Catholic Jacks Podcast

September 11, 2022. 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus reached out to sinners in order to bring them healing. Like the father of the prodigal son, God waits for us to draw near by turning to Him, so that He can pour out His love and mercy.

September 4, 2022. 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus is willing to give everything on the cross for our salvation and invites us to be willing to give all also. As we freely choose to embrace our cross we encounter Christ in a deeper way, loving us and with us.

August 28, 2022. 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus invites us to take the path of humility in trusting in His power to raise us up. It is a conscious choice to open up to another person, to truth, and to the Lord. We grow as we choose to open up and let the Lord exalt us by His power and in His timing.

August 14, 2022. 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how we are invited to keep our eyes fixed on Jesus. Even when people around us persecute us, perhaps our own family members, we are invited to endure the cross knowing Christ is right there with us.

August 7, 2022. 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus exhorts the disciples to be vigilant in waiting for the Master to come. Being ready includes being spiritually reading for death and being receptive to God and His will in prayer.

July 17, 2022. 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how no matter how much we work, God wants to do something better for us. The most fruitful human activity is to sit at the Lord's feet in prayer, bringing Him all our worries and anxieties.

July 10, 2022. 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus calls us to love our neighbor. We do that from wounded hearts and what we need first is to be loved by God. By receiving His merciful care through His Body, the Church, we can better love others so that they can know His love too.

July 3, 2022. 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus says our cause for rejoicing is that our names are written in heaven. Our greatest joy is in being claimed by God and freed from sin. Jesus invites us to go on mission to invite others into the joy of God's grace.

June 26, 2022. 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus invites us to follow Him in discipleship. Paradoxically, as we follow Jesus in obedience, we find the greatest freedom in happiness.

June 19, 2022. Corpus Christi (Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ) homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus feeds and sustains us by His presence in the Eucharist. He knows our human condition and gives us what we need out of love for us.

June 12, 2022. Trinity Sunday homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God is love and He invites us into the eternal exchange of love between the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. The Holy Spirit given to us in baptism gives us the capacity to become more like Jesus, offering everything to the Father.

May 15, 2022. 5th Sunday of Easter homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus calls us to love one another as He has loved us. This call is not easy. Yet, consciously choosing to love others as Christ loves us will make us into saints.

May 8, 2022. 4th Sunday in Easter (and Mother's Day!) homily about how God the Father holds us in His hand. Our mothers help reveal God's care for us.

May 1, 2022. 3rd Sunday of Easter homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Peter knows he needs the Lord so much that he is willing to jump into the sea. Peter knows that Jesus is drawing him and will catch him. We are invited to trust and take a step out in faith, knowing that the Lord will always catch us.

April 24, 2022. 2nd Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday) homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus is able and desires to heal all of us, even if we do not experience physical healing here on earth. More importantly, Jesus gives His Church His power to forgive sins for spiritual healing.

April 17, 2022. Easter homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Christ is alive, not just 2,000 years ago but also today. He speaks and is active, inviting us to know Him and be renewed in hope.

April 16, 2022. Easter Vigil homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how baptism makes us a new creation. God wants to transform us from the inside out by His grace to make us His beloved sons and daughters.

April 14, 2022. Holy Thursday (Mass of the Lord's Supper) homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus establishes a new covenant in His blood. A covenant renews our family bond and the priesthood makes it possible for the people of God.

April 10, 2022. Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus desired to show His love to His disciples more than He desired to avoid pain and suffering. He freely embraced the cross with love to be with us.

April 3, 2022. 5th Sunday of Lent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus responds with love and compassion to the woman caught in adultery. He looks at her and us differently and invites us to forgive ourselves.

April 3, 2022. 5th Sunday of Lent (year A readings) homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus has power over life and death and shares this divine power with us in baptism.

March 27, 2022. 4th Sunday of Lent (year A readings) homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus comes to enlighten us so that we can learn to see things as He does.

March 20, 2022. 3rd Sunday in Lent (year A readings) homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus asks the woman at the well for a drink because He is thirsting for her heart. As she opens her heart and allows herself to be known, Jesus pours into her the living water of His love.

March 13, 2022. 2nd Sunday in Lent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how our final destiny is not here on earth but in heaven. God gives the disciples a glimpse of the glory to come with the Transfiguration of Jesus to encourage them for the suffering to come.

March 6, 2022. 1st Sunday of Lent homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how Jesus chooses to go to the desert so that we would never be alone in our temptation. With Jesus by our side and the power of Scripture, we can turn to the Father and allow the difficulties to make us stronger.