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By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "If we empty ourselves of ourselves, there's room for God to come in," Father Perry tells us for the eighth episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, for our celebration of the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. "Being empty enough to be filled with new information. And the more that we do that with our God — the more we do that with God's wisdom, the more that we do t...

Por Padre Gilbert Cruz "Parte de la solución a está inquietud e insatisfacción con uno mismo — con los demás y con la vida — es acercarnos tal como somos," nos dice Padre Gilbert Cruz para él octavo episodio de nuestro podcast de homilias dominicales. "Con todas nuestras limitaciones e imperfecciones. Ser pacientes con nuestro lento crecimiento. Estar abiertos al cambio. Y finalmente creer que inc...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "We are called to continue to live our faith," Father Perry tells us for the seventh episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, for our celebration of the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time. "We are In medias res. And if we embrace that together, and say that we can never stop growing, we'll never stop becoming more. And as we do that together, perhaps we can bring a litt...

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Necesitamos nuestra fe más que nunca," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para él séptimo episodio de nuestro podcast de homilias dominicales. "Que podemos ver con bastante claridad que podemos ir de este mundo y traer la luz que tenemos, que estamos compartiendo juntos, que podemos transferir este mundo afuera y hacer más un mundo de luz. Está es la invit...

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Aquí, donde está escrito está nueva alianza, vamos a conocer que Dios nos está pidiendo de nosotros," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestra Misa de Sanación para él mes de enero. "Dios nos está invitando a escuchar con él corazón, ver con corazón. Que podemos responder y entender que todos nosotros en bautismo, nosotros somos bautizados e invitad...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "We get called all day long to these multiple ways of responding to God in our life," Father Perry tells us for the sixth episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, for our celebration of the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. "The call keeps coming. And all day long, I believe, you and I are called. We are called, deep within our spirit, to be a source of life and heal...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "We get called all day long to these multiple ways of responding to God in our life," Father Perry tells us for the sixth episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, for our celebration of the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. "The call keeps coming. And all day long, I believe, you and I are called. We are called, deep within our spirit, to be a source of life and heal...

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Sí vamos a reconocernos como él cuerpo de Cristo, vamos aceptar y desear por la luz," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestra celebración de la Solemnidad de la Epifanía del Señor, para él quinto episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales. "Es difícil encontrar la luz y necesitamos bastante cooperación de todos. Quiero la luz y yo voy a vi...

By Father Parker Sandoval "What we hear of the birth of Jesus is a glimpse of the full good news — who he is and what he does for us," Father Parker Sandoval tells us for the fifth episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, for our celebration of the Epiphany of the Lord. "Jesus comes on a mission of salvation to save us from our sins, the great oppressor. He comes to set us free. He comes to rescue...

By Father Marinello Saguin "He was the light in the midst of the darkness. The Feast of the Epiphany is not God coming down and becoming a child. The Feast of the Epiphany is humanity coming to God now," Father Marinello Saguin tells us for the second episode of our Divine Mercy podcast, for our celebration of the Epiphany of the Lord. "You and I have been found. And you are embraced by the Father...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "These feast days, we're doing more than just celebrating Mary in memory and saying she's the mother of God. Yes, we're saying that," Father Perry tells us for our celebration of the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. "And I believe, as look at her, and we honor her, we have to recognize that she is us. She is the model of us."

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Como Maria, nosotros tenemos que estar embarazados con Cristo espiritualmente," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestra celebración de la Solemnidad de María Santísima, Madre de Dios. "Ella dio Cristo al mundo en él nacimiento de él. Pero yo creo que nosotros tenemos que dar Cristo al mundo cada día. Y él modo que vamos a dar un nacimiento de Jesús...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "We need the consolation of God, we really do. We need the peace of God. We really do," Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor, tells us for our celebration of the vigil Mass of the Solemnity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Mother of God. "And we need to really believe that somehow — being church, being a family of faith, being a communion of love, with all of our sinfuln...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "Every time we choose to forgive, every time we strive for justice rather than injustice, every time that we make peace instead of something ugly, every time that we are able to give of ourselves and give generously of ourselves, Christ is born again in our hearts and in our lives," Father Perry tells us for our celebration of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)...

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Sí Jesús no está renacido aquí en corazón — cada día, muchas veces — como puede tener influencia e importancia sí no está nacido aquí en corazón," nos pregunta Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestra celebración de La Natividad del Señor (Navidad) Misa del Día. "Y como está nacido aquí en corazón? Yo creo que cuando estamos siguiendo a Jesús, caminando en s...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "This child. This birth. Is there anybody else that two-thirds of the world remembers their birthday every year? I doubt it," Father Perry tells us for our celebration of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas) vigil Mass. "There is not one name in the universe that has more significance than this name — on a daily, regular, routine, day in and day out basis. Because...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "So right around this birth of Christ ... we bring it to this day, just before the birth of Christ, to put emphasis on the birth," Father Perry tells us for the 15th and last episode of our Advent podcast. "Jesus will say in the Gospel of John that John the Baptist is the greatest who's ever been born of a woman. All of these events come now almost like a funnel,...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "Do we really believe that out of our barrenness that God will reach into that. Out of the poo poo of our lives that God will reach into that," Father Perry tells us for the 14th episode of our Advent podcast. "And we all have some. There is a little dung in all of us, you know? But do we believe that there in the dung heap, there is where God may work wonders?"

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "Today, the answer is really huge and really significant," Father Perry tells us for the 13th episode of our Advent podcast, for our celebration of Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent. "We gotta look at the crib not in isolation, because the crib has got to connect with the cross. One follows the other. Our salvation comes not just because of the crib, but because...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "This story, I think, challenges us to be more open to God in our life every single day," Father Perry tells us for the fourth episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, for our celebration of the Fourth Sunday of Advent. "In fact, we should be following the example of Mary and others who said, 'What is your will, Lord. What do you want from me?' And I could dare say...

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Este miedo puede venir de muchas formas. En formas chiquitas y grandes. Y puede controlarnos y preventa a ser todo qué podemos hacer," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para él cuarto episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicanas, para nuestra celebración del IV Domingo de Adviento. "Yo creo que los ángeles vienen en muchas formas. La palabra de Dio...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "Even in a little doubt — a little fear is also mentioned — that we can become mute and deaf and blind," Father Perry tells us for the 12th episode of our Advent podcast, for our celebration of Monday of the Fourth Week of Advent. "We need to, shall I say, struggle, or work with or against or always let ourselves be challenged by grace. Wouldn't it be nice if we w...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "When we listen to this word of God I find it exciting to hear about so much inclusion," Father Perry tells us for the 11th episode of our Advent podcast. "Do we really appreciate what we have been given? Do we really appreciate the power and the meaning of the cross? Do we really appreciate the love and forgiveness that flows from such an awful, awful place? And...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "God falls in love, so to speak, with us," Father Perry tells us for the 10th episode of our Advent podcast. "Not because of anything we've done, not because we're perfect, not because we've stopped sinning, but because God is love. God is good. God is God. And when God looks at us God looks at us with God eyes. And he listens to us with God-ears. And he sees and...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "He found in his life a life of service, always," Father Perry tells us for our celebration of life for Abner Antonio De Guia, longtime St. Bernard Catholic Church parishioner and layperson. "He saw that following Jesus as the way, learning to love others, being there to serve others, was a joy-filled state of life, a joyful way to live life. And when someone disc...