The Liturgy Podcast from Spirit & Song

"The Advocate, the Holy Spirit whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you everything and remind you of all that I told you." The Holy Spirit empowers us to proclaim to the world that Jesus Christ is Lord.

"O my people! I will put my Spirit in you that you may live..." The Pentecost Extended Vigil calls us to wait in hope for the Holy Spirit to renew our world.

"Father, I have given them the glory you gave me, so that they may be one, as we are one." Jesus prays for his disciples and brings them into community with God.

"And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father upon you; but stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high." At the Ascension, Jesus gave his disciples the promise of the Holy Spirit.

"Whoever loves me will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him." The Church is the community of the Holy Spirit who dwells within us.

"As I have loved you, so you also should one another." Jesus is alive in our world today through our love for each other.

"A great multitude, which no one could count, from every nation, race, people, people and tongue... stood before the throne and before the Lamb." Easter joy continues! We renew our zeal to follow Jesus, our Good Shepherd.  

"Simon, son of John, do you love me?" Simon Peter answered him, "Yes, Lord. You know that I love you." Jesus said to him, "Tend my sheep." In our Easter joy, Jesus calls us serve others.

"Do not be afraid. I am the first and the last, the one who lives. Once I was dead, but now I am alive forever and ever." The Divine Mercy of Jesus gives us the courage to seek forgiveness from God, and to forgive others.

"For they did not yet understand the Scripture that he had to rise from the dead." We have no idea what the path to pandemic recovery will entail. The Empty Tomb teaches us to not to despair but to live in Easter hope.

"Why do you seek the living one among the dead? He is not here, but he has been raised." The Sacred Paschal Triduum concludes with the Easter Vigil's splendid liturgy in which our RCIA Elect are received into the Church through the Sacraments of Initiation.

"You ought to wash one another's feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you also should do." In the Eucharist, Jesus calls us to love and serve God by loving and serving one another.

"You ought to wash one another's feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you also should do." In the Eucharist, Jesus calls us to love and serve God by loving and serving one another.

"He humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a Cross." Our solemn celebration of Holy Week begins with the commemoration of Jesus' triumphant entry into Jerusalem, followed by the Gospel proclamation of his Passion.

"Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world." As our RCIA Elect make their final preparations for the Easter sacraments, they are inspired by Martha's profession of faith in Jesus as the resurrection and the life.

"Let the one among you who is without sin be the first to throw a stone at her." God's mercy surpasses our human inclination to pass judgment on others. After all, are we not all in need of mercy and forgiveness?

"While I am in the world, I am the light of the world." Jesus opens our eyes so we can see his light.

"Let us celebrate with a feast, because this son of mine was dead and has come back to life again." The lure of sin leads to isolation and despair, but our loving God is always ready to embrace us and welcome us home.

"Whoever drinks the water I shall give will never thirst." We pray for our RCIA Elect as they listen to Jesus and journey toward the living waters of baptism.

"If you do not repent, you will perish as they did." Jesus shares a parable that gives us hope during this holy season as we learn to repent and seek God's forgiveness.

"This is my chosen Son. Listen to him." The Transfiguration is a vision of Jesus' risen glory that inspires us as we journey through the challenges of Lent. Listen to Jesus!

"Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil." The Holy Spirit and the Word of God! That is the key to our Lenten journey with Jesus.

"When you fast, do not look gloomy like the hypocrites... Anoint your head and wash your face, so that you may not appear to be fasting, except to your Father who is hidden. And your Father who sees what is hidden will repay you." Ash Wednesday begins our Lenten journey toward Easter joy.

"A good person out of the store of goodness in his heart produces good, but an evil person out of a store of evil produces evil; for from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks." Jesus offers practical wisdom for living in Christian community.

"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you... Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful." Jesus challenges the world with his call to universal love.