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By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "Maybe more than forgiveness from God: forgiveness for ourselves; I don't think anybody can be harder on us than our own selves," Father Perry tells us for the sixth episode of our Advent podcast. "When we get lost, God finds us. When we get lost, he searches us out. Is that not what Divine Mercy of God is all about? This mercy of God that he never lets us go; he...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "Especially, through celebration, are coming to know Christ more fully so that we can bring Christ in the world. That's the whole picture," Father Perry tells us for second episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, and our celebration of the Second Sunday of Advent. "We come here just to be restored. We come here for God to speak through his word, and speak through...

Por Padre Sergio Medina "Eso es el Adviento — recordar si también en mi camino Cristiano ya calle en un bache. Caí en un valle, ahí. Ya no salgo. No salgo aquí de la presa, la mentira, la vanidad, el egoísmo," nos dice Padre Sergio Medina para nuestra celebración del II Domingo de Adviento, y el segundo episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales. "Tenemos pues, esa montaña, esa cumbre, es...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "The beauty of this feast is that God took this woman, Mary, chose her, and said 'I will make you free from original sin; no stain of sin will touch you,'" Father Perry tells us for the fifth episode of our Advent podcast, and our celebration of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. "'So that you could become this perfect vessel; because I want to...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "The joy of that birth far outweighs the pain, and makes it all worthwhile, and changes he ," Father Perry tells us for the fourth episode of our Advent podcast. "Although we're looking at the birth of Jesus 2,000 years and his coming again — whenever that might be. But, really, we're looking at his coming into our presence right now, or his already being in our p...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "Today's Gospel doesn't just speak about having a trusting heart, but about living our lives in a way that is wise. And the wisdom, it isn't to please God, it's so that God can protect us and help us and set up the rampart and let us in into experiencing justice," Father Perry tells us for the third episode of our Advent podcast. "The more that we contemplate and...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "When we come to know Jesus Christ that way like a child, we are filled with wonder, and we believe differently," Father Perry tells us for the second episode of our Avent podcast. "Good religion is when it changes our way of life, when we follow Jesus, when we imitate the Lord. Religion is not about saying I know the truths about religion; that's easy, that part....

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "If that's what we're doing all through Advent: listening to the knock at the door," Father Perry tells us for the first episode of our Advent podcast. "Jesus couldn't enter on his own; he needed the door open from the inside. He's knocking. Are we going to open the door, are we going to acknowledge that Jesus is at the door? And if he is really, really present, j...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "We do it one day a year. But would it be too much to ask for less than one minute; two pieces of 30 seconds, at the beginning of the day, say, 'Thank you, God for this day,'" Father Perry tells us for our celebration of Thanksgiving Day. "Would it be too much to thank our God simply for the gift of life? No matter how much pain there might be in it. We have so mu...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "It's that inner space that matters. And that inner space is inside of us. He wasn't talking about a kingdom after we die. His kingdom is a gift to us," Father Perry tells us for the 39th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, and our celebration of the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. "Peace. That's the kingdom of God. That's the kingdom...

Por Padre Francis Goode, O.P. "Jesús, tú eres mi rey. Es tu reino donde quiero ser, aunque pase yo por dolores y dificultades y sacrificios, yo se sigo," nos dice Padre Francis Goode, O.P., para nuestra celebración de la Solemnidad de Nuestro Senor Jesucristo, Rey del Universo, y nuestro trigésimo noveno episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales. "Tú eres mi salvador. Tu eres rey del uni...

By Father Timothy McGowan "Change can be our friend when we see it as a stimulant that will not allow us to fall asleep in a way of life that is far less than God's plan," Father Tim McGowan tells us for the 38th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, and our celebration of the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time — the penultimate Sunday of the 2024 liturgical year. "As followers of Jesus, we take a pos...

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "La palabra está buscando el último día, la destrucción del universo," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestra celebración del XXXIII Domingo Ordinario, y nuestro trigésimo octavo episodio de nuestro podcast de homilias dominicales. "Que podamos quedar en el presente, celebrando, abriendo a Dios. El más que vivimos, no en el pasado, no en el futuro,...

