2nd Sunday of Easter Dive Mercy Sunday by Fr. Daniel Kelley Homily. Today, on the final day of the Octave of Easter, the eight-day celebration of Jesus’ resurrection, we give praise and thanks for God’s mercy. Scripture is replete with examples of divine mercy, foremost among them Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. Truly, as we hear repeated in the r…

Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord #Homily - Cycle C with Fr. Daniel Kelley. Today we remember Jesus’ arrival in Jerusalem, when he was met by crowds of disciples who joyfully welcomed him to the holy city. As our palm branches are blessed today, we welcome Jesus into our lives, asking that he make them holy by his presence. Then, when we leave…

5th Sunday of Lent Year C with Fr. Daniel Kelley. If our God were a vengeful God, who could survive? We are sinful creatures, struggling to do good in God’s eyes, but often coming up short. Even now, during this penitential season, we need to seek God’s mercy. Fortunately, our God is a merciful God, always ready to forgive us. As we celebrate with …

8th Sunday in Ordinary Time- Cycle C Fr. Daniel Kelley Lent is just around the corner, so today is a good day to think about our character as we approach this holy season. Am I prone to judge others, more likely to recognize others’ faults rather than my own? Jesus points out that when we overlook our own faults, not only are we ourselves left defi…

1st Sunday of Lent - Cycle C with Fr. Daniel Kelley. Always on the First Sunday of Lent we hear Jesus being tempted by the devil during the forty days he spent in the desert. We too are beginning a forty-day period during which we are challenged to repent and reorient ourselves toward God. We face temptations every day that distract us from followi…

Second Sunday in Lent - Cycle C with Fr. Daniel Kelley, pastor at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Arlington, TX. In Luke’s account of the Transfiguration, which we hear in today’s Gospel, a voice from the heavens calls out, “This is my chosen Son; listen to him.” At that, Peter, John, and James fall silent, enabling them to listen to the Lord. Let us…

Third Sunday of Lent, Year C with Fr. Daniel Kelley. Two and a half weeks ago, as we began our Lenten journeys, we may have been told, “Repent, and believe in the Gospel.” It was not a suggestion. It was a command, a command to orient ourselves toward God. Have we followed this command? Are we putting our faith into action? It’s not too late. Like …

Solemnity of Christ the King Homily with Fr. Daniel Kelley. Today we celebrate the Solemnity of Christ the King, acknowledging that Jesus Christ is above all temporal rulers, past, present, or future. We also recognize that Jesus Christ should reign in our lives, guiding us in our thoughts, our decisions, and our conduct. In both the universe that …

33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time with Fr. Daniel Kelley. The month of November is the time when the Church traditionally recalls those who have gone before us. We mourn their loss, we pray for their souls, we hope to be reunited with them when we ourselves die. As it is the end of the liturgical year (it will begin anew in two weeks with Advent), we al…

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time with Deacon Bill Johnson. Every Sunday we are invited anew to follow Jesus. No matter what our limitations or impediments may be, Jesus calls us to follow him. Sometimes even when we don’t realize it, we are being called. In the Gospel today, we hear Jesus cure Bartimaeus, the blind man who begged at the side of the roa…

Celebrating Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving Day, we Americans take the opportunity to think about all the blessings in our lives and feel grateful for those who have provided them for us. As people of faith, we realize that all these blessings ultimately come from God and without God we would have nothing. So we give thanks today to all the people in…

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Homily with Fr. Daniel Kelley. “All things are possible for God.” Jesus follows a series of challenging pronouncements with this line—some of the most consoling words that he utters in the Gospels. As we celebrate Mass today, recall the times that you have had to rely on God because you didn’t know if you could manage…

27th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Homily by Father Daniel Kelley. “If we love one another, God remains in us,” we sing before the Gospel reading today. How appropriate on this Respect Life Sunday. All life, everyone’s life, is a gift from God, a gift given out of love by our Creator. Therefore, all life is precious in God’s eyes. If all life is precio…

26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Homily By Deacon Bill Johnson The grace of God is spread all over the earth. It comes to us in many ways, often through the unlikeliest of people or in the unlikeliest of situations. As we celebrate Mass today, let us reflect on how we have experienced God’s grace in our lives and open ourselves to the possibility of re…

Holy Thursday at the Evening Mass with Fr. Daniel Kelley. On this Holy Thursday, we begin our three-day celebration of the Paschal Mystery, the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ in history and in our own lives today. Let us enter into this celebration with hearts made ready by our Lenten practices and God’s grace, so that we may be o…

Feast of Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph with Seminarian Joe Keating. Our Christmas celebration continues with today’s observance of the feast of the Holy Family. Although only recently added to the Church calendar in 1921, this feast speaks to us of the timeless truth that God is with us in all our trials and triumphs of daily family living.…

Solemnity of Christ The King with Seminarian Joe Keating. On this final Sunday of the liturgical year The Solemnity of Our Lord, Jesus Christ King of the Universe Sunday, we acclaim Christ as King of the Universe to whom all other powers are subject. We also renew our own baptismal commitment to Jesus as the Lord to whom we pledge our hearts’ highe…

