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 42 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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Today, the Church offers us the familiar story of the Road to Emmaus from the Gospel of Luke (Luke 24:13-35). The following is a homily I delivered BACK IN MAY of 2014 on that same gospel reading. In the early 70’s, the makers of V-8 Juice began running TV ads that included the now-famous line,…
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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. He testified with many other arguments, and was exhorting them, “Save yourselves from this corrupt generation.” (Acts 2:36-41) CORRUPT GENERATION: Scripture never…
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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. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary went away quickly from the tomb, fearful yet overjoyed, and ran to announce the news to…
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Have a blessed Easter! Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed. (John 20:8)
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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 (Easter Vigil). Thus says the LORD: “All you who are thirsty, come to the water! You who have no money, come, receive grain and…
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If interested, the following homily was delivered at our Good Friday liturgy BACK IN 2024: Each year in the reading of the Passion, we hear Peter deny Jesus three times before the cock crows, just as Jesus had predicted he would do. This may prompt us to say, “I can’t believe he did that!” After…
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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 (Holy Thursday). “If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet.…
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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. The Lord GOD is my help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like flint, knowing that…
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Each day I reflect on a specific word or phrase from the readings of the day. I encourage you to reflect on this word or phrase and incorporate it in your prayers today. Reclining at table with his disciples, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified, “Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will…
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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 (Monday of Holy Week). I, the LORD, have called you for the victory of justice, I have grasped you by the…
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