Fr. Joe Dailey

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

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