Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s homily for the 2nd Sunday of Advent.   Comforted by the Lord December 6, 2020 “Comfort, give comfort to my people... Speak tenderly to Jerusalem and proclaim to her that her …guilt is expiated.” A deep hunger for comfort began early in a man’s life. As a [...]

Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s homily for the 1st Sunday of Advent.   The Resolve to Run to Meet Christ November 29, 2020 The opening prayer for Mass today expresses what God our Father wants to give us this Advent: “Grant your faithful, we pray, almighty God, the resolve to run forth [...]

Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s homily for the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time.   November 15, 2020 This coming Wednesday marks the 100th anniversary of legalized abortion in Russia. On November 18, 1920, for the first time in history, the murder of unborn girls and boys was legally approved. The Bolshevik government [...]

Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s homily for the Mass of Ordination of Permanent Deacons.   November 7, 2020 Our Second Reading today, Acts 6:1-7, explains how the first deacons were chosen. It also plunges us into the middle of a crisis, not a pandemic like the Coronavirus but about food. The problem [...]

Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s homily for the 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time.   October 25, 2020 “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind...You shall love your neighbor as yourself (Mt 22:38-39).” These words of Jesus tell us what [...]

Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s remarks at the 54-day Rosary Novena conclusion.   October 23, 2020 Welcoming Remarks This evening, we gather in prayer to conclude our 54-Day Totus Tuus Rosary Novena, which began on the Memorial of St. Jeanne Jugan, Foundress of the Little Sisters of the Poor, and ended on [...]

Give to God what belongs to God Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s homily for the 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time. October 18, 2020 Today’s second Reading is taken from the oldest surviving Christian document. It contains the first 5 verses of the first inspired work of the New Testament. The 1st Letter [...]

Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s homily for the 27th Sunday of Ordinary Time.   October 4, 2020 “Have no anxiety at all,” St. Paul tells us in our Second Reading (Phil 4:6). And Jesus frequently taught, “Do not worry” (Cf. Mt 6:25ff). Much easier said than done. My Grandmother never tried until [...]

Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s homily for the 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time.   September 27, 2020 In the Gospel parable, Jesus sets before us two imperfect persons, two sons who each make mistakes. Both are asked by their father to go and work in His vineyard. One son abruptly refused his [...]

Following is the prepared text from Bishop Olmsted’s homily for the Fall 40 Days for Life Kick-off Mass.   September 22, 2020 “Whoever makes a fortune by a lying tongue is chasing a bubble over deadly snares.” Proverbs 21:4 Thanks be to God for these words in our First Reading from the Book of Proverbs. [...]