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Our Lord goes into the desert and is tempted, and gives us the model of both our Lent and our need to confront temptation, both internal and external. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021824.cf...

As we begin the season of Lent, we are to enter the battle against our own sin and concupiscence with the weapons the Lord has provided. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021424.cfm

As the Lord willingly heals the leper, He is willing to heal us. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/021124.cfm

Job forgets why he exists, perhaps. St. Paul knows his purpose and mission, and so is able to be all to all. Our Lord provides the model of saying no to others to fulfill the mission He was given. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at ht...

Our Lord teaches, and enlightens our darkened minds. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012824.cfm

As our Lord calls the fishermen, He invites them to reform their lives and conform to His, and in doing so they will transform the world. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/012124.cfm

All are called to follow the Lord, and in our Sunday readings, we hear of how others were called and helped others discern. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/011424.cfm

As we celebrate Epiphany, we listen and follow the example of the Wise men who saw and followed the star that marked our Lord’s birth. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/010724.cfm

On this Octave of Christmas, we contemplate the meaning of the Incarnation of our Lord - that He is born of Mary and she is rightly called the Mother of God. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/01...

As we gather on this Sunday within the Octave of Christmas, the Church invites us to reflect on the nature of family and contemplate the model: the Holy Family. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings...

The Promised savior is our peace. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122523-Dawn.cfm

The Promised Savior is born for us. https://soundcloud.com/fr-todd-petersen/christmas-night-2023-promised #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122523-Night.cfm

God has made promises, and the Blessed Mother cooperates with His promises. Do we have the strength to do the same? #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122423.cfm

Our Lord entered a our world at a real time and place, and comes to change everything. https://soundcloud.com/fr-todd-petersen/christmas-eve-2023-prepared #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/122523-Vigil.cfm

John the Baptist invites us to prepare the way of the Lord by repentance. Are we seeking repentance? #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121723.cfm

We are to prepare for our Lord's coming by lower the mountains and raising the valleys. The Blessed Mother is a wonderful model of this. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121023.cfm

As we worship God for His grace given to the Blessed Mother from the first moment of her conception, we contemplate the deeper reality beyond the surface contradictions of Mary. https://soundcloud.com/fr-todd-petersen/immaculate-conception-2023-contradiction #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback a...

As we begin #Advent, our Lord asks us to watch and to do what we are tasked with. St. Joseph can provide us a model and guide. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/120323.cfm

Jesus is King of the Universe, but is aware of the little ones and the deeds done for and by the little ones. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112623.cfm

Homily from the Ecumenical Thanksgiving Service. What are we thankful for? https://soundcloud.com/fr-todd-petersen/thanksgiving-eve-2023-thanks #Catholic #homily #Scripture #Thanksgiving Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings were Deuteronomy 8:1-20, Psalm 150, Colossians 3:12-17, and Matthew 6:...

The Lord gives us everything. Are we stewards of those gifts, returning to Him everything? #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111923.cfm

The wise virgins thought of the end, and acted appropriately. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111223.cfm

When leaders fail to live good examples, evil results. This affects vocations. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110523.cfm

Our duty is to pray for those who have gone before us. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110223.cfm

The Saints longed to see God, and they are with Him, seeing Him as He is. #Catholic #homily #Scripture #GospelOfTheDay Sign up to have podcasts and blog posts emailed to you: http://eepurl.com/ioCgy2 Give feedback at https://forms.gle/gGhujv39g43BUxmK6 Readings are found at https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110123.cfm