. A donation is asked for the Mass and this is where the idea that one was buying a Mass came into play, as it does sound that way. What the donation is doing is providing for the Mass to be offered. Heat and AC are not free; nor electricity, bread and wine, candles or the other things used during the liturgy. Thus, when a person is having a Mass said for their intention what they are saying is they are willing to offer a donation so that the material things necessary for the Mass to take place are provided for.

Christmas Eve

Homily

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For the Readings for this Mass go to the USCCB official website