Fr. Joe Dailey
Fr. Joe Dailey Sunday Homily
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Funeral Homily for Mary Jane Dailey, August 17, 2026
Mom died July 30, 2026. She will be buried at Square Lake Cemetery in Lake Orion on October 17, 2026, on what would have been her 100th birthday.https://www.kroegerfun...
Homily for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time, A
“Have mercy.” In Deuteronomy 7, God explicitly tells the Israelites to "show no mercy.” Yet here is a Canaanite begging for just what her people were denied. I am away this weekend.frjoedailey@gmail.com
Homily for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, A
Do you remember the moment, a little over 6 years ago, during the COVID-19 pandemic, when Pope Francis gave a unique Urbi et Orbi blessing. He ascended the rainy steps of Saint Peter's Basilica alone, praying for the world and blessing it with ...
Homily for 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time, A
Jesus places the bread into the hands of the disciples, the very ones who moments before wanted to send the crowds away. In doing so, he reshapes their imagination. They no longer see themselves as managers of scarcity but as participants in Go...
Homily for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time, A
The second image is not about the pearl of great price; It’s about the merchant.“The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant.” (MT 13:45)I have Mass at St. Isidore on Sunday, July 26 @ 7:30/9:30 am. We are celebrating the local feast of Sts...
Feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne, Archdiocese of Detroit
St Anne is the Patroness of the Archdiocese of Detroit. We are celebrating the memorial of Sts Joachim and Anne, the grandparents of Jesus. Ben Sirach recalls those countless good people who have lived down through the ages but of w...
Homily for the 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time, A
In the old Catholic Douay-Rheims Bible translation, the landowner says to them, “Suffer the weeds to grow with the wheat.” Let them grow together. The root word in the Greek that Jesus uses is the word for forgiveness. I have Mass o...
Homily for the 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time, A
There is a wonderful line in Paul’s letter to the Romans, 8:28. “We know that all things work together for good for those who love God." All things, not just good things.I have Mass at St. Isidore on Sunday, July 12 @ 7:30/9:30 am...
Homily for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time, A
Paul Simon’s, “American Tune,” is a lament for all whose dreams have been shattered, for all who have lost their way. I have Mass on Sunday, July 5th at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30/11:30 amthe 7:30 am Mass is live-streamed.
Homily for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time, A
“Brothers and sisters: Are you unaware that we who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death?” (Romans 6:3)I have Mass on Sunday, June 28th at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 amfrjoedailey@gmail.commy latest
Homily for the 12th Sunday in Ordinary Time, A
"So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows." (Matthew 10:32)I have Mass on Sunday, June 21 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am (7:30 am live stream here)
Homily for the 11th Sunday in Ordinary Time, A
Francis Thompson calls God, "The Hound of Heaven." It's a hunting metaphor, that God comes hounding after you before the thought ever dawns. God seeks after lost sheep, lost coins, lost sons. It begins with God, always the pursuer. ...
The Sacred Heart, I will remember their sins no more. (Jeremiah 31:34)
Today, June 11, as part of the celebration of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, the U.S. Bishops will consecrate the United States of America to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. frjoedailey@gmail.com...
Homily for the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ, A
“Your life is so much stronger than ours that it dominates us, absorbs us, and assimilates us to itself…. Although I might have imagined that it was I who held the consecrated Bread and gave myself its nourishment, I now see with blinding clari...
All Scripture is inspired by God (2 Tim. 3:16)
Homily for June 5, 2026 at Holy Name, Birmingham.https://youtu.be/q4BGKuoPT2c?si=Xj5u_6zgLfW_AVWt
Homily June 3, 9th Week in Ordinary Time
I had morning Mass at Holy Name in Birmingham https://youtu.be/HqEirLN3DDI?si=0msAyBfaCbjUBhOQ"I remind you to stir into flame the gift of God." Reflection on 2 Timothy ...
Homily for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity, A
Moses implores God: “Although this is a stiff-necked people if now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, I pray, let the Lord go with us.” “Let the Lord go with us.” We discover God along the way. We never see God coming, but afterward, in ...
Homily for Pentecost Sunday, A
The Spirit is given for this benefit: whenever you or I forgive a brother or sister from the heart, we are participating in Christ’s ministry of forgiveness, exercising the priestly ministry of every baptized Christian.I have Mass on Sun...
Homily for the Feast of the Ascension, A
The Jesuit poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins, captures this beautifully in these words from his poem, “As Kingfishers catch fire.”“Christ plays in ten thousand places, Lovely in limbs, and lovely in eyes not his To the Father...
Homily for the 6th Sunday of Easter, A
Instead of talking about Jesus from the outside, in what we have heard and seen, Jesus is inviting us to meet him in a new way. What Jesus was and said is not past, but present, and everything speaks to us from deep within. Jesus is talking abo...
Homily for the 5th Sunday of Easter, A
Remember the painting that Francis introduced to the church, Our Lady, Untier of Knots? She is not resolving the problem; the way you untie knots is to loosen them. And that’s what Pope Francis was doing. He was untying knots. He was dispelling...
Homily for the 4th Sunday of Easter, A
God doesn't love you as an abstraction. The good shepherd is personal, because the shepherd calls his own sheep by name. God knows your name. God knows your story, and God knows your agonies. God knows what brought you here this morning; and yo...
Homily for the 3rd Sunday of Easter, A
As always, the Bible tells the story not so much of our quest for God as of God's passionate quest for us. I will be celebrating Mass this Sunday in Paris, France, along with 48 other periginus (pilgrims.)frjoedailey@gmail.co...
