FATHER'S DAY

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY


Good evening/ morning everyone, I am so happy to welcome you all for today's Holy Mass. Our special welcome to all our parishioners, visitors, and everyone here today.
Let us thank God our Father for bringing us all here to this beautiful church of St. Joseph. Let us thank Him for sending His only Son our lord Jesus Christ to be with us forever. Let us thank Him for showering upon us the gifts of the Holy Spirit every day.
our special welcome to all our visitors today. On behalf of this beautiful church, we would like to wish all our wonderful dedicated and amazing fathers, 'happy father's day'. we also thank God for all our departed and living fathers for their sacrifice and dedication.
Once two sons decided to do something big for their father, so they bought a religious horse and all the dad had to say was Amen and praise the lord. When he would say Amen the horse would stop still and as he would say praise the lord, it would take off, would run like the wind. The dad got so excited and jumped on the horse and the horse right away took off and ran like the wind, so fast and went on a hill. the dad got so frightened and didn't know what to say and when he finally remembered he said, "Amen". The horse stood still on the edge of a cliff and he got relaxed and thanked god saying, "praise the lord". 
thus the dad died and one of the sons who was away that day, came home and asked the brother, "what was our dad's last word". my mom liked this joke. the brother said, our dad didn't have a last word. what do you mean and why did he not have a last word. The brother said, "It's because our mother was with him till the end". 

when my dad died my mom was with him till the end and i asked him, Mom, what was our dad's last word and she said, "love your mom more..."
Jesus our Lord the only son of the Father says, "Which of you, when your child asks for bread, give a stone instead and if he asks for a fish, will you give him a snake?  And you who are so conditioned and evil know how to give good things to your children and imagine how much more the heavenly Father will give to those who ask him, the Holy Spirit. 
The Holy  Bible says, God the Father breathed the breath of life into the nostrils of people and thus life began and as they went away from Him, they lost life and Christ our Lord came to restore life on earth and thus He breathed the breath of life again into humanity. Before going up to the Father, he said to his disciples, breathing on them, "Receive the Holy Spirit". Yes, because of Christ, life was restored.
And today, people are asked to continue that breath of life on earth and thus the man and woman become one flesh to bring life on earth. And man is given a great blessing to become a father to continue God's divine activity of creating life. This spiritual call has high responsibility. Without the help of divine, a man cannot become a dad.
Today the world is filled with fathers and some are worthy to be called dad. it's because of their sacrifice and dedication and it's because of their willingness to go against the current and make their children stronger in every single way. These dads know that only dead fish go with the flow and spiritual people take risk to face challenges.
And today let us thank God for all these wonderful dads who sacrifice so much for their families and children.
Once a dad was getting ready to go to work, noticed one of his sons was using his electric shaver to shave his head and the dad got so mad and said, "What are you doing? don't you have anything better to do? the son said, 'Dad, don't get mad at me and go and see what charlie did. there came another son charlie completely shaved his head. The dad got so upset and said to them, "why are you doing these things to me and what are you trying to prove? the children innocently looked at their dad and said, "Dad, we want to be like you bald".
Children imitate their dad and want to become their dad.  In the holy gospels, when Philip asked Christ saying, "Lord, Master, show us the Father, and we will be satisfied. and what did Christ say? Philip, you are with me until now and how can you ask me to show the Father. Don't you know that the Father and I are one. If you have seen me, you have seen the Father.
And that is why being a dad is a high responsibility, dedication and sacrifice. A dad will never do anything that will make their children weak. He will do everything for the good of his children and that is why he is called "Dad".
Yes, Dad is a hero to his children. They look up to Him and then they become like their dad in doing everything thing. And that is way we say, a good dad is a blessing, god-given. Anyone can father a child but only a good dad can make a change in his children lives.
once a dad looked at his son who was trying to move a heavy rock and said, "Son, are you using all your strength? and are you using all your energy to move that rock? The son who was so exhausted said, "Yes, dad of course, i am using all my strength and then the dad said, "No, son, you are not. you have not asked me yet for help".
once a group of children went to see an ocean first time and upon returning, they were sharing their experience with other children in the school saying, "No one can cross the ocean swimming. It's so huge and so on" then one of the children who never saw an ocean said, "What about my dad. He can do anything". 
the kingdom of God which was so tiny began to grow stronger and stronger, because the disciples asked divine help. They asked the Father to help them and Christ taught them to call God Father, so let us go to the divine father and get enough strength to make this world a beautiful place to live and love. God bless.

