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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  • Our Work is Never Done

    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 young man said to him, “All of these I have observed. What do I still lack?” Jesus said to…

  • Irrevocable

    Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time 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 gifts and the call of God are irrevocable. (Romans 11:29) IRREVOCABLE: Irrevocable is defined as not…

  • Observe It!

    Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Each day, I reflect upon a word or phrase from the readings of the day. I encourage you to do the same and perhaps incorporate that word or phrase into your daily prayer. “…blessed are those who hear the word of God and observe it.” (Luke 11:27-28) OBSERVE…

  • One Flesh

    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. For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall…

  • Be Patient With Me

    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. At that, the servant fell down, did him homage, and said, ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay you…

  • Two or More?

    Each day, I reflect upon a word or a phrase from the readings of the day. I encourage you to do the same and perhaps incorporate that word or phrase into your daily prayer. “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” (Matthew 18:20)…

  • Speak My Words

    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. …eat this scroll, then go, speak to the house of Israel. So I opened my mouth and he gave me the…

  • Feast of St. Lawrence

    Today is the feast of St. Lawrence, patron saint of deacons. Please offer prayers for me and my fellow deacons on the feast of this deacon and martyr of the Church! The following is the prayer I began my day with today, asking for the intercession of St. Lawrence: St. Lawrence, who in your youth…

  • Homily: Pray and Trust in God

    Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Readings: 1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a / Romans 9:1-5 / Matthew 14:22-33 I will be delivering the following homily at all Masses this morning at St. Pius X Catholic Church in Indianapolis, IN: I want to be fully transparent about the homily you are about to hear. For those of you…

  • Memorial of St. Dominic

    Memorial of St. Dominic Dominic began itinerant preaching according to the gospel ideal. He did this work for 10 years and was successful with the ordinary people but not with the leaders. He and his fellow preachers gradually became a community, and in 1215 Dominic founded a religious house at Toulouse, the beginning of the…