Fr. Lampe’s Podcast

Have you ever met someone who just seemed to be perpetually joyful? Where might that come from? What kind of joy is it? It could be the joy of the Lord! The joy of the Lord is a joy beyond what earth can offer. Listen to my homily to learn more.

When we suffer, we can suffer for a purpose. There’s can be good reasons we choose a path that includes suffering. Jesus chose a path in which He suffered His passion and death out of love for all of us. Listen to my homily to learn more.

Blessed Carlo Acutis, who will be canonized on April 27, 2025, created a website (therealpresence.org) with the Vatican approved Eucharistic miracles of the world. His collection also includes information about other things too like the Holy Grail, that is, the chalice Jesus used at the Last Supper. Listen to my to learn more!

Both sons in our gospel passage today forgot who they are and who their father is. We sometimes do the same, but the father is quick to forgive and we are invited to imitate him. Listen to my homily to learn more.

How we understand, God, the father affects how we live out our faith. Listen to my family to learn more.

To see one’s face is to see what best reveals the whole person. Our Lord wants to reveal Himself to us, and in heaven, we will get to see Him face-to-face as He truly is, but here on earth we can only recognize Him through indirect means. But He still gives us glimpses of Himself and His glory to strengthen us on our journey. He also gives us ways to make up for our sins. Listen to my homily to le...

When we are firm in our identity as a beloved child of God, then it becomes more difficult for us to be tempted towards sin. Listen to my homily to learn more!

Father Steven Schneier should have died back in 1985 from a car accident, but miraculously not only survived, but even had a full and complete recovery without surgery. He remembers. He was at his own personal judgment before our Lord Jesus. Listen to my homily to hear the story.

Jesus gives us some hard sayings in our Gospel passage today, including love your enemies, and do to others what you would have them do to you. How do we live out these things in our own lives? What does that look like? What should we be doing on the state and national level? Listen to my homily to hear more.

When someone stubs their toe, the whole body reacts and works for the good of the toe because the toe is needed as a member of the body to serve the good of the whole body. So we as members of the Mystical Body of Christ are to contribute and to help one another in the building up of the Kingdom of God here on earth. Listen to my homily to learn more.

With all the snow that we’ve had lately one might consider building an igloo. The “snow bricks” of an igloo need to lean on each other in order to hold each other up. We need to lean on each other to hold each other up in the faith listen to my homily to learn more.

Have you ever been caught up in awe and wonder? God works in beautiful ways in our lives and through human history. When we take a step back and see the connections and how He is at work, we can be amazed and grow in our faith. Listen to my homily to hear how we can respond to God‘s beautiful work..

If someone were to ask you, who are you? How would you respond? You’d probably give your name and maybe some other things about you. In our Gospel passage today, Jesus receives His name. In my homily I explore the question, where we get our identity from, and how that affects our lives.

With many Christmas gatherings, there can be a lot going on, and sometimes there can be temptations towards being judgmental, critical, envious, jealous, or other ways think poorly of other people. However, even the holy family had their struggles, and they were the most perfect of all families. Listen to my homily to learn more!

As we begin the Christmas season and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, we also share stories with each other as we gather with friends and family. Listen to my homily to hear a portion of my story of my faith journey and reflect on your own journey. This homily is slightly different than the midnight mass homily since the readings are different. However, the main points are the same.

As we begin the Christmas season and celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ, we also share stories with each other as we gather with friends and family. Listen to my homily to hear a portion of my story of my faith journey and reflect on your own journey.

When we recognize the Lord’s presence and that He’s at work in our lives, then we can call that a God moment. We could have many God moments throughout our day and the more we recognize them the easier it is for us to be aware of His presence, build up our faith, and help us in our relationship with the Lord. Listen to my homily to learn more.

Today is a special day since we are celebrating our patron Mary, the Immaculate Conception! She is also the patroness of the United States of America. Listen to my homily to learn more!

It can be easy to simply dismiss what it said in our Gospel passage, but what if we went a little deeper into what is being shared with us? Listen to my homily for an explanation of our Gospel!

First Sundayof Advent. Our Lord calls us to be prepared, not only for His second coming at the end of time when He comes in glory, but also when He comes to us at the celebration of Christmas. Listen to my homily to learn about some ways we can prepare for His coming.

In our Gospel reading, we recognize the humility of Christ. In the story of salvation we see the profound love of Christ, our King for us. But, He wants us to choose Him as our King and to follow the way of life He guides us in. it’s important for us to reflect upon the question of whether or not Christ is our king, and if He is, is He King of all aspects of life or only some? Many of us still hav...

Sometimes Jesus’ teaching can be confusing. Listen to this homily to hear an explanation of our Gospel passage, and be ready for our Lord!

God calls us to be the best that we can be and has a plan on how he wants to do that in our lives. Listen to my homily to learn more.

Heaven and earth meet at Mass. We are taken up into the heavenly worship that we hear about in the book of Revelations. Listen to my home to learn more.

In the story of Bartimaeus, we see how a relationship with Christ unfolds. Let us consider the different phases of discipleship and where we might be in our own relationship with the Lord. Listen to my homily to learn more.