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By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "Do we hear God speak? The kingdom of God isn't when we die. It's right now. We make and live the kingdom of God," Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor, tells us for the 39th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast and celebration of the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time. "One of the things that I think would be good for each of us to do, is … ask ourselves, 'how have we grow...

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Después de dos mil años de esta crucifixión de Jesus, ¿no estamos convencidos que queremos edificar el reino de Dios?" nos pregunta Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestro trigésimo noveno episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales, para nuestra celebración del XXVIII Domingo Ordinario." No después de la muerte, pero ahorita cuando estamos viviendo...

By Father Reynaldo B. Matunog "Can we consider ourselves as the vinyard of the Lord? Yes, or no? Are you convinced that you are the vineyard of the Lord? That is very important," Father Reynaldo B. Matunog tells us for the ninth episode of our Divine Mercy podcast. "We are the new vineyard of the Lord. We are the tenants and stewards. We pray because, after all, if you really come to think of it,...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "If we come and seek, if we are searchers, if we want more in our spirit, if we want that connection with God that makes life different, where we appreciate, where we look at everything," Father Perry tells us, "and we say, thank you, God."

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Podemos destruir nuestros mismos, nuestra misma fe," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, "y podemos hacer lo mismo el uno al otro."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "Do we listen with our hearts when Jesus speaks? If we look at that cross and listen to those words, what does it do?" Father Perry asks us for the 37th episode our Sunday Homilies podcast, and our celebration of the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time. "Does it come to our ears and we just dismiss it. Or, does it get into the heart?"

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Es ideal, es más perfecto, sí podemos decir 'sí' y ponerlo en acción. Pero es normal, es humano, tener frustración al no buscar inmediatamente la cosa que tenemos que hacer," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestro trigésimo séptimo episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales, para nuestra celebración del XXVI Domingo Ordinario. "Es fácil s...

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Está persona es la última porque está dando. Pero es él primero porque es respetado con él honor de está persona," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestro trigésimo sexto episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales, para nuestra celebración del XXV Domingo Ordinario. "Cuando vamos a dar en nuestra bondad, este es él regalo."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "The scriptures are saying that God loves us no matter what. And he loves us all the same. And he gives to us all the time," Father Perry tells us for the 36th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, as we celebrate the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time. "How we are aware of it or not is up to us. Do we really believe this? Do we really believe that God loves even when...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "This is the most crucial lesson to learn. Yes, we need to love one another. But we need to forgive; we need to be merciful," Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor, tells us for our celebration of the Feast of St. Matthew, apostle and evangelist. "Love and forgiveness — that heals; that gives new life; that calls out the best of people. That makes people apostles."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "He brought them into a tiny but real community of love to take care of them and to encourage them," Father Perry tells us for our celebration of the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. "The cross is an awful place. But what is striking to me in its awfulness is how full of love it is and how lifegiving it is and was. It's not just that there was a cross, but just ho...

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Tu corazón debe de cambiar que tú eres una persona de perdón. Siempre perdona, porque tu vives perdón," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestro trigésimo quinto episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales, para nuestra celebración del XXIV Domingo Ordinario. "Yo creo que Jesús sabe sí no vamos a perdonar, vamos a ser miserables. Pero entien...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "He brought them into a tiny but real community of love to take care of them and to encourage them," Father Perry tells us for our celebration of the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. "The cross is an awful place. But what is striking to me in its awfulness is how full of love it is and how lifegiving it is and was. It's not just that there was a cross, but just ho...

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "La comunidad, quedando unidos, es la cosa más importante. San Pablo escribe a los Romanos que la cosa más necesaria para tener una comunidad de valor es el amor," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestro trigésimo cuarto episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales, para nuestra celebración del XXIII Domingo Ordinario. "Sí discontinuas a amar...

By Father Leo Ortega "What if the scripture goes against our comfort level? That's the scripture for today," Father Leo Ortega tells us for the eighth episode of our Divine Mercy podcast, for our celebration of the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. "Ezekiel was tasked by the Lord to be a watchman for his people. As watchman, he is to tell the people whether they are on the path of sin. And if they are...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "But this time when we look at the cross, as ugly as it is, as hateful as that was, as terrible — there was so much suffering, and so much sorrow. But what do we discover on that cross? Love, forgiveness," Father Perry tells us for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. "I always say the power of the cross isn't that there was a cross, but how. Not that Je...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "God was placing a demand on Ezekiel and really through him, or all of us, to be reconcilers, to hold it together," Father Perry tells us for the 34th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, for the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. "If you love, you will hold a community. And love without love, communion and community will not exist for long — you'll break apart. Unl...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "He was to be named, and is, Emmanuel — God is with us. And all of this we focus on Mary, her call and her yes," Father Perry tells us for our celebration of the Feast of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. "That's the beginning. Where we need to end up is how are we called, how are we chosen by God? How does God dwell in us and in our lives? God is there. An...

"Jesus, as he came to the cross, realized — by his own transformation of his mind and heart and soul, by his Father — that love was the only answer, the only way," Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor, tells us for the 33rd episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast. "And when we face our struggles and our pain and our suffering and our rejection and all the other junk that can come into our lives, and we d...

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Él está poniendo en una palabra él efecto de los que están escuchando a Dios — transformación," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestro trigésimo tercer episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales, para nuestra celebración del XXII Domingo Ordinario. "Porque podemos estar transformados cuando estamos abiertos a Dios. Y yo creo más que nunca...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "We must read this like Paul writing us a letter. What would he say to us?" Father Perry asks us for the Memorial of St. Augustine, bishop and doctor of the church. "If Paul were to write a letter to us, would it be like that one to the Thessalonians? — you beautiful people, you've embraced the faith, you love God, you're Spirit-filled. Yeah. There's a lot of that...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "This is experience that God, through Jesus, is giving to the church, through Peter, and the generations to follow, this power of forgiveness," Father Perry tells us for the 32nd episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast. "And so there's this beautiful richness that, as we consecrate the bread and wine, that as we celebrate Christ as our food and nourishment, we're r...

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Cuando hacemos mal, es importante que podemos entender que sí yo estoy pecando en contra de Dios, Dios lo puede aceptar. Pero yo tengo que buscarme a mí mismo," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestro trigésimo segundo episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales, para nuestra celebración del XXI Domingo Ordinario. "Yo creo por nosotros, la...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "How does God speak to you and when? Do we put limits on our God? Maybe it's through our suffering. Maybe it's through our sinfulness. That's, I think, one of the most important places where God comes to us is in our sin," Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor, tells us for the seventh episode of our Divine Mercy podcast. "God, do we limit him. Or will God embrace us whe...

Por Padre Rafal Kipigroch "Sin su apoyo financiero, no podremos sostener nuestro ministerio," nos dice Padre Rafal Kipigroch del Vicariato Apostólico de San José del Amazonas, en la selva peruana," para nuestro trigésimo primer episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales, para nuestra celebración del XV Domingo Ordinario. "La Amazonía para nosotros es un lugar hermoso, un área remota prósp...