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Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Tenemos que saborear a Dios como Padre, creador; Hijo, redentor; y Espíritu Santo, santificador. Es entender cómo Dios está tocando nuestras vidas", nos dice Padre Perry para nuestro vigésimo noveno episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales. "Somos pecadores, pero somos, en los ojos del Espíritu Santo, preciosos. Yo creo que cada día debemos estar pens...

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "No estamos repitiendo Pentecostés; estamos recordando porque tiene mucho significado", nos dice Padre Perry para nuestro vigésimo octavo episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales. "El Espíritu Santo no es como una piscina — apagar, prender, apagar, prender. No. Está siempre para amarnos. Y la cosa que apaga es cuando no estamos creyendo, cuando no esta...

By Father Bill Messenger "The love that is the Holy Spirit is the change-agent in our lives. In fact, that love, the Holy Spirit, is also the change-agent in God. Now, some people think that God never changes. But that is not entirely correct. God existed before creation. But the love that is the Holy Spirit could not be contained within God," Father Bill tells us for our celebration of Father Per...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "The Spirit of God was given to us to make a difference — a real difference — to change the world for the better, for the best!" Father Perry tells us for the 28th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast. "This Spirit of God ignited, lighted a fire of faith, of love, and we're asked to surrender to it."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "Is this what we would expect, to see Jesus floating away into the clouds? How weird is this? But I think it's very hard to know, especially when we're given two different stories of the Ascension. Who's right? John, or Luke? How do you decide that? But what if the Ascension was much more mysterious, and the only way to get at it is give it a very physical experie...

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Nunca estamos aparte de Jesus; entonces, cuando estamos leyendo la palabra de san Juan, es poco difícil conectar con eso", nos dice Padre Perry para nuestro vigésimo séptimo episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales. "La razón que debemos de conectar con esta idea que Jesus salió y estamos sin él, es porque, en Pentecostés, cuando estamos recibiendo el...

By Cardinal Roger M. Mahony "It was never the plan of God for the Son of God to remain here. The continuation of the Gospel, the sacraments, baptism, the Eucharist, the body and blood of the Lord, and telling people the good news about Jesus, we are the ones that continue, each one of us, through our baptism; and especially now through our confirmation today, are then the ones who carry on the mis...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "The point of it all is love is the thing that counts; that's what he's asking here. If you love me, you would keep my commandments, and let my love live in you and let the Father's love live in you. I want to remain in you. Remain in me. If you love liked I've loved you, you will get it. Hate is powerful, but love is more powerful. Hate can bring people to death....

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "La cosa por mi más bonita es, dos mil años siguiendo estamos aprendiendo más que los apóstoles estaban aprendiendo en el Evangelio," nos dice Padre Perry para nuestro vigésimo sexto episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales. "Tenemos experiencia en la palabra — su experiencia — y dos mil años creyendo en Cristo. Y creemos mucho. Y ustedes creen."

Por Padre Kevin Manion "Para nosotros, no hay maldiciones si estamos viviendo el amor de Dios y viviendo la vida recta y los mandamientos," nos dice Padre Kevin Manion para nuestro vigésimo quinto episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales. "Esa es la razón por lo cual Jesucristo instituyó el sacramento de la confesión, para los que necesitan reconciliarse otra vez."

By Father Andrew Thomas Kang, O.P. "The love of Christ is real. The lives of the saints are real, and the sacraments are really God touching our souls with his love. Something has to change. We ought to be different. People should be able to look at us and see something new, something they don't see anywhere else," Father Andrew tells us for the 25th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast. "More t...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "I think all these vocations are so important," Father Perry tells us for the 24th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast. "So today on this Good Shepherd Sunday, we are being asked to pray for vocations. I think the scriptures today, especially the introduction, it talks about, talk to Jesus, and most of all, listening. But not with this ear; this ear, the ear of...