FATHER'S DAY

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY. 

Good morning/evening everyone, I am so happy to welcome you all for today's Holy Mass. Let's thank God the Father Almighty for bringing us all here to this beautiful church of St. Joseph's. Let us thank the Father to send His only Son our lord Jesus Christ to be with us forever. Let's thank our Father for showering upon us the gifts of the Holy Spirit every day. 

Happy Father's Day to all our wonderful fathers who by their very life inspire and influence their children and family. 

One day two sons decided to do something wonderful for their dad on a Father's Day, so they spent a good amount of money and bought a Catholic horse. The horse was so religious and when it heard "Amen", it stood still and when it heard, "Praise the Lord', it ran like anything else, I mean so fast like the wind. When the dad saw the horse, he was so happy and thanked them and then right away jumped on the horse. The horse began to run so fast and the dad completely forgot what to say. The horse was running so fast and went on a hill. That is always happen with men. The man got so afraid and thank God, he remembered the word and he screamed saying, "Amen", the horse stopped on the edge of the cliff and he was so happy and thanked god saying, "Praise the Lord". 

Once a son innocently looked at his dad and said, "Are you the boss of the house?" The dad was all proud and said, "Yes, son, of course, I am the boss of the house and then the boy said, "Is it because Mom put you in charge, right?" 

Once a man said, "The best thing that my dad taught me is...."Don't tell your mom".  

The Father God is our Creator and when He breathed the breath of life into the nostrils of people, life began. Adam and Eve began their spiritual journey on earth. But as they went away from God, their life source was taken away from them. They faced pain and suffering and eventually death. But God who loves us so much sent His Son Christ our Lord who breathed on the disciples saying, "Receive the Holy Spirit". And thus, life was restored, and that life is continuing in people.  

Today God calls men in a special way to become fathers to praise and glorify and continue His wonderful creation activity in cooperation with women and other creatures. Continuing His creation activity demands so much responsibility, spiritual responsibility. Fathers have to sacrifice and dedicate more than hundred percent of everything to protect their family and raise their children holy. 

Where can they draw energy to do so? Can they do it by their strength alone? No, no father can do it alone. They need strength from above. They need God. They need God the Father to make them good fathers on earth. 

Once a dad who was so buy getting ready to go to work, noticed that one of his children was using his electric shaver to shave his head. The dad got so mad at him and said, "what are you doing? Why are you keep bothering me and you need a good spanking." The son said, " dad, don't get mad at me. God and see what Charlie did. Then Charlie his second son came in completely shaved head. The dad got so upset and said, "Why are you doing all these things to me and what are you trying to prove me?' They innocently looked at their dad and said, "Dad, we want to be like you". 

That is a desire of every child trying to be like his dad. In the gospels, Jesus often says, "The Father and I are one. To Philip who said to Christ, "Show us the Father and we will be satisfied", Philip, have you not understood all the things that I talked to you and now you are asking to show the Father. If you see, you have seen the Father. The Father and I are one. No one can go to the Father except through me".  We say like the Father, so is the Son. 

Being Father is a very big responsibility. They have to set the example first and then it's easy for the children to do. It's not just telling the children, "Don't do this and don't do that" and then going behind their back and doing everything. The children imitate their father. 

Once a group of children went to see an ocean first time and when they came back to school the next day, they were very excited to share their experience saying, "The ocean is so huge, and no one can cross the ocean swimming". And one of the children who did not go to see the ocean with them, looked at them and said, "What about my dad? He can do anything.  

Fathers are role models and guide and they build and shape their children's future. When a dad is spiritual and practice his faith, his children will always be spiritual and practice their faith. 

One day, a dad saw his son trying to move a heavy rock. He said to his son, "Son, are you using all your energy to move the rock?" The son who was so exhausted said, "Yes, dad of course". Then the dad looked at him and said, "No, son, you are not. You did not ask my help yet".  

