Tag Archive: #deaconjerrybrennan

Deacon Jerry’s Lenten Reflection: Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion

The name of this Sunday is Palm Sunday of the Passion of Our Lord. The name shows both the joy at Jesus coming into Jerusalem and into our hearts and also how he is rejected by the crowd and when [read more...]

Deacon Jerry’s Lenten Reflection: 5th Sunday of Lent

There is a confluence of topics to discuss this weekend; Confirmation of some 72 of our young people, (wasn’t 72 the number who received the Spirit in Scripture?) the Fifth Sunday of Lent, St. Patrick’s Day and, this coming Tuesday, [read more...]

Deacon Jerry’s Lenten Reflection: 4th Sunday of Lent

In this weekend’s Gospel from John (for the normal cycle, not the Scrutinies) Jesus explains to Nicodemus that the Son of Man must be lifted up on a pole just as Moses lifted up the bronze serpent on a pole [read more...]

Deacon Jerry’s Lenten Reflection: 3rd Sunday of Lent

The last two weeks we explored God’s Covenant and his promise to us of undying eternal love. The covenants God gives us is gradually revealed and fulfilled in Christ. I will cheat a bit, kind of like reading the end [read more...]

Deacon Jerry’s Lenten Reflection: 2nd Sunday of Lent

All three readings from this Sunday give us a greatly expanded understanding of God’s covenant with us. If you recall in last Sunday’s first reading, God covenants with Noah that God will no longer destroy the earth by a flood. [read more...]

Deacon Jerry’s Lenten Reflection: 1st Sunday of Lent

In the first reading this Sunday, God tells Noah of God’s covenant that he will never again destroy the world by flood. God made the rainbow in the sky as symbol to remind us of this promise. Earlier God had [read more...]

Christ is the Good Shepherd

This Sunday is the Fourth Sunday of Easter. We are halfway between Christ rising from the dead on Easter Sunday and the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. Two weeks ago, we were reminded of God’s mercy on Divine [read more...]

OLW Deacons: On the Air

Medical mission work is an important part of the callings of OLW Archdiocese Deacon Jerry Brennan’s and Don Grossnickle’s global ministry work in Uganda East Africa. Tune in to Archdiocese Radio (WNDZ 750AM), this Thursday, September 15th, from 8:30-9:00 am. [read more...]

The Bread of Life

At Saturday’s Vigil Mass on July 24, 2021, Deacon Jerry Brennan’s Homily reminded all that the Eucharist is not merely a symbol of Christ, but is actually the true presence — the body and blood — of Jesus, sacrificed for [read more...]

Place God in the Center of Your Marriage

In his homily on June 3, 2021, Our Lady of the Wayside Deacon Jerry Brennan encouraged married couples to pray together and to place God in the center of their marriage. Deacon Jerry provided compelling statistics supporting the adage, “Those [read more...]