TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A On a Sunday evening in June two years ago, just about the time that we were holding our parish Festival, a 21-year-old man by the name of Dylan Roof walked into an African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C., opened fire with his gun. When the shooting … Continue reading “Monsignor Ryan’s Homily for September 17th”

TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A In this era when people have become accustomed to staying in three and four and five-star accommodations while traveling, and enjoying all the comforts of home, legions of people still choose camping. When I am up at the lake on a Friday during the summer, I watch … Continue reading “Monsignor Ryan’s Homily for September 10th”

TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR A SOLEMNITY OF ST. GREGORY THE GREAT For the better part of a week now, the media have been filled with an unending stream of heart-wrenching stories and images of the effects of Hurricane Harvey. Because we here on Long Island lived through the ordeal of Super-Storm Sandy, … Continue reading “Monsignor Ryan’s Homily for September 3rd”