Catholic Jacks Podcast

October 20, 2019. 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about perseverance in prayer. The Lord wants to help us and what can help us to grow in that relationship is to develop a daily prayer routine, use Scripture in prayer and surround ourselves with faithful friends.

October 13, 2019. 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how God reaches out to the outsider in order to draw them in to heaven. This day we also celebrate St. John Henry Newman (for whom the Newman Center is named) who was canonized earlier today in Rome!

October 6, 2019 homily for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time by Fr. Matt Lowry about how the way to grow in faith is to keep going forward. In the difficulty we cry out, yet know that God is leading and encouraging us in love to press forward knowing He wants what is best for us.

September 29th, 2019. 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

September 22nd, 2019. 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

September 15th, 2019. 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

September 8th, 2019. 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

September 1st, 2019. 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time.

August 25th 2019. 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time.

August 18, 2019. 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

August 15, 2019. Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

August 11, 2019. 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time.

August 4, 2019. 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily of Fr. Matt Lowry about not letting our possessions get in the way of the God's eternal plan. By putting God first we can own our possessions rather than letting them own us.

July 28, 2019. 17th Sunday in Ordinary time homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about God's invitation to be persistent with Him about what we want. By talking to God about our desires we discover that it is Him who put those desires in us to lead us to Him and ultimate happiness.

June 30, 2019. 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time homily of Fr. Matt Lowry about the invitation of Jesus to follow Him. By following the deepest desires of our hearts and going all in, we encounter our deepest happiness in following Him.

June 23, 2019 homily of Fr. Matt Lowry for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi). Jesus is the Word and has power over words, so that when He says, "This is my Body," He becomes present so that we can adore, receive, and become more and more like Him.

June 16, 2019 homily by Fr. Matt Lowry on the Blessed Trinity. One analogy to understanding the Trinity is Love. 1 John 4 describes God as love. In the one act of love there is the Lover, the Beloved, and the Love between them. The Trinity reveals that God desires to invite us His children into His communion of life and love.

June 9, 2019. Pentecost homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how receiving the Spirit of God gives us humans a higher dignity than the angels. Even when we cannot feel the goodness God sees in us and gives us in our baptism, the reality of our dignity as the beloved sons and daughters of a Father who loves us remains.

June 2, 2019. Ascension homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about how the Ascension of Jesus into heaven shows us where our final destination is. The dignity we have from our baptism is that we were made not merely for earth, but for heaven, and so even in the darkest of circumstances we have hope that God desires to redeem and draw all things to Himself.

May 19, 2019. 5th Sunday of Easter (year C) homily by Fr. Matt Lowry about the goodness of God's love and what it looks like as Christians live it out.

May 12, 2019. 4th Sunday of Easter homily by Fr. Matt Lowry given at St. Theresa Parish in Phoenix about how God desires all of us to be his instruments of salvation. Fr. Matt was speaking at St. Theresa in conjunction with the Diocese of Phoenix "Together Let Us Go Forth" campaign for Evangelization and Discipleship.

May 5, 2019. 3rd Sunday of Easter homily (year C) from Fr. Matt Lowry about how Peter is an example and inspiration about how to move in response to the Lord.

April 28th, 2019 homily from Fr. Matt Lowry on Divine Mercy Sunday about how the Lord comes to us in his resurrection to meet us in our brokenness full of love, mercy, and healing.

April 21st, 2019 homily from Fr. Matt Lowry at the Easter Sunday Mass about how we can be witnesses of Christ through our actions. That as we trust in and follow the Lord we can be witnesses to Christ in the eyes of our neighbor. "The most powerful influence I can have on somebody is to just live my faith."

April 20th, 2019 homily from Fr. Matt Lowry at the Saturday Vigil Mass about how as Jesus was risen from the dead following His death on the cross, He became our morning star. He became our light and our direction to follow as we pursue the goodness of our Lord.