14th Sunday in Ordinary Time - C 2025
“The harvest is abundant but the laborers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out laborers for his harvest.” The Gospel passage for this weekend seems appropriate as I begin my time as pastor of the parishes in Baraga County. If you have not yet learned, my name is Fr. Ben Rivard. I’m both delighted and excited to be assigned as your pastor, serving as one of those laborers which our Lord talks about in today’s Gospel. When I begin a new assignment, I find it helpful to use my first weekend homily or sermon as a way of giving you some information about me since I have your ear as a captive audience. In the future, I hope that in my preaching you will find yourselves captivated, not merely captive. Today, instead of a deeper dive into the readings or a specific topic – which would normally be the content of my preaching – please allow to share a bit about myself. I grew up in the small town of Cornell, just north of Escanaba. I ...