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Yo creo que, por cualquier vocación — sacerdocio, religiosa, matrimonio, o una persona soltera — si pueden entrar en una conversación con Cristo. ¿Él no quiere motivarnos a ir en una dirección de vida que pueda llenarnos con alegría y paz? Jesus, buen pastor, ¿que quieres por mi?"

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "Jesus invites us — do you love me? And we are able to say — yes, Lord, you know I love you. But Jesus said that ain't enough — it's not just about loving me, it's about loving me in action. Words are words, and they're important, but actions are much more important," Father Perry tells us for the 23rd episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast. "And when we love Jesu...

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Todos son ovejas de Jesucristo — los buenos y los malos. Y dijo en otra parte de la Biblia, Dios y Jesus, el Espíritu, ellos dan gracia a los buenos y malos. Amor por los buenos y malos," nos dice Padre Perry para nuestro vigésimo tercer episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales. "Y después diciendo, en efecto todo eso, le dijo a san Pedro — sígueme. Y...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "That's what the waters always represent. They are lifegiving, clean, pure, fruitful waters. And the trees and the plants, reach out to get into the roots into that place where the waters are so that they can bear fruits for us," Father Perry tells us for the 16th episode of our Lenten podcast. "Forever and ever; and that's what we hear in this first reading. And...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "Baptism and confirmation are only received once; you can't receive them twice. But communion you can receive it every day — even more than once in a day," Father Perry tells us for the 22nd episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast. "And so this moment is a very lifegiving moment. We talk about God's love is everlasting? Here it is. We experience in Eucharist as he...

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "La historia está explicando algo más importante. ¿Cómo podemos creer en cosas que no podemos explicar? O provar. Tenemos que probar todas las cosas?" nos pregunta Padre Perry para nuestro vigésimo primer episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales. "Posiblemente podemos decir con toda fe, si yo recibo a Cristo en la Eucharistia, ese pan de vida, yo recib...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "I think the bishops got it right when they said, the gift of the Spirit isn't fear; it's reverence and awe for God's greatness," Father Perry tells us for our celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday. "I hear in these scriptures a real call to believe what Jesus says. How blessed you are, all of us, because we believe without even having seen. I hear on this feast of D...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "So he dies, and we believe that he has been raised up. And we will hear story after story, in the weeks ahead up until Pentecost, of many stories of his appearances," Father Perry tells us for the 21st episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast. "We can't say we've been there. But we believe. This is the center of our faith."

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Nosotros somos levadura espiritual por el mundo. Por lo más que podemos conocer Cristo, amar Cristo, oír su palabra en nuestros corazones y vidas, somos levadura que podemos cambiar el mundo," nos dice Padre Perry para nuestro vigésimo primer episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales. "Cuando estamos haciendo cosas sin sabiduría, podemos hablar como lo...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "On the first day after Easter, and all of this erupts in our face. We are going to now unwrap for 50 days the powerful presence of the Spirit, and the powerful presence of Christ Jesus rising from the dead, and all that it would mean to his people," Father Perry tells us for our celebration of Monday in the Octave of Easter. "We should be ready to relish to in th...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "Tonight, that's why this is the mother of all celebrations — we tell the great stories," Father Perry tells us for our celebration of Holy Saturday Easter Vigil. "We celebrate baptism, confirmation, and Eucharist. We reaffirm our deepest, deepest belief in the resurrection of Jesus Christ and our future resurrection into eternal life. It just doesn't get any bett...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "At this last supper, this meal that Jesus will say, commemorate this always in my name, that he would tie to it service," Father Perry tells us for Holy Thursday. "We are called to be followers of Jesus Christ. And we're really called to be foot washers. Foot washing is our call, that we would love one another and service one another in the style of Jesus. All of...

By Father Ramon Reyes "Gathering together at the feast day, the Passover, he humbles himself in humility, knowing that one of this friends is going to do something against him. Such is the great love he has for us that he teaches us, even in moments when we think we have our own choice," Father Ramon tells us for the 24 the last episode of our 2025 Lenten podcast. "He loves us so much, and he care...