4th Sunday of Lent Cycle A with Deacon Bill Johnson. On this Fourth Sunday of Lent, sometimes called Laetare or “Rejoice” Sunday, we have passed the halfway point of Lent, and we rejoice and give thanks to God for having helped us to come this far on our Lenten journey. This is a good Sunday to take stock and see how our Lenten practices are going,…

On this Third Sunday of Lent, we experience a preview and a review of baptism. Water abounds in our readings, and the elect throughout the world are celebrating the first scrutiny in preparation for their baptism. As we move through our celebration today, we may want to reflect on what we are thirsting for in our lives, and how God may act to slake…

Feast of the Presentation of The Lord with Fr. Daniel Kelley, Pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Arlington TX. Today's homily is on the Feast of the PResentation of The Lord. On this fortieth day after Christmas, we find yet another reason to celebrate the great incarnation of Jesus Christ our Lord. This day was traditionally the end of a much…

33nd Sunday of Ordinary Time with Fr. Daniel Kelley. Many think that because they can compare what is going on in the world around us with the vision presented by Jesus in today’s Gospel, the end of the world must be near. The truth is that we just don’t know. But Jesus wants us to be ready, to persevere to the end so that our lives will be saved. …

The Solemnity of All Saints with Fr. Daniel Kelley. Today we remember and celebrate all those who have gone before us marked with the sign of faith and have made their robes white in the blood of the Lamb. Our Eucharist is but a foretaste of the heavenly banquet, but it bids us to persevere in the faith of those who have joined the communion of sai…

31st Sunday of Ordinary Time with Fr. Daniel Kelley. Saint Luke once again presents us with a story about a man whose wealth was gained at the expense of others. But this time the man, Zacchaeus, repents, and Jesus proclaims salvation for him. As we move through this celebration today, let us pray for the wisdom to repent of our own sins, so that w…

30th Sunday of Ordinary Time with Fr. Daniel Kelley. Today we are gathered in prayer once again at God’s invitation. It is our choice, Jesus tells us today, whether to pray from our hearts or for show. Let us take the time that we need today to search our hearts and find at least a small part of our inmost selves that we can offer up to God in pray…

12th Sunday of Ordinary Time guest homilist is Msgr. Ted Tertagniwho will be speaking on behalf of Cross International Catholic Outreach. Cross International serves the poorest of the poor internationally by channeling aid through dioceses, parishes, and Catholic missionaries, and cost-effectively helping the poor break the cycle of poverty while a…

26 Sunday of Ordinary Time and Baptism Sunday with Fr. Daniel Kelley. This Sunday continues our focus on the least ones of the world and God’s care for them. In our society’s preoccupation with acquiring more and more material goods, our celebration today is a good reminder that we need to remember those who are being left behind. Let us pause and …

27th Sunday of Ordinary Time with Fr Daniel Kelley. As we gather today at the invitation of our loving God, our focus is on faith—how much we have, what it enables us to do in God’s name. Sometimes it is difficult for us to maintain our faith when so much of the world around us seems to deny what we believe. Yet we hear again today that even the sm…

28th Sunday of Ordinary Time with Fr. Daniel Kelley. Today we recognize and celebrate our God who brings the gift of heal­ing. In the Gospel Jesus heals ten lepers, but we know that God heals many kinds of afflictions. As we gather today, let us bring with us all our cares, concerns, injuries, and ills, and ask the God of all to heal our brokenness…

29 Sunday of Ordinary Time and World Mission Sunday. Today our guest homilist is Fr. Charles Smudzinski who is going to talk to us about Eucharistic Adoration. In the past few weeks, we have heard about such Christian virtues as faith, gratitude, generosity, and charity. This week we focus on persis­tence in prayer. While that may seem obvious to t…

25th Sunday of Ordinary Time with Fr. Daniel Kelley. With all the media coverage of finances and markets and money, the last thing most of us might want to hear in church is more money talk. Yet that is what our God has invited us here for today. As you might expect, Jesus has some interesting things to say. In particular, he en­courages us to use …

24th Sunday of Ordinary Time with Fr. Daniel Kelley. Today is a day to rejoice in God’s mercy. In the Gospel, we will hear that Jesus welcomes sinners and eats with them. And here we are, gathered around the table of the Lord! Indeed, the Gospel relates three stories of recovery of what was lost and the joy that follows. The first reading as well i…

23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time with Fr. Daniel Kelley. As we gather today, the school year is in full swing and the parish schedule is full. With so much to give thanks and praise to God for, we are reminded in our readings today that God desires our full commit­ment to the task of discipleship. Perhaps our prayer today can be for a renewal of commit…

22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time with Fr. Daniel Kelley. As we gather on this Labor Day weekend, we are reminded at this Mass that God seeks out and upholds the lowly of this world. Our psalm refrain sings, “God, in your goodness, you have made a home for the poor,” and our Gospel says, “The one who humbles himself will be exalted.” Let us give praise …

