April 30, 2023 by frbillnicholas STOP PRAYING FOR VOCATIONS!! Good Shepherd Sunday4th Sunday of Easter Fr. Bill addresses the shortage of Vocations to the Priesthood and Religious Life in the Catholic Church. He proposes a shocking reason why he thinks God has been answering our prayers all along, and what Catholics can do to stem the tide of the decline so as to ensure a future increase in vocations.
April 25, 2021 by frbillnicholas A Carpenter, NOT a Shepherd Homily – 4th Sunday of Easter“Good Shepherd Sunday”YEAR OF ST. JOSEPH——Acts 4:8-12John 10:11-18 Jesus was not a Shepherd, but a Carpenter. Fr. Bill talks about how Jesus as the Good Shepherd is a part of Christian Mythology, that speaks to a greater truth about our Faith.
May 3, 2020 by frbillnicholas Who Wants to Be a Priest? GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAYHomily for the 4th Sunday of Easter (A) We pray for vocations, but how do we pray? Does the shortage of priests and religious in our parishes and schools mean that God is ignoring our prayer? Is God punishing the Church? Or has God, in fact, been answering our prayers all along? Fr. Bill talks about the vocation shortage in light of Jesus as the Good Shepherd
