Fr. Joe Dailey

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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.

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“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. 

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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 the Blessed Sacrament.

I have Mass on Sunday, August 9 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am. The 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed. https://stisidore.church/isidore-online/

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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 God’s abundance.

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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. Anne and Joachim. St. Anne is the Patroness of the Archdiocese of Detroit. This homily is for those who are following the lectionary in Ordinary Time.

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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 whom nothing is known and everything forgotten. Generation after generation, they brought children into the world and handed on their traditions and will continue to do so.

I have Mass on Sunday, July 26 at St. Isidore @ 7:30/9:30 am

The 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed: https://stisidore.church/isidore-online/

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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 on Sunday, July 19

at St. Isidore @ 9:30/11:30 am

at St. Andrew @ 5:00 pm

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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

the 7:30 am Mass will be live-streamed. https://stisidore.church/isidore-online/

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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 am

the 7:30 am Mass is live-streamed. https://stisidore.church/isidore-online/

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“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 am

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