Pastoral Reflections

Pastoral Reflections 10-12-25 - The 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time Msgr. Don Fischer Download This Homily Originally Aired on October 13, 2019 2 Kings 5:14-17 | 2 Timothy 2:8-13 | Luke 17:11-19   May your grace, oh Lord, we pray, at all times go before us and follow after us and make us always determined to carry out good works through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son.   I don't know if you...

Pastoral Reflections 10-5-25 - The 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time Msgr. Don Fischer Download This Homily Originally Aired on October 6, 2019 Habakkuk 1:2-3; 2:2-4 | 2 Timothy 1:6-8, 13-14 | Luke 17:5-10   Almighty and everliving God, who in the abundance of your kindness surpass the merits and the desires of those who entreat you, pour out your mercy upon us to pardon what conscience dreads and...

Pastoral Reflections 9-28-25 - The 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time Msgr. Don Fischer Download This Homily Originally Aired on September 29, 2019 Amos 6:1a, 4-7 | 1 Tm 6:11-16 | Luke 16:19-31   Oh God, who manifests your almighty power above all by pardoning and showing mercy, bestow, we pray, your grace abundantly upon us and make those hastening to attain your promise heirs to the treasures of...

Pastoral Reflections 9-21-25 - The 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time Msgr. Don Fischer Download This Homily Originally Aired on September 22, 2019 Amos 8:4-7 | 1 Timothy 2:1-8 | Luke 16:1-13   Oh God, who founded all the commands of your sacred law upon love of you and of our neighbor, grant that, by keeping your precepts, we merit to attain eternal life.  Through our Lord Jesus Christ,...

Pastoral Reflections 9-14-25 - Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Msgr. Don Fischer Download This Homily Originally Aired on September 14, 2014 Numbers 21:4b-9 | Philippians 2:6-11 | John 3:13-17   O God, who willed that your Only Begotten Son should undergo the Cross to save the human race, grant, we pray, that we, who have known his mystery on earth, may merit the grace of his redemp...

Pastoral Reflections 9-7-25 - The 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Msgr. Don Fischer Download This Homily Originally Aired on September 9, 2019 Wisdom 9:13-18b | Philemon 9-10, 12-17 | Luke 14:25-33   Oh God, by whom we are redeemed and receive adoption, look graciously upon your beloved sons and daughters that those who believe in Christ may receive true freedom and an everlasting inheritance.&n...

Pastoral Reflections 8-31-25 - The 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time Msgr. Don Fischer Download Sirach 3:17-18, 20, 28-29 | Hebrews 12:18-19, 22-24a | Luke 14:1, 7-14   God of might, giver of every good gift, put into our hearts the love of your name, so that, by deepening our sense of reverence, you may nurture in us what is good and, by your watchful care, keep safe what you have nurtured. Throu...

Pastoral Reflections 8-24-25 - The 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time Msgr. Don Fischer Download Isaiah 66:18-21 | Hebrews 12:5-7, 11-13 | Luke 13:22-30   Oh God, who calls the minds of the faithful to unite in a single purpose, grant your people to love what you command and to desire what you promise that amid the uncertainties of the world our hearts may be fixed on that place where true gladness...

Pastoral Reflections 8-17-25 - The 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time Msgr. Don Fischer Download Jeremiah 38:4-6, 8-10 | Hebrews 12:1-4 | Luke 12:49-53   Oh God, who through the grace of adoption chose us to be children of light, grant, we pray, that we may not be wrapped in the darkness of error but always be seen to stand in the bright light of truth.  Through our Lord Jesus Christ, you...

Pastoral Reflections 8-10-25 - The 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time Msgr. Don Fischer Download Wisdom 18:6-9 | Hebrews 11:1-2, 8-19 | Luke 12:32-48   Almighty, everliving God who taught by the Holy Spirit we dare to call our Father, bring, we pray, to perfection in our hearts the spirit of adoption as your sons and daughters that we may merit to enter into the inheritance, which you promised.&nbs...

Pastoral Reflections 8-3-25 - The 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time Msgr. Don Fischer Download Ecclesiastes 1:2; 2:21-23 | Colossians 3:1-5, 9-11 | Luke 12:13-21   Draw near to your servants, oh Lord, and answer their prayers in unceasing kindness that, for those who glory in you as their creator and guide, you may restore what you have created, keep safe what you have restored.  Through...

Pastoral Reflections 7-27-25 - The 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Msgr. Don Fischer Download Genesis 18:20-32 | Colossians 2:12-14 | Luke 11:1-13   Oh God, protector of those who hope in you, without whom nothing has firm foundation, nothing is holy, bestow in abundance your mercy upon us and grant that, with you as our ruler and guide, we may use the good things that pass in such a way as to h...

