Fr. Joe Dailey

Send us Fan Mail “All religions are paths to God. I will use an analogy, they are like different languages that express the divine. (Pope Francis to young people in Singapore) I have Mass on Sunday, September 29 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am at St. Andrew @ 5:00 pm the 7;30 am Mass will be live-streamed  https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail God does something beyond anything we could ever have imagined. God takes the place of the one who is cast out. I have Mass on Sunday, September 22 at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The cross seems to lead only to death, not life. But when we come to the cross, or rather, when the cross finds us, we discover the way into the deeper life we yearn for, but did not know we wanted. I have Mass on Saturday, September 14, at St. Kieran @ 4:30 pm I have Mass on Sunday, September 15, at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am The 7:30 am Mass is live-streamed, or watch replay lat...

Send us Fan Mail Rather than giving us a geography of the Holy Land, Mark is giving us a geography of the Gospel: Jesus is willing to go everywhere, – Even crossing boundaries into Gentile territory – to find people in need of healing and bring them home. I am off this weekend. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail In September, 2019, The Vatican hosted an inter-religious forum to reappraise the role of Jesus and the Pharisees. I have Mass on Sunday, September 1st at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am. The 7:30 am Mass is live-streamed. https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail You might recognize her signature teaching. “But all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.” (Julian of Norwich) I have Mass on Sunday, August 25 at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail “The joys and hopes, the grief and anguish of the people of our time, especially of those who are poor or afflicted, are the joys and hopes, the grief and anguish of the followers of Christ as well." (Gaudium et Spes, 2nd Vatican Council) I have Mass on Sunday, August 18 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am at St. Andrew @ 5:00 pm I don't know yet if the 7:30 am Mass will be li...

Send us Fan Mail We find Elijah at a vulnerable moment; it has begun to dawn on him that the God who called him is not at all the God he thought he knew. I have Mass on Sunday, August 11 at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail After the Children of Israel are liberated from slavery in Egypt, the remainder of the Torah – almost four of the five books of Moses –takes place in the wilderness.  I have Mass at St. Isidore on Sunday, August 4 @ 7:30/9:30 am. The 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed.  https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Only John tells us that it was a young boy who offered his meager lunch. The Israelites wandered 40 years in the wilderness; the actual trip might have taken 11 days. But it took two generations for the children of Israel to get the taste of Pharaoh’s bread out of their mouths. When they ate Pharaoh’s bread, all they could taste was scarcity. The boy is the next generation. He see...

Send us Fan Mail The one who is the true Joshua/Yeshua, the one whose name means “Yahweh saves,” has come amongst his sheep. In today's Gospel, Jesus is enacting the fulfillment of Moses' prayer. (Numbers 27) It is the Lord himself who comes as shepherd. I have Mass on Sunday, July 21 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am. The 7:30 am Mass is live-streamed. https://stisidore.church/worship-onlin...

Send us Fan Mail "Before laying the world’s foundation, God chose us in Christ." When God began creating the universe with galaxies and nebulae, God also thought of you. "God determined out of love to adopt us through Jesus Christ, blessing us from heaven through Christ with every blessing of the spirit." (Ephesians 1:3-5) I have Mass on Sunday, July 14 at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11...

Send us Fan Mail “Is this not the brother of James and Joses?” In Hebrew, Jacob and Joseph. Jacob of course was the father of twelve sons, Joseph being the youngest, and favored son. And Judah and Simeon, the two brothers who very nearly had Joseph killed. I have Mass on Sunday, July 7 at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am. frjoedailey@gmail.com Joseph and his brothers, Painting by AVI EZRA, Israel.

Send us Fan Mail The woman's fear proves a threshold to her faith. She knows what has happened to her; she falls down before Jesus and tells him all the truth of her healing. She speaks her experience and testifies in the midst of the crowd about what has happened within her. I am away this weekend. I will have Mass at St. Isidore on July 7th. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail In the night, the disciples seem to have forgotten that Jesus is the one who called them to cross to the other side. The whole time they are beset by wind and waves, Jesus is with them in the boat; they cry out, as if Jesus has abandoned them. I am away for the next two Sundays. I am back at St. Isidore on July 7th. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail It’s a bit of a stretch to imagine a mustard plant with branches large enough for the birds of the sky to dwell in its shade, but the world Jesus invites us to imagine is a world filled with abundance. I have Mass on Sunday, June 16 at 7:30, 9:30 and 1130 am. frjoedailey@gmail.com Image: The Mustard Seed by James Paterson https://mbherald.com/the-parable-of-the-mustard-seed/

Send us Fan Mail Inside the house, Mark tells us there are so many people, they are not able to eat. The Greek text says they are not able to eat bread. If the house is divided, it makes sense that we can’t share the Eucharist. Jesus offers a way of 'being a house' which is not divided. I have Sunday Mass at St. Isidore on June 9 @ 9:30/11:30 am. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Jesus does not celebrate the meal with his family, nor does he just gather any of the disciples who happened to be around him. Mark makes clear that Jesus celebrated the Passover with the twelve disciples. The choice of the twelve is not accidental: the twelve apostles are the new Israel. I have Mass on Sunday, June 2 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am The 7:30 am Mass will be live-str...

Send us Fan Mail A song is both lyrics and melody. If you try to teach love just using words you’ll miss a big part of it, because love is something that must be embodied, like a melody.  I have Mass on Sunday, May 26 at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail “To attempt one language instead of another is to make oneself a learner, a supplicant.  It is an act of exploration and of hospitality.  To speak across barriers of race, ethnicity, gender, religion, culture, or politics is to challenge stereotypes and risk ridicule.  It is a brave and disorienting act.” (Debie Thomas, JourneywithJesus.net) I have Mass on Saturday, May 18,  at Ho...

Send us Fan Mail In our Reading from the Acts of the Apostles, the 11 disciples have no idea this is graduation day. They are still looking to Jesus to restore the kingdom to Israel. I have Mass on Sunday, May 12 at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The word translated “friend” is from the verb “to love.” So when Jesus speaks of friends, he is really saying “those who are loved.” I have Mass on Sunday, May 5th at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am The 7:30 am Mass is live-streamed  https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The language of pruning is also a metaphor for the passion.  We see a similar image in John 12:24,  where Jesus speaks of the seed that must fall to the ground and die in order to bear much fruit. I have Mass on Sunday, April 28th at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail “I lay down my life for the sheep.” Jesus goes before us, first to die, then to rise. Dying and rising is the pattern for all of us who walk in his way. I have Mass on Sunday, April 21 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am The 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed. https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The idea of the separation of body and soul comes from Greek thought, which influenced early Christianity. Salvation was said to be removal from the world, escape from the body, the overcoming of everything carnal and material.  I am away on a pilgrimage this weekend. We will be celebrating Mass at the Cathedral in Burgos, Spain on Sunday; Loyola, Spain, in the conversion chapel o...