PENTECOST 2020 “I can’t breathe.” Can there be three more terrifying words than that? I can’t breathe. A few days ago, they were gasped by George Floyd as Police Officer Derek Chauvin callously and needlessly pressed his knee into the man’s windpipe while three fellow officers helped pin George to the ground. “I can’t breathe.” … Continue reading “Monsignor Ryan’s Homily for May 31st”

SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER -YEAR A The Covid-19 pandemic has interfered with countless celebrations, large and small. One of the more significant was the 75th Anniversary of V-E Day, marking the end of the war in Europe. Barely a year earlier, allied troops, including one of our recently-deceased parishioners, were poised and ready for the … Continue reading “Monsignor Ryan’s Homily for May 24th”

SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER – YEAR A “I will not leave you orphans…” Some years ago, I offered the prayer service at the wake of a man who had been abandoned by his parents. When he was three years old his mother and father took him into a tavern somewhere in New Jersey and then … Continue reading “Monsignor Ryan’s Homily for May 17th”