Fr. Joe Dailey

Send us Fan Mail It seems that in this story there is only Jesus and the tempter. But Jesus is not alone; just as God led the Israelites into the wilderness, where they were tested, so Jesus is led by the Spirit into the wilderness, where he, too, is tested. I will be at St. Andrew on March 6 for the 5 pm Mass. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Within the grip of winter,  it is almost impossible to imagine the spring.  The gray landscape is shorn of color. Winter is the oldest season; it has some quality of the absolute.   March 2, 8 am Mass at St. Isadore frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail "It is out of the abundance of the heart that the mouth speaks.” This is a homily/story that I shared in 2019. Here is the video version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1xk3FSMCeg&t=123s I am presiding at 8 am Ash Wednesday Mass at St. Isadore March 2nd. It is not live streamed. My homily will be posted on Wednesday morning frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail When Jesus says, to "love your enemies." I think he is challenging us to meet them, to get to know them for who they are rather than who we imagine them to be. Genuine meeting leads to love. February 20th I have the 7:30 am Sunday Mass at St. Isadore https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ and the 5pm Sunday Mass at St. Andrew frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail We shall not, we shall not be moved, We shall not, we shall not be moved; Like a tree, that’s planted by the water, We shall not be moved. "We Shall Not Be Moved," Mavis Staples https://open.spotify.com/track/0XIbkOw2LB3P5nPsYSDTeS?si=05353e171f694269 I am presiding at St. Iranaeus, Rochester Feb. 13,  11:30 am and St. Isadore, Macomb Township, Feb. 13, 5:30 pm. frjoedai...

Send us Fan Mail In the eyes of Jesus, Peter saw the one who insists on loving him into life beyond his fear and inadequacies. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail When Jesus’ neighbors thought he would bring them untold blessings, they spoke favorably of him.  When they understand he is asking them to bring blessings to others, they are enraged.  frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail It is our teaching that when the Word of God is proclaimed at liturgy, we are not remembering something God once said.  God is speaking to us live, now, through these graced words. I am presiding at the weekend Masses at St. Pio in Roseville, Sat. 4pm, Sun. 9/11 am. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail it stands to reason that Jesus’s first public “sign” takes place at a wedding feast,  for Jesus himself is the marriage of divinity and humanity.  I am presiding this weekend and next at St. Pio Church in Roseville. 01/15 @ 4 pm, 01/16 @ 9 and 11 am.  And the following weekend, 01/22 @ 4 pm, 01/23 @ 9 and 11 am.  frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail It is a mythic river that Jesus wades into, the Jordan, which flows under the same sky where a mighty wind was sweeping over the waters at the dawn of Creation. I will be presiding at the January 8 4pm Vigil Mass at St. Faustina in Warren. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The wise men come bringing gifts of myrrh, gold and frankincense, all profound references to the 1st Temple in Jerusalem. I will be presiding at the 5pm Sunday Evening Mass @ St. Andrew, Rochester. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail  For Luke, “being lost” is like “being dead,”  and “being found” is like “being made alive.”  This is stated most dramatically at the end of the parable of the prodigal son, “your brother was dead and is alive; he was lost and is found”. May you be renewed by your celebration of Christ's birth. Fr. Joe frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail It is to shepherds that this Good News is announced:   “Do not be afraid;  for behold,  I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people."   While the emperor says "ALL the world,"  the shepherds proclaim "For ALL the people." May you be renewed by your celebration of Christ's birth. Fr. Joe frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Mary and Elizabeth are not alone. How good it is that God gave them one to another. God's most radical intervention into history was listened to and received in community. Frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail "The daybreak from on high will visit us to shine on those who sit in darkness and death’s shadow, to guide our feet into the path of peace.” (Luke 1:78-79) frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The heights of despair and the depths of depression will be leveled out.  frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Advent begins in the dark.  In this dark landscape, we are invited to describe life “on earth as it is," to name the seeming  absence of God. We sit in darkness, longing for light.  We sit in exile, longing for home.  We sit with aching, empty arms, waiting to cradle a life that’s still unformed, still hidden, still in process.   frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail “Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice,” Jesus said. And Pilate asked Jesus, in a line that is omitted from today’s reading: “What is truth?” The Greek word for truth literally means, “Remember not to forget.” frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Last week Jesus was in the Temple, sitting opposite the Treasury. Now Jesus is  opposite the Temple mount, on the Mount of Olives. The prophet Zechariah declared that the last days will begin at the Mount of Olives. Jesus takes his place on the mountain  long foretold to be where that new day will begin. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The widow says nothing, and yet her actions speak volumes. The Greek word for her "giving her whole life" prefigures the sacrifice Jesus is about to make.  It is both a judgment on the temple cult  -  that demanded giving that so impoverished the widow  -  and as prelude to Christ giving his whole life for the life of the world. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Rabbi Rami Shapiro points out that the four-letter Hebrew Name of God -  Y-H-V-H, yod-hey-vav-hey - when written vertically, takes on the shape of a human being.  Each one of us is the Name of God incarnate. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Pope Francis, who has been reading these same passages in Mark’s Gospel, had a close encounter with this Gospel during his papal audience this past Wednesday.

Send us Fan Mail James Carroll, in his new memoir, “The Truth at the Heart of the Lie,” recalls this experience.  On his first visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, he was taken aback by the rudely jostling pilgrims fighting for the best places. When he returned a few days later, he saw it with new eyes: “I saw for the first time what it actually meant that Jesus Christ was a human being, in...

Send us Fan Mail The prohibitions are like the bottom of a glass. If the glass does not have a bottom, everything just spills out; it can’t hold anything. The prohibitions create a boundary or container -the bottom in the glass -but there is nothing in it yet. To fill up the glass, then, is not merely not doing something;  it actually demands doing something positive. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The children are at the center of the three passion predictions.  Jesus is teaching us what it means to follow the Messiah and therefore, what it means to be church. I am presiding at the 5 pm Sunday mass at St. Andrew Rochester.  frjoedailey@gmail.com