Pastoral Reflections 7-20-25 - The 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Msgr. Don Fischer Download Genesis 18:1-10a | Colossians 1:24-28 | Luke 10:38-42   Show favor, oh, Lord, to your servants, and mercifully increase the gifts of your grace that, made fervent in hope, faith and charity, they may be ever watchful in keeping your commands.  Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son who lives...

Pastoral Reflections 7-13-25 - The 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Msgr. Don Fischer Download Deuteronomy 30:10-14 | Colossians 1:15-20 | Luke 10:25-37   Oh, God, who showed the light of your truth to those who go astray so that they may return to the right path, give all, who for the faith they profess are accounted Christians, the grace to reject whatever is contrary to the name of Christ to s...

Pastoral Reflections 7-6-25 - The 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time Msgr. Don Fischer Download Isaiah 66:10-14c | Galatians 6:14-18 | Luke 10:1-12, 17-20   Oh, God, who in the abasement of your Son have raised up a fallen world, fill your faithful with holy joy, for on those you have rescued from slavery to sin, you’ve bestowed eternal gladness. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son who liv...

Pastoral Reflections 6-29-25 - Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles Msgr. Don Fischer Download     

Pastoral Reflections 6-22-25 - The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ Msgr. Don Fischer Download Genesis 14:18-20 | 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 | Luke 9:11b-17   Oh, God, who in this wonderful sacrament have left us a memorial of your passion, grant us, we pray, so to revere the sacred mysteries of your body and blood that we may always experience in ourselves the fruits of your r...

Pastoral Reflections 6-15-25 - The Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Msgr. Don Fischer Download Proverbs 8:22-31 | Romans 5:1-5 | John 16:12-15   God our Father, who by sending into the world the word of truth and the spirit of sanctification made known to the human race your wondrous mystery, grant us, we pray, that in professing the true faith, we may acknowledge the trinity of eternal glo...

Pastoral Reflections 6-8-25 - Pentecost Sunday Msgr. Don Fischer Download Acts 2:1-11 | 1 Corinthians 12:3b-7, 12-13 | John 20:19-23   Oh God, who by the mystery of today’s great feast sanctify your whole church in every people and nation, pour out, we pray, the gifts of the Holy Spirit across the face of the earth, and with the divine grace that was at work when the gospel was first proclaim...

Pastoral Reflections 6-1-25 - Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord Msgr. Don Fischer Download Acts 1:1-11 | Ephesians 1:17-23 | Luke 24:46-53   God, our Father, make us joyful in the ascension of your Son, Jesus Christ.  May we follow him into the new creation, for his ascension is our glory and our hope, and we ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son who lives and reigns...

Pastoral Reflections 5-25-25 - The Sixth Sunday of Easter Msgr. Don Fischer Download Acts 15:1-2, 22-29 | Revelations 21:10-14, 22-23 | John 14:23-29   Grant, almighty God, that we may celebrate with heartfelt devotion these days of joy, which we keep in honor of the risen Lord and that what we live in remembrance we may always hold to in what we do.  Through our Lord Jesus Christ,...

Pastoral Reflections 5-18-25 - The Fifth Sunday of Easter Msgr. Don Fischer Download Acts 14:21-27 | Revelations 21:1-5a | John 13:31-33a, 34-35   Almighty, everliving God, constantly accomplish the Paschal mystery within us that those you have pleased to make new in holy baptism may, under your protective care, bear much fruit and come to the joy of life eternal.  Through our Lord...

Pastoral Reflections 5-11-25 - The Fourth Sunday of Easter Msgr. Don Fischer Download Acts 13:14, 43-52 | Revelations 7:9, 14b-17 | John 10:27-30   Almighty and everliving God, lead us to a share in the joys of heaven so that the humble flock may reach where the brave shepherd has gone before, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God forever and ever, amen. &nbsp...

Pastoral Reflections 5-4-25 - The Third Sunday of Easter Msgr. Don Fischer Download Acts 5:27-32, 40b-41 | Revelations 5:11-14 | John 21:1-19   May your people exalt forever, oh, God, a renewed youthfulness of spirit so rejoicing now in the restored glory of our adoption, we may look forward in confident hope to the rejoicing of the day of resurrection. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son...

Pastoral Reflections 4-27-25 - The Second Sunday of Easter Msgr. Don Fischer Download Acts 5:12-16 | Revelations 1:9-11a, 12-13, 17-19 | John 20:19-31   God of everlasting mercy, who in the very recurrence of the paschal feast kindle the faith of the people you have made your own, increase, we pray, the grace you have bestowed that all may grasp and rightly understand in what font they have b...