Fr. Joe Dailey

Send us Fan Mail The reason we mark ourselves this day with ashes, right on the forehead, where everyone can see them, is to tell the world and each other that we are all in this together.  frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Matthew is teaching us in 10 verses what St. Luke tells us in a single verse: "Father forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." (Luke 23:34) I have Mass  on Sunday, February 19  @ St. Isidore, Macomb, 9:30/11:30 am @ St. Andrew, Rochester, 5:00 pm I have Mass on Ash Wednesday at St. Isidore on February 22 @ 7:00 pm frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Proverbs 4:23 reminds us: Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.   for the long version of the Gospel https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021223.cfm I have Mass on February 12 at St. Isidore @ 7:30 / 9:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The earth is the place where the community of the Sermon on the Mount lives. “Salt of the earth” means that faithful disciples must get involved with this earth and this life. They are to regard themselves as a most important ingredient of this life. I have Mass at St. Isidore on February 5th @ 9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The beatitudes begin: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." The very first word that comes out of Jesus’ mouth is “blessed.” I am away this weekend. I'll be back at St. Isidore on February 5th.  frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail In calling first one set of brothers, Peter and Andrew, and then a second set of brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee, Jesus is enacting the vision of a new Israel. Eventually Jesus will go on to choose 12 disciples; a new people of God. I have Mass at St. Isidore on January 22nd @ 9:30/1130 am. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail John the Baptist testifies that he saw the Spirit resting on Jesus when he came out of the water and realized that this man must be both “the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world” and also the “Son of God”.   I have Mass on January 15 @ St. Isidore at 7:30/9:30 am

Send us Fan Mail Disaster comes from two Latin words ‘dis’ and ‘astre,’ meaning “separated from one’s star”. We face disaster when we are separated from our inner guiding spirit, separated from our deep inner wisdom.  I have Masses on Sunday, January 8 @ St. Isidore, 9:30 am and 11:30 am @ St. Andrew, 5:00 pm frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Mary shows us a pattern of “accepting” and “throwing together.” And what is important in this pattern is when our tragedies are thrown together with the rest of our lives, it allows the good things to win.  I have Mass on January 1 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 "To all who received him, who believed in his name, he gave power to become children of God." (John 1:12) I have Christmas Morning Mass at 8:30 am @ St. Isidore frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Joseph is not like King Ahaz, who stubbornly refuses to admit that God cannot be limited by the contours of creation. But until his revelatory dream, Joseph has no way to know that he has been cast in the greatest of all human dramas: The Gospel of God. I have Mass on December 18 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed. https://stisidore.church/worship-onl...

Send us Fan Mail Last week, John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness. John is like a midwife: He had the freedom, the passion, and the clear boundaries that are needed to get anything started. John is a wild man who "clears the threshing floor,"  but after that he really does not have much to do. I have Mass on December 11 at St. isidore 9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail If the wolf can be the guest of the lamb, and the bear and cow be friends,  then no injury or hate can be a guest within the kingdom of my heart. Eden's peace and harmony will only return when first, in my heart, there hides no harm or ruin, for the Peaceable Kingdom is in my hands. I have Mass at St. Isidore on Sunday, December 4 @ 7:30/9:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail My family is having a different sort of Advent this year. My nephew and his wife are awaiting the birth of their third child in the next two weeks or so. No one knows the exact day or hour, so we watch and wait for news. I have Mass on Sunday, November 27 at St. Isidore 9:30 and 11:30 AM At St. Andrew, 5:00 PM frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail  In this most unlikely of places the garden has suddenly returned. Paradise has emerged in the cross-bound conversation between two dying men: one a representative of sin reaching for wholeness,  the other a Son of the fullness of God reaching toward what has been lost. I have Mass on November 20 @ St. Isidore 7:30/9:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Jesus is teaching us ow to live in the midst of collapse. "Do not be terrified!" Fear shuts us down. Instead, Jesus invites us  to see this as a gift: "When they bring you before kings and governors: This will give you an opportunity to testify." I am in the Holy Land; we have Sunday Mass on the Mount of Olives at the Church of All Nations. I will be home for M...

Send us Fan Mail Whatever we believe about death is an important question for us because it not only changes the way we imagine God, it changes the way we live our lives . I am at St. Isidore November 6 @ 9:30/11:30 am. I leave November 8th for Israel. Next Sunday's homily will be online only. I'll be back for Mass on November 20th. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The story begins with Zacchaeus wanting to see who Jesus was. Up until now, everyone has been looking down on Zacchaeus or overlooking him. For the first time in his life, someone looks up to Zacchaeus. I have Mass at St. Isidore on October 30 @ 7:30/9:30 am. the 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed. https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ I have Mass at St. Isidore on All Saints D...

Send us Fan Mail Prayer will always lead us back to one another. It is not about separation, but communion. It’s not about my being better than you, but God’s grace, through me, including you. I have Mass on October 23 at St. Isidore, 9:30/11:30 am frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail We don’t know anything about the widow’s cause, whether she is right or wrong; we only know one thing: she is faithful! She kept coming again and again, relentlessly pursuing her claim.  I have Mass @ St. Isidore on October 16, 7:30/9:30 am. The 7:30 Mass is live-streamed  https://stisidore.church/worship-online/ frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The lepers immediately demonstrate their faith by following Jesus’ instruction even though they still have their disease. Only as they are on their way do we find out that “they were made clean.” Jesus has responded to their cries by drawing from them an act of faith that results in their physical healing. I have Mass on Sunday October 9 @ St. Isidore, 9:30 am and 11:30 am @ St. A...

Send us Fan Mail So we should be called “due-nothing” servants, pun intended, which may reflect Jesus' own sense of humor. While this servant clearly is not a  “do-nothing” person, it is also clear that a servant is “due nothing” for services rendered. I have the 7:30/9:30 am Masses @ St. Isidore October 2, 2022 frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail The name Lazarus - in Hebrew “Eliezer” -  means “God helps.” Before Abraham had any sons, he had only one heir to his fortune: his steward, Eliezer. In Jewish tradition, Abraham’s steward, Eliezer of Damascus, was an angel. Lazarus, sitting outside the gate of the rich man, was an angel in disguise. I have Mass at St. Andrew on Sunday September 25, 5 pm frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail More importantly, the steward has been treated generously by the master since he was only fired instead of being more severely punished. The steward spends his master’s generosity. I am away this weekend. I have Mass September 25 @ St. Andrew, 5 pm. frjoedailey@gmail.com

Send us Fan Mail Luke gives us not two, but three parables. There is a rule of three in story telling: "Cinderella" and her two sisters; to use a non-kosher example, "The Three Little Pigs." Usually, the third story reveals the surprise: "There was a man who had two sons." I am in Bavaria this weekend and next for the Passion Play in Oberammergau. frjoedailey@gmail.co...