Our Lady of Lourdes Podcast

I am not your priest. Jesus is. And that's such good news.... You and I need to pray with this more. We have to drink deeply of the reality that we have a high priest that is the greatest priest imaginable. —Fr. Brian -"Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession." (Hebrews 4:14) -"Every high priest is t...

Lord, I want your joy, your generosity and your freedom. That love that just emanates, it radiates from you. Jesus I want that life; Lord, do I want the lifestyle that goes hand-in-hand with the life you give? -Fr. Brian Larkin Readings for 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time "If you want to experience the life of Jesus, you have to adopt the lifestyle of Jesus." (John Mark Comer, The Ruthless Eliminatio...

Fr. Sean Conroy preaches on the readings for the 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time on October 3, 2021. -"Then God said: Let us make human beings in our image, after our likeness." (Genesis 1:26) -"God looked at everything he had made, and found it very good." (Genesis 1:31) -"The LORD God said: It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suited to him." (Genesis 2:18) "The man gave nam...

Fr. Brian Larkin preaches about the readings for the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time, particularly Mark 9:38-48, on September 26, 2021. -Jesus calls you and I not to be haphazard about our Christian life, but to be intentional in fighting against temptations to sin. -Fr. Brian -"If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter into life maimed than with two hands to go into G...

Fr. Brian Larkin preaches on the readings from the 25th Sunday of Ordinary Time on September 19, 2021. -"Taking a child he placed it in their midst." (Mark 9:36) -paidiá (Greek) — child, or servant -"Then he sat down, called the Twelve, and said to them, 'If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.'" (Mark 9:35) -The Gospel teaches that one human soul, one, is...

Fr. Witold Kaczmarzyk preaches on the Gospel for the 24th Sunday in Ordinary Time on September 12, 2021. "He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and rise after three days." (Mark 8:31) "Then Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him. At this he turned around and, looking at his disciples, r...

Notes for Fr. Brian Larkin's homily on the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time on September 5, 2021 Paul Claudel, French poet + playwright (b. 1868 - d. 1955) -Many of the mistakes we make in life and the problems we have in life come when something is off and we don't perceive something correctly.... If you don't see straight, if you don't hear correctly, brothers and sisters, if your senses are off, yo...

I think that you are here because you believe that this man, on the cross, was killed because of you. He chose to be killed, out of love, and He stayed. So now it's really time to do the same. Fr. Witold Kaczmarzyk

21st Sun. of Ord. Time | Do You Want To Leave? | 8.22.2021 | Fr. Witold Kaczmarzyk by Lourdes Denver

Homily #1 John 6 is the place in the New Testament that Jesus teaches most extensively about the Eucharist; every Catholic should know this chapter of the Bible. "For my flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him." (John 6:55-56) "'I am the living bread that came down from heaven; whoever eats this bread will live forever; a...

"I declare and testify in the Lord that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds; that is not how you learned Christ, assuming that you have heard of him and were taught in him, as truth is in Jesus, that you should put away the old self of your former way of life." (Ephesians 4:17, 20-22) "'Would that we had died at the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt, as we sat...

"Jesus went up on the mountain, and there he sat down with his disciples." (John 6:3) "A river rises in Eden to water the garden; beyond there it divides and becomes four branches." (Genesis 2:10) Mount Sinai; Noah's Ark; Abraham on the mountain with Isaac; Mount Zion Throughout Scripture we have these mountains, we have these mountaintops on which incredible things happen....These mountains are a...

“Remember to keep holy the Lord's Day.” (Third Commandment) "The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. In verdant pastures he gives me repose; beside restful waters he leads me; he refreshes my soul." (Psalm 23:1-3) "The world will never be satisfied with what you give it. The world is always going to demand more of you. It will never leave you alone, it will never back off, it will never require...

Trust is really the heart and source of perseverance. If I do not trust, I will not persevere. Fr. Witold Kaczmarzyk **Notes from the celebrating priest's homily will now be sent out every Monday, along with a video recording of his homily. If you think someone else would benefit from diving a little deeper into Sunday's readings, forward this email along, or have them sign up for the Lourdes' Flo...

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Death is not the friend of the Christian; death is the enemy of God. He will conquer death on the last day for all of us. Fr. Brian Larkin **Notes from Fr. Brian's homilies will now be sent out every Monday, along with a video recording of his homily. If you think someone else would benefit from diving a little deeper into Sunday's readings, forward this email along, or have them sign up for the L...

Vocation Director, Fr. Ryan O'Neill We believe in absolute truth, objective truth, and we reject relativism Truth is a person, and we know Him. Transcendentals: beauty, truth, goodness, and mercy Cathedral in Montreal The Church proposes the ways to goodness, and will guide us along the way. "Don't be surprised by evil; come rest in the shade." —Fr. Ryan O'Neill Parable of the Mustard Seed FOCUS—C...

"Then, having sent young men of the Israelites to offer burnt offerings and sacrifice young bulls as communion offerings to the LORD, Moses took half of the blood and put it in large bowls; the other half he splashed on the altar. Taking the book of the covenant, he read it aloud to the people, who answered, 'All that the LORD has said, we will hear and do.' Then he took the blood and splashed it...

"Creaturely being, assumed by God in Christ, serves as a kind of prism of the triune God, refracting the white divine light into the distinct colors of the 'spectrum' of creation: the Beautiful, the Good, and the True. The Trinity, and its appearance and saving work in Christ and Spirit, gives the sprawling trilogy its deep unity." -Hans Urs von Balthashar You Crown the Year With Your Goodness by...

The Storm on the Sea of Galilee—Rembrandt: Stolen from the Boston Art Museum, one of the greatest heists in all of history. Beauty is not ancillary to the Christian faith; beauty is at the heart of the identity of God.—Fr. Brian Larkin Artists can help you and I learn how to pray by leading us to a deeper level of what happened on the boat when Jesus fell asleep during the storm. ....................

Resources referenced in today's Pentecost homily, "Curmudgeons and New Wine," with Fr. Brian Larkin: "Late have I loved you, beauty ever ancient, ever new. Late have I loved you."—From The Confessions, by St. Augustine "Wherever the Catholic sun doth shine, There's always laughter and good red wine. At least I've always found it so."― Hilaire Belloc Acts 2:13—"Others who mock them say they are fil...

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Resources referenced in today's 6th Sunday of Easter homily, with Fr. Will Schmid: "No other love satisfies the hungry heart like agape love." "Nothing produces more life, more peace, more joy, more fulfillment than in the paschal mystery, and when it draws others into that love." —Fr. Will Schmid "It's free, it's total, it's faithful, and it's fruitful.—4 essential characteristics of Agape Love."...

Resources referenced in today's 5th Sunday of Easter homily, with Fr. Brian Larkin: Love & Commandment If the love of God dwells inside of you, there is only one commandment. "If you do not love, there are a thousand commandments. But, if you have love, there is only one." Priest joke, if he were a bishop: John 15:14 would be his motto: You are my friends if you do what I command you." 🙂 John 14–...

The Good Sheep The good sheep: always stays close to his shepherd. Sheep stuck in a crevasse video Consult with God before making major decisions, because he wants to be a part of these things. Your prayer life changes once you fulfill your vocation. There's a real spirituality when we consecrate every single aspect of our vocation to the Lord. Give it all to His glory. It's how we sanctify the wo...