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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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. After making the crossing to the other side of the sea, Jesus and his disciples came to land at Gennesaret…
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I will be delivering the following homily at all Masses at St. Pius X Parish this weekend: I think many, if not all of us, are challenged to know how to respond to some of the tension and divisiveness taking place in our country. At the Saturday morning session of our annual deacon retreat last…
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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. Give your servant, therefore, an understanding heart to judge your people and to distinguish right from wrong. (1 Kings 3:9)…
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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. Blessed are they who have kept the word with a generous heart, and yield a harvest through perseverance. (Luke 8:15)…
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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 instructed them to take nothing for the journey but a walking stick –no food, no sack, no money in…
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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. “A prophet is not without honor except in his native place and among his own kin and in his own…
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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. There was a woman afflicted with hemorrhages for twelve years. She had suffered greatly at the hands of many doctors…
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“Mary and Joseph took Jesus up to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord, just as it is written in the law of the Lord, Every male that opens the womb shall be consecrated to the Lord…” (Luke 2:22-23) Why was it important that Jesus be presented to the Lord in the temple? It was…
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Today the Church celebrates the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Today’s gospel is taken from Chapter 5 of Matthew. It is a portion of the Sermon on the Mount, specifically Jesus sharing the beatitudes. Some thoughts on the beatitudes: When I was in kindergarten, the “rules” of the classroom were painted on the wall for…
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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. Jesus woke up, rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Quiet! Be still!” The wind ceased and there was…
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