St. Bernard's Sunday Homilies podcast

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "And of all the things he could have said, he said the most diving thing you imagine — 'Father, forgive them, they know not what they do.' That, for me, is him giving up his divinity, bestowing on us that the corruptible — that stuff that comes from sin — has become incorruptible; he's shown how to defeat it," Father Perry tells us for the 14th episode of our Sund...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "Jesus is focusing on something that is so essential if we want to have good hearts, good souls, good lives," Father Perry tells us for the 13th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast. "God's love filled Jesus' heart, and he couldn't hold it all in there; he had to speak it out loud. When someone hurts us, hurt turns rather quickly into anger. And when we feel ang...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "At the deepest, deepest, deepest level, especially when there is strife and there there are problems with our lives, that's when we have to dig down deep and find our trust in God and look for listen to hat God will speak in our hearts," Father Perry tells us for the 12th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast. "Well, what is this contradictory message? How do we...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "In all of the readings we hear about 'the call.' And the implication for us is that every one of us is called," Father Perry tells us for the 11h episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast. "We're being called everyday, and called into whole commitments of life. But we need to listen. Are we capable of finding God anywhere and hearing his voice?"

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "This is our story. Do we see the light? Do we recognise Christ, truly, as the light of the world. And when we look at him, he enlightens us. He brings his light into our spirits and souls," Father Perry tells us for the 10th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast. "That we reveal our darkness — Holy Spirit of God: I am confused. I am filled with feelings that are...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "For someone to be a giant of love, who can love even those who don't like them, that's what Jesus is about," Father Perry tells us for the ninth episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, and the beginning of Catholic School's Week. "That, we believe, is what Catholic schools are about; not just teaching math and reading and science — all wonderful things —, but mos...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "He's not talking about 60 minutes. He's talking about a time so important," Father Perry tells us for the eighth episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, and our celebration of the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time. "This we read is for us, right now. Do we believe that God has poured out his Spirit on each of us? He's anointed us. Do we believe that he has gifted ea...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "Maybe this is a way of dragging us into and away from just simply recognising Jesus in his birth, but most of all recognising him in all the preaching and teaching he did as he began his public ministry when he was 30," Father Perry tells us for the seventh episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, and our celebration of the Baptism of the Lord. "We're telling the...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "We are looking at this feast as a people who believe it fully. And like the opening prayer said, we come to see the glory of this," Father Perry tells us for the sixth episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, and our celebration of Epiphany. "They came to see the mystery unfold before them. At first sight, I'm sure they didn't know this. It was all just new to the...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "God the Father is not just the Father of Jesus, he's the Father of us all," Father Perry tells us for the fifth episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast. "He is Father to Jesus, he is Father to me, to you, to all of us. And we gather and congregate in this sacred space as his children, united with one another. He's Father of us all. And the gift that we get in the...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "Isn't that what we celebrate at Christmas, the Prince of Peace. He captures peace in his Spirit so deeply. Look on the cross. Jesus came to do the will of the Father," Father Perry tells us for the fourth episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast. "And why would the will of the Father be to put his Son on a cross? It's not that he was forced to the cross; he surrend...

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor "We celebrate an event that happened over 2,000 years. But for me, I wonder if we are curious how that child Jesus that was born 2,000 years ago can truly and magnificently be born in our hearts," Father Perry tells us for the third episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, and our celebration of the Third (Gauedte) Sunday of Advent. "That's where it all matters. If...

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...

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,...