Father Brian was born in Hawaii and grew up in Sacramento. He first felt the call to serve while in college and growing in his Catholic faith. It was “a song in his head” that kept getting louder and louder. He is currently the pastor of St. Mary's Parish in Vacaville, CA.
Good Shepherd Sunday (((HOMILY)))
Sunday May 3, 2020
During the month of May, the Church honors the Blessed Mother in an intensified way. In the example of her life, we see firsthand how to follow God's will. She never doubted, never gave into fear, nor abandoned her son when the storms came…
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On The Road to Emmaus (((HOMILY))) Third Sunday of Easter
Sunday April 26, 2020
If you and I were there at the resurrection, we'd be just as confused as the two disciples we hear about in the famous story of the Road to Emmaus. Dumbfounded and dejected, they walk away from Jerusalem. Jerusalem, the holy city, the city…
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Divine Mercy Sunday (((Homily)))
Sunday April 19, 2020
The perennial problem of man is that we always seek life apart from God. Ever since Adam and Eve made the original mistake in the Garden of Eden, humanity has stumbled along ever since.
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He Lives! (((HOMILY))) Easter Sunday at Dawn
Sunday April 12, 2020
“Awake, O sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will give you light.
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God Died Today. Who Noticed? (((Homily))) Good Friday
Friday April 10, 2020
I screamed at my neighbor today as he drove by in his silver convertible, top down, and music blaring. "HEY! Don't you know what happened today?" He just kept driving. Across the distance over the river, I saw another couple walking…
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Love Does Not Stop (((Homily))): Palm Sunday
Sunday April 5, 2020
Holy Week launches with Palm Sunday. With blessed branches in hand, we mimic the exuberant crowds that welcomed Jesus into Jerusalem. However, shortly before that, the mood was entirely different.
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Now I See: (((Homily))) 4th Sunday of Lent
Sunday March 22, 2020
I'm not going to lie; having our first official Mass during the quarantine lockdown hurt mightily. Your faces were nowhere to be found. My dear people, the flock entrusted to me by Jesus Christ seemed scattered to the wind, leaving behind…
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"Lets get (messed up)!": (((Homily))) Second Sunday of Lent
Sunday March 8, 2020
"LETS GET (MESSED) UP! LETS GET (MESSED) UP!", was the chant the crowd deliriously howled at the "Night in the Country" music festival in Yearington, Nevada. In perfect unison, nearly 15,000 concert-goers regurgitated this phrase over and…
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Lent Must Sting (((Homily))) First Sunday of Lent
Sunday March 1, 2020
If your Lent is easy, you're doing it wrong. The threefold pillars of fasting, prayer, and almsgiving is engineered to strike at the source of our dysfunction -- pride. And pride, my friends, never goes quietly into the dark night.
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