By Father Timothy McGowan "Those two coins, Jesus would have held up those to be valuable. They were probably made of copper, maybe worth a few cents. But in Jesus' eyes they were pure gold," Father Tim tells us for the 37th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, and our celebration of the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. "They symbolized something that he deeply valued. And what he deeply valued wa...

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Tenemos el ejemplo de dos mujeres que eran tan generosas. Su habilidad para dar todo lo que tenía," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestra celebración del XXXII Domingo Ordinario, y nuestro trigésimo septimo episodio de nuestro podcast de homilias dominicales. "Podemos protegernos y dar generosamente a otros."

Por Padre Ramon J. Reyes "Dios nos llama hoy para entender y reflexionar en nuestro corazón de la abundancia que Dios nos ha dado," nos dice Padre Ramón para nuestro retiro anual de Adviento. "Y como esta abundancia no es nuestra. Hallamos en este momento de cómo el ser busca de tener valores, de tener entendimiento, y verdaderamente tener a Dios en nuestro corazón. La vida que tenemos en nuestros...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "I would say we have to start with love for ourselves. If we don't love ourselves and respect ourselves, if we don't see ourselves as beautiful in God's eyes, anointed and filled with this Spirit, good Lord, we already blew it right there," Father Perry tells us for the 36th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, and our celebration of the 31st Sunday in Ordinary...

Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Yo creo que amar a Dios no es lo primero. Amarse a sí mismo es lo primero," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestra celebración del XXXI Domingo Ordinario, y el trigésimo sexto episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales. "Si yo no puedo amarme a mi mismo, si no tengo respeto por mi mismo, ¿por qué debo tener amor y respeto por usted? Cuando es...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "I think we love our dead; we never stop loving them. We never let go of them. There's so many conditions that make that love for our dead amplify and become bigger even than their lives," Father Perry tells us for our celebration of the Commemoration of the Faithful Departed (All Souls). "God cannot wait for us to share his light. Death is the birth of the new li...

Padre Reymundo para nuestra celebración del XXX Domingo Ordinario, y el trigésimo quinto episodio de nuestro Podcast de homilias dominicales. "No se pierdan la oportunidad de poder experimentar la bondad, el gozo, la salvación de Dios. Siempre hay gracia, hay bendición de la luz de Dios, de la sanación, de la redención. Reconocemos que pase lo que pase, Dios está con nosotros. Jesus es el salvador...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "The coming of the birth of Christ — of course, the church wants us to be ready so that we receive it in all of his glory and simplicity," Father Perry tells us for the first episode of our Advent podcast, and our celebration of Monday of the First Week of Advent. "How enchanting it is to come upon that little crib and the baby Jesus. It's emotional. It is moving,...

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco "Toda la palabra está diciendo que tenemos que estar alerta," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestra celebración del I Domingo de Adviento, y el primer episodio de nuestro podcast de homilias dominicales. "Vamos a tener el Nacimiento de Jesus. Pero hay un nacimiento mucho más importante. Es aquí, el corazón. Y si el corazón no está preparado, ... l...

By Father Parker Sandoval "The truth is, each of us, in some way, is blind. Each of us is a little lost. We cannot see clearly. We see only partially," Father Parker tells us for the 35th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, and our celebration of the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time. "Perhaps because we are weighed down in some way by some affliction, some form of oppression: addiction, depression...

Por Padre Reynaldo B. Matunog "Dios es Dios de salvación. Dios es Dios de sanación. Dios es Dios de liberación. Dios es Dios de redención," nos dice Padre Reymundo para nuestra celebración del XXX Domingo Ordinario, y el trigésimo quinto episodio de nuestro Podcast de homilias dominicales. "No se pierdan la oportunidad de poder experimentar la bondad, el gozo, la salvación de Dios. Siempre hay gra...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "I resist the idea that I was ordained to be served. I really believe that I was ordained to serve. And that's where I find my joy. And, actually, I think anybody who learns to serve discovers the kingdom, they discover the joy," Father Perry tells us for the 34th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, and our celebration of the 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time. "All...