From the Deacon's Desk

by Deacon Rick Wagner

Deacon Rick Wagner was ordained on June 23, 2012 and currently serves his home parish of St. Pius X in Indianapolis, IN. He has been married to his wife, Carol, for 43 years and they have 4 children and 10 grandchildren.

Deacon Rick has been involved in Catholic education for 40+ years and currently serves as President of St. Theodore Guerin High School, a workshop instructor for Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of Theology, and a retreat leader.

He has also authored three books: Remember What’s Important (2011), Fifty Homilies from the Deacon’s Desk (2016), and Fifty MORE Homilies from the Deacon’s Desk (2024).

Have a question or comment for Deacon Rick? Feel free to contact him at rwagner@spxparish.org

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  • Trust and Hope

    Each day, I reflect upon a word or a phrase inspired by the readings of the day. I encourage you to do the same and perhaps incorporate that word or phrase into your daily prayer. “Cursed is the one whose heart turns away from the Lord. Blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord,…

  • Ordinary

    Each day, I reflect upon a word or a phrase inspired by the readings of the day. I encourage you to do the same and perhaps incorporate that word or phrase into your daily prayer. Then the mother of the sons of Zebedee approached Jesus with her sons and did him homage, wishing to ask…

  • Learn to Do Good

    Each day, I reflect upon a word or phrase inspired by the readings of the day. I encourage you to do the same and perhaps incorporate that word or phrase into your daily prayer. Put away your misdeeds from before my eyes; cease doing evil; learn to do good. (from Isaiah 1:16-20) LEARN TO DO…

  • Stop Judging

    Each day during Lent, I will be highlighting a Lenten Word (or phrase) of the Day from the readings of the day. I encourage you to reflect on this word or phrase and incorporate it in your prayers today. “Stop judging and you will not be judged.” (from Luke 6:36-38) STOP JUDGING: I wish I…

  • Homily: Straddling the Fence

    I am not preaching today, but if interested, the following is the homily I delivered BACK IN 2023 on the same readings we have today, the Second Sunday of Lent: This May, Carol and I will be celebrating forty years (now 43) of marriage. That has led me to reflect upon our marriage quite a…

  • What is Unusual About That

    Each day, I reflect upon a word or phrase inspired by the readings of the day. I encourage you to do the same and perhaps incorporate that word or phrase into your daily prayer. For if you love those who love you, what recompense will you have? Do not the tax collectors do the same? And if…

  • Unfair!

    Each day, I reflect upon a word or a phrase inspired by the readings of the day. I encourage you to do the same and perhaps incorporate that word or phrase into your daily prayer. You say, “The Lord’s way is not fair!” Hear now, house of Israel: Is it my way that is unfair, or rather,…

  • Alone

    Each day, I reflect upon a word or a phrase inspired by the readings of the day. I encourage you to do the same and perhaps incorporate that word or phrase into your daily prayer. “O God, blessed are you. Help me, who am alone and have no help but you, for I am taking…

  • Sackcloth and Ashes

    Each day, I reflect upon a word or a phrase inspired by the readings of the day. I encourage you to do the same and perhaps incorporate that word or phrase into your daily prayer. When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, laid aside his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and…

  • Your Father Knows

    Each day, I reflect upon a word or a phrase inspired by the readings of the day. I encourage you to do the same and perhaps incorporate that word or phrase into your daily prayer. Your Father knows what you need before you ask him. (Matthew 6:7-15) YOUR FATHER KNOWS: In today’s Gospel, Jesus is…