19th Sunday of Ordinary Time with Fr. Daniel Kelley pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Arlington, TX. Today dear brothers and sisters, our gathering today at God’s invitation con¬tinues a topic introduced in last week’s Gospel: proper preparation for the coming of the Lord. Last week’s Gospel concerned the preparation of an individual for the …

18th Sunday of Ordinary Time by Fr Daniel Kelley. My friends, we gather here at God’s invitation to give thanks and praise for the great things that God has done for us and given to us. Yet we must acknowledge that these gifts, no matter how wonderful, are but fleeting. Our eyes and our desires must always be focused on God’s reign, both here and h…

11th Sunday of Ordinary Time with Fr Daniel Kelley. In today’s Gospel Jesus sends out the disciples to proclaim the Good News. Our gathering here, like many such gatherings around the world, is one of the fruits of their labors. As we worship here today, let us take time to be thankful to God for all the disciples who have gone before us to spread …

11th Sunday of Ordinary Time with Fr Daniel Kelley. Our readings today are very much about forgiveness. What a wonder­ful thing to come to church and be able to celebrate God’s forgiving love! As our celebration proceeds today, let us listen for all the signs of our forgiving, merciful God, and let us give thanks and praise that our God loves us so…

10th Sunday of Ordinary Time homily with Fr. Daniel Kelley. Today marks our return to the Sundays of Ordinary Time. Right away we find ourselves listening to stories about the dead being restored to life and Saint Paul being raised from spiritual death through his con­version. Now, we may not be able to raise the dead, but perhaps we can lift the s…

Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ "Corpus Christi" with Fr. Daniel Kelley, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Arlington, TX Today we remember in a special way the gift of the Holy Eucharist, first given to us by Jesus at the Last Supper. This is a gift that we celebrate weekly, some of us even daily—Christ’s Body and Blood given for ou…

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity with Fr. Daniel Kelley. The sacred mystery of the Holy Trinity is the focus of our celebration today. Our loving God is three Persons whose relationship of love is the model for all human relationships. As we pray together today, let us give thanks and praise to the God who made us in the divine image to love and …

Solemnity of Pentecost with Fr. Daniel Kelley. Our fifty-day celebration of the Easter season concludes today as we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit to the new church. This day, known sometimes as the “birthday of the church,” is also a day to celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit into our own lives. Let us give thanks and praise to God fo…

Easter Sunday with Fr. Daniel Kelley, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church. St. Joseph Catholic Church is located at 1927 SW Green Oaks Blvd in Arlington, Texas a suburb in the middle of the Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex. For more information, go to our website at www.stjoe88.org or call us at 817-472-5181. Thank you for listening and God bless.…

Solemnity of the Ascension with Fr. Daniel Kelley. Our Easter season continues today with the great celebration of the Ascension of our Lord into heaven. Often we don’t know what we are capable of until we have to take responsibility for something ourselves. Perhaps Jesus knew this trait of human nature when he chose to leave us on our own. Of cour…

6th Sunday of Easter with Fr. Daniel Kelley. We renew our Easter joy this day by gathering to celebrate the peace that Jesus Christ has given us to carry forth into the world. Let us give praise and thanks to God for such a gift, and pray that we can be a peaceful people in all that we do. St. Joseph Catholic Church is located at 1927 SW Green Oaks…

5th Sunday of Easter with Fr. Daniel Kelley. On this Fifth Sunday of Easter, Jesus’ new command to us is to love one another as he has loved us. In a world that seems to be marked more and more by intolerance and suspicion, following this command can seem to be extraordinarily difficult. As we move through our celebra¬tion today, let us pray to our…

4th Sunday of Easter by Fr. Daniel Kelley, pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Arlington, TX. As we gather to continue our Easter celebration on this Good Shepherd Sunday, we know that God has given us the gift of many good shep¬herds over the years. Some have even given their lives for their faith. Listening to God’s word today and sharing thi…

Fr. Gerald Mary Anyanwu, of the Divine Face Organization will be speaking at the masses this weekend. OFO serves a very poor region in Nigeria with basic needs and educating the people to break the chain of poverty through high quality education. St. Joseph Catholic Church is located at 1927 SW Green Oaks Blvd in Arlington, Texas a suburb in the mi…

Friday of the Passion of the Lord (Good Friday) with Fr. Daniel Kelley. As we continue our celebration of this sacred three-day liturgy, we are invited to ponder what great love God has for us, that God’s only Son endured this Passion for us and for our sins. Let us listen to the story of this amazing love, which begins with the words of Isaiah des…

Holy Thursday at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Tonight we embark on the three-day liturgy that we call the Sacred Triduum. On these most sacred days of the year we celebrate the very heart of who we are as God’s holy people. As we recall Jesus’ passion, death, and resurrection, let us be mindful that the Paschal Mystery is part of our lives today—Chr…

25th Anniversay Mass Solemnity of St Joseph by Fr. Daniel Kelley pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Arlington, Texas.Kirjoittanut St Joseph Catholic Church Podcast