St. Basil Catholic Church Brecksville Podcast

As Christians, our hope is in Jesus Christ. Fr. Ryan shares with St. Basil Life Teen about Christian hope, how to find it, cling to it, and get out of a space of despair.    Check Us Out Online: Website:  www.basilthegreat.org Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/stbasilthegr8/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/stbasilthegr8 YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@stbasilthegr8 Spotify Music:  https...

In the Gospel we hear the healing of  Bartimaeus, who throws away his cloak of comfort to respond to the Lord's call.  Our vocation in life leads us to the joy of the life that God has to offer. How will we respond to that call?   St. Basil the Great Bulletin:  https://basilthegreat.org/bulletin/     Check Us Out Online: Website:  www.basilthegreat.org Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/stbasilth...

Fr. Ryan sits down with Fr. Boniface, acclaimed author, speaker, and spiritual director for a conversation about prayer.  The two dive into different topics surrounding prayer including where to start, how to go deeper, and share personal stories about their own prayer life.    Check Us Out Online: Website:  www.basilthegreat.org Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/stbasilthegr8/ Instagram:  https...

Jesus doesn't dismiss anger and division, but rather He engages it.  He draws close to those indignant with Him, and loves them.  He calls us to bring the division in our hearts to Him.    St. Basil the Great Bulletin:  https://basilthegreat.org/bulletin/     Check Us Out Online: Website:  www.basilthegreat.org Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/stbasilthegr8/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.co...

The Rich Young Man seemed to have it all, but it all was getting in the way.   St. Basil the Great Bulletin:  https://basilthegreat.org/bulletin/     Check Us Out Online: Website:  www.basilthegreat.org Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/stbasilthegr8/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/stbasilthegr8 YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@stbasilthegr8 Spotify Music:  https://bit.ly/StBasilSpotify

Fr. Liptak discusses the how the pace of our lives helps determine how we notice beauty and are able to savor it. St. Basil the Great Bulletin:  https://basilthegreat.org/bulletin/     Check Us Out Online: Website:  www.basilthegreat.org Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/stbasilthegr8/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/stbasilthegr8 YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/@stbasilthegr8 Spotify Mu...

There is a hardness within our hearts from pain, suffering, not being loved well, relationships, and more that the Lord desires to break through to reclaim our hearts. Jesus is not afraid of this, but He pushes through to disarm and heal our hearts.    Check Us Out Online: Website: www.basilthegreat.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stbasilthegr8/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stbasilt...

Cari and Joe share more stories and creative ideas to help you to get to know the saints and live out the liturgical life of the Church in October and beyond. This episode they focus on St. Francis of Assisi, St. Faustina, and Our Lady of the Rosary.   Check Us Out Online: Website: www.basilthegreat.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stbasilthegr8/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stbasilt...

The Church gives us incredible feast days to celebrate together, especially at the end of September and early October.  Cari and Joe share stories and creative ideas to help you to get to know the saints and live out the liturgical life of the Church.    Check Us Out Online: Website: www.basilthegreat.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stbasilthegr8/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stbasi...

Tommy, Cari, and Gregory sit down to talk through a beautiful moment they have experienced in the past week.  Throughout this Year of Beauty, we want to take extra time to notice and savor these moments and get in the habit of sharing them with others.  All beauty is a window to the Infinite Beauty, God Himself.    Check Us Out Online: Website: www.basilthegreat.org Facebook: https://www.facebook....

"Beauty is seducing us, and without clinging to the finite, we must allow it to inspire our yearning for the Infinite, Beauty with a capital B. What must I do? I must be overcome by beauty, by beautiful things, by finding beauty everywhere.” (Albacete, Seduced and Sent)       St. Basil the Great Bulletin: https://basilthegreat.org/bulletin/     Check Us Out Online: Website: www.basilthegreat.org F...

As we enter into the fall, we are given time to begin new routines of prayer in our lives.  We are encouraged to slow down and contemplate the beauty that surrounds us in our daily lives, from the changing colors of the leaves to the smile of a baby.     The Hallow App: https://hallow.com/   The Year of Beauty: http://basilthegreat.org/yearofbeauty     Check Us Out Online: Website: www.basilthegre...

In the Gospel, Jesus tells the man "be open," but the place that most needs to be open is not his eyes and mouth, but is the place that is caught up in isolation. He wants you to be open too. He wants to take you away from the crowds so you can be seen, loved, and open to Him.    Check Us Out Online: Website: www.basilthegreat.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stbasilthegr8/ Instagram: https:...

