Father Nick Blaha Homily Cast

You see, there's good fire, and then there's bad fire... This homily was the first homily Father Blaha delivered at the English-speaking Masses at Blessed Sacrament, Christ the King, and Our Lady & St. Rose.

A follow-up from last week's archival post, about the call to be transformed in that realm St. James calls the "bridle of the whole body"––our speech. "Look at the ships; though they are so great and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs. So the tongue is a little member and boasts of great things. How great a forest is set ablaze...

Since I’m away for continued studies this summer, it seemed worthwhile to dig through the archives and re-publish older homilies that were well received. Many of these homilies didn’t get imported to the current podcast feed on Anchor. This week’s homily is from Father’s Day 2016.

Using the Litany of Trust by the Sisters of Life, it's not a tough thing to discover where the Spirit is trying the heart.

I thought I'd be wobblier.

The line on that hook is ever so fine, but it reaches to the heavens

" Lightly men talk of saying what they mean. Often when he was teaching me to write in Greek the Fox would say, ‘Child, to say the very thing you really mean, the whole of it, nothing more or less or other than what you mean; that’s the whole art and joy of words.’ A glib saying. When the time comes to you at which you will be forced at last to utter the speech which has lain at the center of your...

David understood that conflict among the Anointed was nonsense. Why can't we?

The first of a three part series: why should we believe God exists? Why should we think about arguments about why God exists?

The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me, because the LORD has anointed me to bring good tidings to the afflicted; he has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound; to proclaim the year of the LORD's favor, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all who mourn; to grant to those who mourn in Zion -- to give...

Latest episode of Didde Center Homily Podcasts

Asking God to accept our sacrifice implies it might not be. This homily addresses what must be offered, how it is to be offered, under what forms it is to be offered, and by whom it is offered in order to be a pleasing sacrifice to God.

We're grateful to Phil Couture for making the trip from Denver, Colorado to speak to us about his years as a missionary to the homeless on the streets. Phil offers some insight on how to help the people asking for help.

Baruch's prophecy in light of Xavier Beauvais' 2011 film OF GODS AND MEN. Stream the film on Amazon, or for a more extended treatment, check out John Kiser's biography THE MONKS OF TIBHIRINE.

A call to unclench our fists and let the Church tell us an Advent story.

(2 of 2) Q&A from our evening with Dan Kerr, President of Saint Martin's Academy in Fort Scott, KS.

(Part 1 of 2) Daniel Kerr, President of newly founded Saint Martin's Academy, a boarding school and working farm in southeast Kansas, wants education to be simpler and to let reality do its work. http://saintmartinsacademy.org

On the centennial of the Armistice ending the Great War, a meditation on the reproach of Christians and our need to embrace a real hope in the midst of the disasters from which we cannot deliver ourselves.

What if we celebrated Halloween like it was meant to be celebrated?

On dangerous bedtime habits, a spiritual tip from a recovering alcoholic, and the canonization of Pope Saint Paul VI

We welcomed Dr. Patrick Callahan to ESU for a great meditation on education, imitation, and the Trinity.

A delightful introduction to the figure of G.K. Chesterton by the President of the American Chesterton Society, Dale Ahlquist - Talks on the Rocks, Radius Brewery, February 2018

Speak Lord, your servant is listening.

The Blessed Angela of Foligno said, “If we knew the just value of suffering for God, it would become an object of plunder”–which is as much as to say that each one would seek an opportunity of robbing his neighbor of the occasions of suffering.