The Fr. John Amsberry Podcast

In this episode, Father John reflects on the voices we listen to, the fears that shape us, and Christ's invitation to live with trust instead of anxiety.   Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and if this episode encourages you, share it with someone who needs to hear it. 🎙️✝️    

What if this didn't happen? No resurrection. No hope. No answer to the darkness, the suffering, the tomb. But it did happen. And it changes everything. In the final episode of our Holy Week series, Father John brings us to the greatest day the universe has ever known — Easter Sunday. The resurrection of Jesus Christ is not just a historical event. It's the answer to every question you have, every...

The stone is placed. The tomb is sealed. And He's gone. Holy Saturday is the darkest day of the year. No miracles. No answers. Just silence and an unbearable question hanging in the air — is this the end, or is this the beginning? In Episode 6 of our Holy Week series, Father John sits with us in that darkness. He takes us into the hearts of Mary and the disciples as they waited, not knowing what S...

Where is the hope? Jesus has died just like any other man. Good Friday confronts us with the most painful question of Holy Week — and the most powerful answer. In Episode 5 of our Holy Week series, Father John takes us to the cross. Not to look away from it, but to look directly at it. To ask the question we all need to ask: why is He up there? And what does it mean for my life? The crucifix is th...

Can you imagine if that prayer was never prayed? The night before His crucifixion, Jesus knelt in the Garden of Gethsemane — and the weight of what was coming was so intense He sweat blood. His closest friends fell asleep. And yet He prayed the most powerful prayer ever spoken: "Father, not my will, but your will be done." In Episode 4 of our Holy Week series, Father John takes us deep into the Ga...

The night before everything fell apart, Jesus sat down for dinner with His closest friends. He knew what was coming... the betrayal, the arrest, the cross. And yet He broke bread, poured wine, and washed feet. In this episode, Father John Amsberry takes us inside the Upper Room to understand what the Last Supper really was not just a final meal, but the institution of the Eucharist. A new covenant...

  The day after Palm Sunday, Jesus walked into the most sacred place in Jerusalem and turned it upside down. Tables flipped. Money scattered. Animals set loose. But this wasn't a tantrum but It was a declaration. In Episode 2 of our Holy Week series, Father John breaks down what really happened when Jesus cleansed the Temple and what it means for us now. 🎙️ Listen now on the Father John Podcast —...

In this special mini series of our Holy Week series, Father John walks you through the triumphal entrance into Jerusalem and why the same crowd cheering Jesus on Sunday would be calling for His crucifixion by Friday. This is Holy Week the way it was meant to be experienced. Not rushed. Not watered down. Real, raw, and transformational. 

Homily for Sunday, January 11, 2026