Fr. Joe Dailey

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...

Send us Fan Mail He showed them his hands and his side. . . Then the disciples rejoiced when they saw the Lord. It was his wounds; that’s how they recognized him. I have Mass on Sunday, April 7 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail When Mary of Magdala came to the tomb on the first day of the week, while it was still dark; and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb, she did not realize that she had walked right into the new creation. I have Mass on Easter Sunday Morning, March 31, at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am. Livestream 7:30 am. https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail A Narration of  the Passion of our Lord, Jesus Christ, according to Mark. (New American Bible, revised edition) I will be at St. Isidore this Sunday for all three Sunday morning Masses: 7:30/9:30/11:30 am;  I am presiding at the 7:30/9:30 am Masses, but I will be part of the  passion presentation with several readers at all three Masses. The 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed. htt...

Send us Fan Mail I will be at St. Isidore this Sunday for all three Sunday morning Masses: 7:30/9:30/11:30 am;  I will preside at the 7:30/9:30 am Masses, but I will be part of the  passion presentation with several readers at all three Masses. The 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed. https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail In bringing us back to the heart, God is calling us to the place that knows no separation. The heart knows what the mind can never understand: Everything is connected. I have Mass at St. Isidore on Sunday, March 17 @ 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 When the Israelites looked at the serpent on a pole, they were healed. Right then.  So when Jesus says, “Whoever believes in him may have eternal life,” he is not talking about something that happens after we die. In John’s Gospel, eternal life begins right now for those who believe. I have Mass on Sunday, March 10 at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Listen to what John tells us chapter 1, verse 14. “And the Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us, and we saw his glory, the glory as of the Father’s only Son.” John uses the Greek word "tabernacle" for dwelling. God truly came to dwell in our midst, even as God dwelt in the midst of Israel in the Tabernacle and later in their Temple. I have Mass on Sunday, Mar...

Send us Fan Mail Then Paul asks this question: "If God is for us, who can be against us? God who did not withhold his own Son, but handed him over for us all?" I have Mass at St. Isidore on February 25 @ 9:30/11:30 am. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail There is a fascinating verse in the second reading: “Christ was brought to life in the Spirit. In it he also went to preach to the spirits in prison.” (1 Peter 3:18-19) Click to read more about the Resurrection Icon I have Mass on Sunday, February 18 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail There are many who prefer to steer clear of such people. Jesus is not one of them; by touching a leper, Jesus makes himself unclean. He 'dirties his hands'. “I do will it. Be made clean!”  I have Mass on Saturday,  February 10  @ Holy Name Birmingham, 4:00 pm I have Mass on Sunday, February 11 @ St. Isidore, 7:30/9:30 am @ St. Andrew, 5:00 pm frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Mark has hidden the Resurrection in the first chapter of the Gospel, where it hadn’t even occurred to us to look for it. Where might you find the risen Christ hiding in your life? I am away this weekend. I have Mass on Saturday,  February 10  @ Holy Name Birmingham, 4:00 pm I have Mass on Sunday, February 11 @ St. Isidore, 7:30/9:30 am @ St. Andrew, 5:00 pm frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail When Jesus speaks,  we hear God’s voice;  and when Jesus acts,  we see God's action in the world.   I have Mass on Sunday, January 28 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 Avivah Zornberg, a contemporary Jewish biblical writer, suggests that “to flee from God is to refuse to stand between death and life; the opposite of the flight from God, she writes,  “is, in a word, prayer.” I have Mass on Sunday, January 21 @ 9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail We hear the story of the call of Simon Peter in the first chapter of John’s Gospel. Simon is given a new name, but it will take the entire Gospel for Simon Peter to live into his new identity. I have Mass on Sunday, January 14 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The Magi are the first humans to speak in Matthew’s Gospel, and their question sets the story in motion. Standing in front of the puppet king of Israel, they ask, “Where is the king?” I have Mass on Sunday, January 7 at St. Isidore, 9:30/11:30 am at St. Andrew, 5:00 pm frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Simeon recognizes the child as the fulfillment of God’s promise and he is ready to die in peace, "For my eyes have seen your salvation." I have Mass at St. Isidore on December 31 @ 7:30/9:30 am The 7:30 am Mass is live-streamed  https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ I will celebrate the 5:00 PM Mass at St. Andrew on January 7, 2024 frjoedailey@gmail.com