Homilies with Fr John Rutten

Look!

The Three Amigos looked up, and Clarice looked down. We like the Apostles must look too. Where are we to look?

Daily Dose - Singing in the World

Summer Daily Dose

Confirmation - Holy Spirit - Sent

Scriptural Proof of Sacred Tradition helps us see in the Apostle’s gesture of going to Samaria to bestow the gift of the Holy Spirit that we call now Confirmation. Today the bishops are the successors with this power and each person who receives the Holy Spirit is sent to give the world reasons for hope!

The Father is Here… Do You Recognize? Graduation 2026

Philip after being with Jesus still has to ask to see the Father and doesn’t recognize Jesus is the presence of the Father. We too must ask for Him and discover the Father is here and often deeply working in our lives! As graduation day approaches and this group continues the journey, might they ask and recognize Him through the Church!

The Voice to Follow

The sheep know the shepherd through his voice. Christians know Jesus through His voice. However, His voice comes through friends and family and priests and Saints and Apostles and Peter and Popes. We must grow in our capacity to hear Him.