In today's First Reading "Jonah is angry and happy, angry and happy about things he has no control over at all. How many times in our lives we seem to have a lot of things we can't control. ... A challenge for us to recognize that God has given us our own life to live and our challenges and to live it well and to live it in a holy way and to be great examples." (from Fr. Daniel's homily)

Scripture Reference: Jonah 4:1-11 and Luke 11:1-4

"Our challenge is always to put our hands into God's hands and say: 'a lot of things I can't control in this life' ... [may we] let God give us the comfort we need. ... May we ask the Lord to give us peace and if you know anybody else who's suffering from worry that the Lord give them a sense of peace as well in whatever it is they find themselves."(from Fr. Daniel's homily)

Scripture reference:Luke 10:38-42

"Today as we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary may we remember her effect in our lives and how she draws us into the faith that gets us closer to God." (from Fr. Daniel's homily)

Scripture Reference:Acts 1:12-14 and Luke 1:26-38.

"In today's Gospel ... it is Jesus' final words that show us what He means by the kind of faith that we're to have. He says 'when you have done all that you have been commanded to do say 'we are unprofitable servants. We've only done what we were obliged to do.' ... Who knows what God could do in the faith life of someone was willing to do more than he was required to do." (from Fr. Daniel's homily)

Scripture Reference:Luke 17:5-10

"In the First Reading ... what got Jonah into trouble was that he was running away from God and what God was asking of him because he didn't want to do it. ... God is probably nudging you to do something, maybe some kind act to help someone, to forgive someone, to call someone and reconcile because someone said something or did something to you and you say 'no' even though probably deep down inside you know God is calling you to do that." (from Fr. Daniel's homily)

Scripture Reference: Jonah 1:1-2:2, 11

"When we celebrate a feast day of St. Francis, ... this is where the Church is at its best. [St. Francis] lived a life of humility, a life of poverty, inspired so many people and then could see Christ in him and then led so many people to Christ." (from Fr. Daniel's homily)

Scripture reference:Baruch 1:15-22 and Luke 10:13-16.

"In today's First Reading we have the command from God to 'not be saddened on this day, rejoicing in the Lord must be your strength... Hush for today is holy and you must not be saddened.' ... There's something about those who know God, who have a relationship with God; they are happy people." (from Fr. Daniel's homily)

Scripture reference:Nehemiah 8:1-4a, 5-6, 7b-12

Today we celebrate the Feast Day of the Guardian Angels. ... These angels are a statement to us about God's constant care for us, constant protection, constant calling us and journeying with us in this life - that He did not leave us." (from Fr. Daniel's homily)

Scripture reference: Matthew 18:1-5, 10

"God finds favor in the humble, the small, the people who work through this life in a very peaceful way. ... God is concerned with the little ones, the insignificant, those who have no power. Hopefully we imitate God in that way." (from Fr. Daniel's homily)

Scripture reference: Matthew 18:1-5, 10, 12-14.

"One of the theological virtues is charity. It's connected with love and it's connected with care for each other. ... In our relationship with God, do things come with strings attached? ... with an expectation? ... As we take a look at how kind we are to one another ... is it a free gift? That's a sign of true charity. ... God gives to us without expectation. ... May we imitate that." (from Fr. Daniel's homily)

Scripture Reference: Sirach 17:20-24 and Mark 10:17-27.