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Our Lord entered a our world at a real time and place, and comes to change everything. https://soundcloud.com/fr-todd-petersen/christmas-eve-2023-prepared #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122523-Vigil.cfm

John the Baptist invites us to prepare the way of the Lord by repentance. Are we seeking repentance? #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121723.cfm

We are to prepare for our Lord's coming by lower the mountains and raising the valleys. The Blessed Mother is a wonderful model of this. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121023.cfm

As we worship God for His grace given to the Blessed Mother from the first moment of her conception, we contemplate the deeper reality beyond the surface contradictions of Mary. https://soundcloud.com/fr-todd-petersen/immaculate-conception-2023-contradiction #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback a...

As we begin #Advent, our Lord asks us to watch and to do what we are tasked with. St. Joseph can provide us a model and guide. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/120323.cfm

Jesus is King of the Universe, but is aware of the little ones and the deeds done for and by the little ones. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112623.cfm

Homily from the Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service. What are we thankful for? https://soundcloud.com/fr-todd-petersen/thanksgiving-eve-2023-thanks #Catholic #homily #Scripture #Thanksgiving Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings were Deuteronomy 8:1-20, Psalm 150, Colossians 3:12-17, and Matthew 6:...

The Lord gives us everything. Are we stewards of those gifts, returning to Him everything? #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111923.cfm

The wise virgins thought of the end, and acted appropriately. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111223.cfm

When leaders fail to live good examples, evil results. This affects vocations. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110523.cfm

Our duty is to pray for those who have gone before us. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110223.cfm

The Saints longed to see God, and they are with Him, seeing Him as He is. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110123.cfm

Jesus proclaims the Great #Commandments, but what is #love, and how do we show it? #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102923.cfm

Jesus is asked about paying taxes, and in giving the answer, tells us the proper relationship between the State and God, and what is proper to be given to each. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings...

Our Lord Jesus tells a parable of those who reject the invitation of the King, and those that come unprepared to change. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101523.cfm

God our Father has created everything for us, and only asks of our harvest. Do we yield to Him? #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/080623.cfm

Jesus invites us to follow Him in responding to the Father's will. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/100123.cfm

Our Lord tells a parable about a generous vineyard owner who pays his workers a just wage, but it seems unfair at first glance. Fairness is not a Christian virtue, however, but that is not what motivates the owner- justice and mercy are. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/g...

How many times must I forgive? Ultimately, the number is not important, but that we forgive is. But why? #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091723.cfm

Our Lord calls us to correct others in Love, but how do we do it well? #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/091023.cfm

Our Lord prophecies His death, and Peter objects, but it is through the Cross that Jesus saves us, and through our taking up of our own cross that we come to eternal life. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bib...

Who is Jesus Christ, and what difference does that make? What (or better, Who) is the Eucharist, and does that make a difference? #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082723.cfm

Jesus gives the Canaanite women the help she sought, though He was sent to the Lost Sheep of Israel, who did not lose their call, but didn't use it. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/082023.cfm

Mary is the Ark of the New Covenant, and is assumed into heaven body and soul. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081523.cfm

Jesus walks on the water, and invites Peter to walk to Him. When Peter focused on the wind and waves, he faltered but was saved. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/081323.cfm