What purifies us is that God approaches us in Jesus. The purification we need comes through the encounter with Christ, coming so close that he can heal, purify, and transform us. Jesus always wants to go to the very place that is imperfect, our heart, and bring His healing love.    Check Us Out Online: Website: www.basilthegreat.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stbasilthegr8/ Instagram: http...

Matt Wasinski came to St. Basil after a friend invited him to Life Teen.  Now a seminarian in his third year at Borromeo Seminary, Matt shares how a personal invitation brought him to XLTs at the seminary, and later to discern entering the seminary.  Each of us can learn from Matt how a personal invitation can be a catalyst for sharing Jesus with someone.    Check Us Out Online: Website: www.basil...

When a man gets down on one knee to ask for a woman's hand in marriage, he takes a humble posture, waiting patiently for her response.  The Lord does the same for us in each Mass, offering Himself, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity to us in the Eucharist, and like the woman being proposed to, we respond to that love, that comes humbly and patiently, with a resounding "Yes" and "Amen!"   Check Us Out...

"Beauty stirs that hidden nostalgia for God." - Pope St. John Paul II Join Tommy and Cari as they discuss a new initiative at St. Basil and lead us through reflecting on beauty in our own lives.  Beauty stops us, pleases us, calls us, reveals, vanishes, and moves us to share.  Share with us the beauties that have touched your life!   Check Us Out Online: Website: www.basilthegreat.org Facebook: ht...

The Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) is beginning soon at St. Basil the Great. Fr. Liptak and Cari sit down to discuss the name change from RCIA to OCIA, what the process entails, and how you can get involved with the process. Share this podcast with someone that is interested in learning more about becoming Catholic!   Check Us Out Online: Website: www.basilthegreat.org Facebook: ht...

Many of us attend Mass on the weekends "because we have to" and do not fully understand what the Church is asking of us in the Sunday Obligation.  The Catechism says "Sunday is to be observed as the foremost Holy Day of Obligation" (CCC 2192).  As we better understand the Sunday Obligation, we can come to Mass with open hearts ready to receive our Lord, and be nourished for the week ahead.     Che...

Reading helps us and our children to develop empathy and imagination, and can lead us deeper into prayer.  Katie and Cari sit down for a conversation about their favorite books, spiritual reading, reading with children, and offer recommendations for your next read!    Books mentioned:  The Great Divorce by CS Lewis https://www.cslewis.com/us/   Pray for Us by Meg Hunter Kilmer https://www.avemaria...

The familiar can often become so normal to us that we don't realize its awesomeness. When we come to Mass, we wear beautiful vestments, have beautiful music, and are in a beautiful space because it points to something more.  God wants to draw near to us, so that we might know Him as our Father, a good dad.    Check Us Out Online: Website: www.basilthegreat.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/st...

This is the first in a series of talks Fr. Ryan gave during a Lay Ecclesial Ministers retreat in the Diocese of Cleveland.  In this talk, Fr. Ryan helps us to reflect on ourselves as gift, looking at the Communion within the Church, and how we need one another to be the body of Christ together.    Check Us Out Online: Website: www.basilthegreat.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stbasilthegr8/...

This is the first in a series of talks Fr. Ryan gave during a Lay Ecclesial Ministers retreat in the Diocese of Cleveland.  In this talk, Fr. Ryan helps us to reflect on our inner child, how they've been hurt and how to bring the Lord in to heal us.    Check Us Out Online: Website: www.basilthegreat.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stbasilthegr8/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stbasilt...

This is the first in a series of talks Fr. Ryan gave during a Lay Ecclesial Ministers retreat in the Diocese of Cleveland.  In this talk, Fr. Ryan shares the story of Hagar, and how from this story we can learn about how to be vulnerable with God.    Check Us Out Online: Website: www.basilthegreat.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stbasilthegr8/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stbasilthe...

Baptism frees us from the slavery to sin and puts us on the journey to heaven. Jesus gives us Himself as food for the journey. The Eucharist helps us to live the Gospel, the Catholic life and is a pledge of future glory. With it, we can live in this world, destined for the world to come.    Check Us Out Online: Website: www.basilthegreat.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stbasilthegr8/ Instag...