Funeral Mass – Life on the Chrism Trail

Homily for the Mass of Christian Burial for Reverend Cruz Manuel Holguin Ogaz

September 25, 2025
St. Peter the Apostle Catholic Church
White Settlement, Texas

1 Corinthians 13:1-13
Psalm 23
Philippians 3:7-14
John 17:1-11

Bishop’s homily in English begins at paragraph 5.

Yo no tengo las palabras de quitar su tristeza sobre la muerte del Padre Manuel. Si las tuviera, las proclamaría. Pero tantas palabras no existen. En lugar de estas, tenemos las palabras del evangelio y de la esperanza en la resurrección de Cristo. Las que proclaman que nuestro hogar verdadero es en el cielo.

Homily for the Funeral Mass for Reverend Monsignor John F. Wippel

September 20, 2023
Basilica Shrine of the Immaculate Conception
Washington, D.C.

Daniel 12:1-3
Psalm 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13
2nd Timothy 4:1-8
John 1:1-18

Each of us grieves the death of Monsignor John F. Wippel differently as each of us knew him differently: family member, friend, or colleague; priest, scholar, or teacher. So many of us knew him as Monsignor Wippel or Professor Wippel; but his family and very close friends knew him as “Father John.” Our prayers for consolation are especially offered on behalf of his sister-in-law, Mary Wippel; his nephew Fran and his wife Karen; his nieces Kathie Wippel and Rita Schmidt with her husband Gary; his cousin John Andrews and his wife Jill; as well as his dear friends Jim and Ann McCrery and their children. Many of Monsignor’s family have traveled a great distance to honor and to pray for “Father John” and to seek solace from their faith.