Fr. Joe Dailey

Send us Fan Mail For fifteen days, Maximilian Kolbe occupied the space of death with such a powerful presence and calm that once he had died there was, according to the survivors, a noticeable change in the ambience of the camp.  I have Mass on Sunday, November 24 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail What had seemed like the end is a discovery of something we didn’t know before. “But the wise shall shine brightly like the splendor of the firmament, and those who lead the many to justice shall be like the stars forever." (Daniel 12:3) I do not have Mass this weekend. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The widow says nothing, and yet her action speaks volumes. The Greek word for her ‘giving her whole life’ prefigures the sacrifice Jesus is about to make. I have Mass on Sunday, November 10 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am at St. Andrew @ 5:00 pm. The 7:30 am Mass is live-streamed https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The new Papal Encyclical, Dilexit Nos, begins, in English, “HE LOVED US”. Dilexit Nos looks inward, to the heart, which Pope Francis describes as “a core that lies hidden beneath all outward appearances, the innermost part of ourselves." I have Mass on Sunday, November 3rd at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail “How do you expect me to be a saint?” Merton asks. “By wanting to,” Lax answers. “All that is necessary to be a saint is to want to be one. All you have to do is desire it. We are meant to be holy, all of us. We’re all called to be saints.” (From "The Seven Story Mountain" by Thomas Merton) I have Mass on November 1st at St. Kieran Catholic Church @ 7:00 pm Image: "...

Send us Fan Mail The blind man knows it is "Messiah time," the time when the blind see and the poor have their debts canceled and beggars become citizens again. I have Mass on Sunday, October 27 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am I have Mass on Friday, November 1, All Saints Day, at St. Kieran @ 7:00 pm I will post that homily later this week. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail This past Tuesday, October 15, was the feast of the Spanish Mystic, Teresa of Avila. I read this wonderful quote this week from Teresa, “It is foolish to think that we will enter heaven without entering into ourselves.” I have Mass on Sunday, October 20  at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am at St. Andrew @ 5:00 pm frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Luke paints the picture most vividly. “At that moment, the cock crowed; the Lord turned around and looked straight at Peter.” It’s the same verse we read today in Mark’s Gospel, "Jesus turned around and looked at his disciples." I have Mass on Sunday, October 13 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am the 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed.  https://stisidore.church/worship-online...

Send us Fan Mail The Hebrew word for man, ISH, and the word for woman, ISHA, share the same root word, ESH, which is "fire." The words differ by just two letters - a Yod and a Hey, which together form the first part of the Divine Name, YAH. Click for a fuller description of the Hebrew words for Man, Woman and Fire Here is ISH, ISHA, ESH in picture form I have Mass on Sunday, October 6 at...

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/