Fr. Joe Dailey

Send us Fan Mail In his Children’s book, “Sun Moon Star,” Kurt Vonnegut tells the Christmas story through the undeveloped eyes of the newborn baby Jesus. This "Creator of the Universe" "had never had need for eyes before" since "it had known all things and been all things."  I have Mass at St. Isidore on Christmas Morning at 8:30 am. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail On the front of the altar are the words: "Verbum Caro HIC Factum est." “This is where the word became flesh.”  Not in the church of the nativity in Bethlehem, where Christ was born; but here, in this place, history was changed when Mary said “yes.” I have Mass on Sunday, December 24th at St. Isidore at 7:30/9:30 am I have Christmas Morning Mass at St. Isidore @ 8:30 am....

Send us Fan Mail This joy of mine has been made complete.  He must increase;  I must decrease.” (John 3:29-30) I have Mass on Sunday, December 17 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 Mark takes us back to another beginning in the Book of Genesis, chapter 1, verse 1, the opening lines of the first book of the bible: "in the Beginning, God." I have Mass at St. Isidore on Sunday, December 10 at 9:30/11:30 am. frjoedailey@gmail.com 

Send us Fan Mail Like clay in the potters’ hands, we bear the finger prints of our maker. The God who gets his hands dirty: -  “we are the clay and you the potter.” – With us, God is recreating the world.  I have Mass at St. Isidore on Sunday, December 3, at 7:30/9:30 am I have Mass at St. Joe, Lake Orion on Friday, December 8 @ 7:00 pm frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail In the words of Gerard Manley Hopkins, “For Christ plays in ten thousand places,  Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his  To the Father through the features of men's faces." I have Mass at St. Isidore on Sunday, November 26 @ 9:30/11:30 am. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Those who work the land know that all true wealth comes from God, the source of rain, sunshine, seed, and soil. But this silver talent, when "sown," produced no fruit!  I have Mass at St. Isidore on Sunday, November 19 @ 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 By taking these words to heart, our faces will reflect the radiance of the face of the Lord. The light comes from within and gives light for all. It is not something outside that we can “go and buy.” I have Mass at St. Isidore on Sunday, November 12 @ 9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail In today’s Gospel, Jesus is challenging religious behavior that focuses on externals, while avoiding any attempt at transformation of the heart. I am away this weekend. frjoedailey@gmail.com

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