From the Friars (Catholic Christian Spirituality)

From childhood until old age our understanding of Christmas grows. From the three groups of people who visit the Christ Child we can deepen our understanding of this multifaceted mystery! Listen to learn more. Podcast by Fr. Luke Mary Fletcher, CFR.

A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land confirms the Biblical stories, real events which happened at real places. The Virgin Mary said yes to God and the rest is history, salvation history. Listen to learn more! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR.

The popular heist genre, a warm story of an engagement, and the appearance of Jesus' best man all line up to exemplify the joy of Advent. Listen to learn more! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR.

Blessed Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception. God gives us the grace we need to be who we need to be and to do what we need to do in His plan. Listen to learn more! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR.

Star Wars The Mandalorian, Advent, and understanding Jesus! Repent and receive the greatest consolation of forgiveness. Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR. Listen to learn more!

Advent, Cardinals, Pandemics, and Sin! Listen to learn more. Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR - First Sunday of Advent 2020.

Happy Thanksgiving from the friars! The power of the cross is the source of thanksgiving always, everywhere, and at all times no matter what. Listen to learn more! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR.

Christian Hope in 2020: How Can We Win the Battle For Hope in our Hearts? by Franciscan Friars of the Renewal

Christian Hope in 2020: Holding onto the Anchor of Hope and Letting Go of the Smartphone by Franciscan Friars of the Renewal

Christian Hope in 2020: Terrorists, Optimists, and "Hope-ists" by Franciscan Friars of the Renewal

At the end of the liturgical year Mother Church invites us to celebrate Jesus Christ the King of the Universe! What does this ultimately mean? Listen to learn more! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR.

Jesus teaches that death is like a door, once it is shut and locked you are either in or out. Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR. Listen to learn more! Matt 25:1-13 | James 2:17 Catechism of the Catholic Church: 1007 Death is the end of earthly life. Our lives are measured by time, in the course of which we change, grow old and, as with all living beings on earth, death seems like the normal end of...

Two different homilies for All Saints Day, a double-header (two for one, no extra charge)! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR. Listen to learn more!

What God has revealed, what we believe, the sacred deposit of faith, is the ruler by which we measure everything. Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR. Listen to learn more! Exodus 22:20-26 | 1 Thess 1:5-10 | Matt 22:34-40

Politics, prayer, and God's plan on World Mission Sunday. What does it mean to render to God what is God's? Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR. Listen to learn more! Isaiah 45:1-6 | Matt 22:15-21

How the Picture of Dorian Gray can help us understand death and the wedding garment in Jesus' parable. Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR. Listen to learn more! Isaiah 25:6-10 | Matt 22:1-14

May Saint Francis win for us the grace to stay focused on what life is really about: spiritual fruitfulness! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher ends with a hilarious true story! Isaiah 5:1-7 | Psalm 80 | Phil 4:6-9 | Matt 21:33-43

Opening school year Mass at Mount Saint Michael Academy in the Bronx NY. Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR. Listen to learn more!

What it will be like when we come before the Creator? Listen to learn more! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR. Isaiah 55:6-9 | Psalm 145 | Philippians 1:20C-24, 27A | Matthew 20:1-16A

God always forgives, but do we receive it? Saint Maria Goretti presents the miraculous power of God's love. Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR. Listen to learn more! Sirach 27:30—28:7 | Psalm 103 | Romans 14:7-9 | Matthew 18:21-35

Jesus asks, "Who do you say that I am?" Vatican II taught "that only in the mystery of the incarnate Word does the mystery of man take on light... Christ, the final Adam ... fully reveals man to man himself and makes his supreme calling clear." (Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World | Guadium et spes #22). Listen to learn more! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR.

Jesus invites us to follow him out onto the water. What does that mean? Listen to learn more! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR.

Beer, bananas, and candy. What is your daily bread? Listen to learn more! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR.

According to Jesus, "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also" (Matt 6:21). Learn how to find that treasure and the means to get it. Listen to learn more! Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR.

Jesus taught about the judgement! It is what awaits us all. Listen to learn more. Podcast by Fr. Luke Fletcher, CFR. CCC - 1470: In this sacrament, the sinner, placing himself before the merciful judgment of God, anticipates in a certain way the judgment to which he will be subjected at the end of his earthly life. For it is now, in this life, that we are offered the choice between life and death,...