Catholic Jacks Podcast

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.

April 19th, 2019 homily from Fr. Matt Lowry on Good Friday about how Jesus Christ surrenders His will to the Lord and trusts in the suffering He is about to endure. That He can entrust everything to the Lord.

April 18th, 2019 homily from Fr. Matt Lowry on Holy Thursday about how our Lord was not afraid of sin and death, and that he was willing to suffer in order to spread the love of the Lord. This sacrifice is the model the Lord has left for us to follow.

April 14th, 2019 homily from Fr. Matt Lowry for the 6th Sunday of Lent about how as we allow ourselves to say yes to the Father's will above our own, we find great freedom and peace. It is in His will that we are where we are supposed to be.

April 7th, 2019 homily from Fr. Matt Lowry for the 5th Sunday of Lent about how as we open our hearts to the Lord, He can transform our lives and help us through our struggles.

March 31, 2019 homily from Fr. Matt Lowry for the 4th Sunday of Lent about how the Lord sees us as His beloved son and daughter and wants us to know of His perfect love for us.

March 24, 2019 homily from Fr. Matt Lowry for the 3rd Sunday of Lent about how our Lord seeks relationship with all of us. He knows everything about us and calls us to Him.

March 17, 2019 homily from Fr. Matt Lowry for the 2nd Sunday of Lent about the disciples becoming fully awake as they encounter Christ in His glory. As we are drawn closer in prayer to the Lord of life we encounter the One who came so that we might experience life to the full.

March 10th, 2019, First Sunday of Lent. Homily from Fr. Benedict Mary on how the devil tries to tempt Jesus in the desert. Jesus shows us how being grounded in the truth of His word can support and help us in our battles so much.

March 6th, 2019, Ash Wednesday. Homily from Fr. Matt Lowry on how returning to the Lord, reorienting our lives towards Him, allows so much goodness to come into our lives.

March 3rd, 2019, Seventh Sunday in Ordinary time. Homily from Fr. Matt Lowry on how our Lord wants to heal and redeem our hearts, so that His goodness may flow through us.

February 24th, 2019, Sixth Sunday in Ordinary time. Homily from Fr. Dan Connealy on how transformative Christian love is. He explained how much power Christian love holds and how enriching it is.

February 17th, 2019, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary time. Homily from Fr. Matt Lowry on how through any brokenness, by taking our struggles to the Lord, we can still find joy in following His will.

February 10th, 2019, Fifth Sunday in Ordinary time. Homily from Fr. Matt Lowry on how we are saved through His grace. That although we are all sinners, the Lord calls us to goodness.