Fathers make a big difference in their children's lives. As we celebrate 'Father's Day, let us pray for fathers who teach their children to grow stronger in faith, hope and love.  

Today the world needs spiritual fathers, spiritual leaders who not only pray daily and also help their family to do so. We need good morally upright fathers who can help their children to grow faithfully and we need catholic fathers who pray the rosary, come to Mass and celebrate life and help others to do the same. So, let us ask St. Joseph, to pray for all our fathers today. Amen. 

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TENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME-B 

Good morning/evening everyone, 

Some people who went to Ireland for a visit said that all the churches in Ireland are being served by missionary priests who come from different countries and they did not understand them. And I said, "This is called payback time..." When the Irish missionaries went to different countries to preach, people didn't understand them either and now it happens in Ireland too and that is why our Catholic Church will always stay a mystery. 

Once a bishop looked at his priests and said, "you know what before you begin a homily or a talk, start with something unexpected like a joke, story or even with a statement to draw the attention of the people. For example, the last time, before giving the homily, I looked at the people and said, "I am in love with a married woman...then I gave a pause and looked at them all and said, "her name is Blessed Virgin Mary". One of the priests thought that was a wonderful idea and on Christmas day, he looked at the crowds of people and said, "I have an announcement to make. Our bishop is in love with a married woman and then by seeing the huge crowed, he got nervous and said, "I forgot her name". 

Friends in Christ Jesus,  

 St. Jerome says, "Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ".  Galileo says, "The bible shows the way to heaven not how the heaven goes". As we begin to read the bible with faith, hope and love, we come to know God's unconditional love and kindness; His mercy and compassion. 

For example, Christ often talks about faith and anyone who comes to Him for physical and mental healing, Jesus always asks them, "Do you believe? Do you have faith? And as they say, "Yes, Lord, I have faith.... and thus, He immediately heals and gives them life even on Sabbath day saying, "Law is for people and people are not for the law".  Christ our Lord defines our faith saying, "Even if we have faith the size of a mustard seed, we can easily move mountain and do great things in the name of Christ our Lord'. 

When He talks about Hope, He deepens our humanity saying, "You who are labored and heavy burdened, come to me and take my yoke upon you and learn from me. My yoke is easy and my burdened is light...for I am gentle and humble of heart". Yes, our hope will be increased every day as we have Christ for us. As St. Paul says, "When we have Christ for us, who can be against us". 

As Christ was talking about love, we always think about His unconditional and unlimited forgiveness from the stories of prodigal son and lost sheep and so on. As the Son came home from wandering around, the dad didn’t reject him, instead he said, "the son of mine was dead and now he is alive, and he was lost and now he is found"  

The bible is filled with faith, hope and love and all we have to do is, open the Bible and read it diligently every day. 

In today's gospel, our Lord Jesus Christ the only Son of God, who by dying on the Cross, destroyed our death and by rising, restored our life and there is no death for those who believe in Him, says, "Anyone who does the will of the Father is my Mother, brothers and sisters".  

Once there was a holy man who listened to the words of God and did His will. He had a horse that helped him to make some money. One day the old man's horse ran away from home and his neighbors and others came to him and said, "now how are your son and you going to survive? The only income source is gone and why don't you curse God instead of doing his will and being nice to others" The old man said, "everything happens for a reason and let it be according to the will of God..." Then few days later, his horse came back but not alone bring with him four more wild horses and this time, the neighbors couldn't say anything. Then one day as his son was training those wild horse, fell off the horse and broke his leg and then the neighbors and others came criticizing him saying, "Now stop saying...that you do everything according to the will of god and stop being nice to people and he said, "God is good and let me praise his name. He was like a junior job. Then one day, military officials came to his village and collecting all men to send to war and seeing his son with his broken legs, let him behind and then the man said, "Yes, everything happens for a reason and let me do the will of God".  

What is the will of God? Not only receiving the church's sacraments and not only coming to church but the will of God is putting our faith into practice. Christ our Lord says in Mattew chapter 25 that anything that we do to the least of our brothers and sisters, we do to Christ our Lord and thus we do the will of God. Doing the will of God means loving God and our neighbor and doing the will of god is helping others in need and thus we will be called mother, brothers and sisters of Christ our Lord.