Fr. Joe Dailey

Send us Fan Mail In Matthew’s Gospel, when the Pharisees ask their last tricky question, Jesus does indeed out-trick them. But he doesn't do it by giving the right answer. He out-tricks them by actually being the right answer. I have Mass  on October 29 at St. Isidore, 9:30/11:30 AM at St. Andrew, 5:00 PM frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail An anonymous author wrote: “The image of God is not impressed on gold, but on the human race. Caesar asked that his image be on every coin, but God chose humans, whom he created, to reflect his glory”  I have Mass at St. Isidore on Sunday, October 22 @ 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 Pope Francis extended a similar invitation In his homily at the opening of the Synod. “Come, you who are weary and oppressed,  come, you who have lost your way or feel far away, come, you who have closed the doors to hope: the church is here for you!” And then, in an ad lib, the Pope added: “Tutti, tutti, tutti!” Everyone, everyone, everyone! I have Mass at St. Isidore on October...

Send us Fan Mail God does not put any miserable wretches to death. In taking the place of the one who is cast out, Jesus suffers death, so that we can begin to understand what we were doing while at the same time be set free from having to live that way. I have Mass on Sunday October 8 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am. I will have Mass at St. Andrew on Thursday, October 12 @ 9:00 am. frjoedailey@gmai...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus empties himself, entering into our history, taking upon himself the effort and burden of human life; its joys and hopes, its grief and anguish. The Son of God truly became human. I have Mass on September 30, 4:00 pm @ Holy Name Birmingham I have Mass on October 1, 9:30/11:30 am @ St. Isidore I have 9:00 am Mass on October 4, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi @ St. Joseph, L...

Send us Fan Mail “The eye is the lamp of the body. So, if your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full of light; but if your eye is unhealthy - literally, ‘if your eye is evil,' - your whole body will be full of darkness. I have Mass at St. Isidore on Sunday, September 24  @ 7:30/9:30 am. The 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ I will have Mass at...

Send us Fan Mail Peter has been given the keys to the kingdom of heaven, with the power to bind and to loose. So Peter is asking how much forgiveness is required? We have Mass on September 17 in Florence, Italy.  frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Immediately before today’s teaching, Jesus told about a shepherd going in search of a lost sheep. Jesus is describing our Father in heaven who will do whatever it takes to seek and find what is lost. I have Mass on September 9 at St. Joe, Lake Orion @ 4:30 pm. The Mass will be live-streamed. https://www.youtube.com/@stjoelo/streams I have Mass on September 10 at St. Isidore @ 7:30...

Send us Fan Mail When Jesus begins to teach his disciples that he must suffer at the hands of the people, Peter is scandalized. His ideal is the same as ours, worldly success, and he tries to instill it into his master. He turns his own desire into a model that Jesus should imitate.  I have Mass on Sunday, September 3 at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am I have Mass next Saturday, September 9 at St. Jos...

Send us Fan Mail Peter first names Jesus, “You are the Christ,” and then Jesus names Peter, “You are rock.” Jesus’ intention is to help Peter live out of a new identity. I have Mass on Sunday, August 27 @ St. Isidore, 7:30 am, livestream here https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ @ St. Isidore, 9:30 am. @ St. Andrew, 5:00 pm frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail She says, “Yes, Lord.”  (Notice she changes his title) and literally turns the table on him: “even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.” In calling him “Lord,”  she reminds Jesus’ of his universal outreach.  I am away this weekend. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The word that we use for the long center section in the church where the assembly gathers is called the nave. This word comes from the same Latin word that gives us the word Navy. The question is the same for us as it was for the disciples in the boat: Is God with us or not? I have Mass at St. Irenaeus on Saturday, August 12 @ 5pm Sunday, August 13, at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am t...

Send us Fan Mail There is a bronze statue on the front lawn of the Basilica of St. Francis. The statue is called ‘Il Ritorno di Francesco,’ “The Return of Francis.” High Res Image: https://tinyurl.com/35vhvcwf I have Mass August 6th at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail What if God appeared to you in a dream and said, "Ask something of me and I will give it to you?"  I have Mass at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail In the old Douay-Rheims Bible translation, the landowner says to them, “Suffer the weeds to grow with the wheat.” Let them grow together. The root word in the Greek that Jesus uses is the word for forgiveness.  I have Mass on Sunday, July 23 at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The parable tells us two important things about any good effort we undertake.  1. Losses are not the same as failure.  2. Faithfulness is more important than success. (Fr. George Smiga, Parable of the Sower.  https://buildingontheword.org/ ) I have Mass on July 16 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/930 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail If we accept Jesus’ invitation to take his yoke upon us and bind ourselves to him, Jesus promises that he will bind himself to us. “I’ve got the other side; I’ll help you carry your burden.” I have Mass on July 9 at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail During the Jubilee of Mercy, Pope Francis posed this challenge; "Almsgiving is not just about giving money. Stop and look in the face, look in the eyes, of the person who is asking for my help." I have Mass on Sunday, July 2 @ 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 In his book, “How Not to be Afraid,” Gareth Higgins writes, “Most of our fears are not true at all; all of them depend on a story we tell ourselves.” “Ninety-percent of our fears are exaggerated and/or made up altogether.“ I have Mass on Sunday, June 25 St. Isidore, 9:30/11:30 am St. Andrew, 5:00 pm frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The Lord said to the Israelites: “You have seen for yourselves how I bore you up on eagle wings and brought you here to myself.  You shall be my special possession, dearer to me than all other people.” (Exodus 19:4,5) I have Mass at St. Isidore on June 18 @ 7:30/9:30 am. 7:30 am Mass is live-streamed. https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Yet there is another story to bread. Out of what is bread made?  Kernels of wheat that had to be crushed in their individuality to become something communal, flour. I have Mass on Sunday, June 11 @ St. Isidore, 7:30 am. Livestream: https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ @ St. Andrew, 5:00 pm frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail John 3:16: “For God so loved the world.” God loved even before we knew it. Creation itself is the very first revelation of God. I have Mass on Sunday, June 4 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail "Pentecost is not so much about the power of God coming from outside us and down into us, but a releasing of the power that is already within us,  breathed into us by God at creation and by the risen Christ still among us." (Barbara Reid, O.P.) I have Mass at St. Isidore on Sunday, May 28 @ 9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail "We make the way by walking." I have Mass @ St. Isidore on May 21, 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 I  have Mass this Sunday with our Pilgrims in Bethlehem, in the Holy Land.  This is a homily I wrote three years ago. When bad things happen, and they will, we can be confident that God is present even in our most difficult moments.  You can watch the video here: (begin at 15:00 minute) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqYKH_-QPDk frjoedailey@gmail.com