Blog: 'Erik Ross OP'

środa, 26.10.2016

Where are you going to church this Sunday? "I'll be at Saint Stan's." "Saint Stan's" in Milwaukee is shorthand for the Church of Saint Stanislaus: the first Polish Roman Catholic parish in the entire region, and perhaps also in the whole United States, founded in 1866. (A reader points out that  [...]
czwartek, 20.10.2016

Last Sunday, I preached at my parents' parish in Milwaukee, a particularly glamorous city in the middle of the United Sates. The Gospel was Luke 18:1-8, the story of the widow and the unjust judge. Here is what I said: We just heard, “Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity f [...]
środa, 12.10.2016

I had occasion last Sunday to reflect again on the well-known Gospel passage in which Jesus heals ten lepers but only one, a Samaritan, comes back to thank Him. It is always a pleasure to preach on ultra-famous Gospels because the preacher has the pleasure of revealing to himself and the congregatio [...]
wtorek, 20.09.2016

Today is the feast of many martyrs: Saint Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn‎ (김대건 안드레아), the first native-born Korean priest, and of Paul Chong Hasang (정하상 바오로), a lay apostle, and their companions. [caption id="attachment_3302" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Paul Chong Hasang and [...]
czwartek, 8.09.2016

Today is the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In its holy liturgy, the Church gives us the very first lines of the Gospel of Matthew. Remember this? “Abraham became the father of Isaac, Isaac the father of Jacob, Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers. Judah became the f [...]
poniedziałek, 22.08.2016

Today is the Feast (technically, a memorial) of the Queenship of Mary. It's a very new feast. The Queenship of Mary was established on the calendar of the Catholic Church by Pope Pius XII only in 1954. Pope Pius was famous for his Marian writings, and to launch this new feast he hatched a wh [...]
wtorek, 21.06.2016

I am on my post-ordination vacation. I am staying with my family in the Upper Midwest of the United States. One of the pleasures of this journey is the privilege of preaching from time to time at my parents' parish, Sacred Heart. It was founded by Croatians: refugees from Communist Yugoslavia who [...]
niedziela, 5.06.2016

Today we hear the Gospel of Luke, chapter seven. Jesus says to us: “Do not weep!” And then he says, “I say to you, arise!” We have to remember, when we read the Gospel, that Jesus is speaking here and now -- to us. And what Jesus is showing us today is that he rejects death, he has ov [...]
niedziela, 15.05.2016

Today is the solemn feast of Pentecost – which, if you want to be understood, it is better to call the Descent of the Holy Spirit. And that’s what happens today. The Holy Spirit, who is God Himself, descends on the Apostles in a spectacular way, in wind and tongues of fire. [caption id="attac [...]
niedziela, 8.05.2016

Today, as advertised, we are celebrating the glorious ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ into heaven.   [caption id="attachment_2146" align="alignnone" width="300"] The Ascension of the Lord, Waldburg Gebetbuch (1486)[/caption] While in other places in the world Ascension is still cele [...]