Father Mike's Podcast

Sixth Sunday of Easter. When Peter says "we should always be ready to give to anyone who asks a reason for our hope", how can we do that? First of all, know our hope. Secondly, know your reason for your hope. Thirdly, express it."

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time: "You've all heard it numerous times that we are to 'Give to Caesar what is Caesar's and to God what is God's'. What is Jesus really getting at when he says that? What does it mean for us to really give to God what it is?"

28th Sunday in Ordinary Time: "The parable of the King and his wedding banquet shows the invitation that our God offers us, but it is also an invitation to invest in his Kingdom. Tithing is one way we do that but an important way. In order to understand this we need to move away from seeing our gifts as a tax or a donation and, rather, seeing it as an investment in God and his work.

21st Sunday in Ordinary Time: "Jesus asks the disciples who the crowds think he is and then he asks them who they think he is. Who does Jesus say he is? Will that help us to know something about him and what he asks of us?"

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time: "The prophesy in Isaiah says that all the world will come to worship the true God. How can that happen? How do the actions of Jesus and the teachings of Paul explain how people come together in Christ."

15th Sunday in Ordinary Time: "To allow the Word of God to penetrate our lives two things are required: Openness and commitment. We also need to avoid three things and Jesus tells us what they are."

The Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ: "On this feast we briefly discuss what the Eucharist is but we will talk a bit more about why the Eucharist is."

Fifth Sunday of Easter. The challenge of the early church is also ours. How do we expand as a Church and allow the fullness of the Gospel to take root in our cultures without being confined by them. How do we as people come to the fullness of Jesus' invitation to see him as our way, truth, and life?"

Second Sunday in Lent. What does the Transfiguration teach us and how can we allow it to transfigure our lives as it did to the disciples?"

Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time: "Jesus is teaching a practical lesson when he says hatred leads to murder and adultery in the mind is adultery."