Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of God

That is the creativity that Jesus is looking for creativity and ingenuity. We, who have so much, need to be more creative. We need to look at ways of how we could do things to help and serve more people not because they have a need but because we have a need to give; that we have the need because we have the surplus. We have the mammon to do more.

Here is the my homily for the Twenty Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Please feel free to share it with others. (Read more…)

When we come to our senses like the lost son and when we do make our way back, he showers us with his mercy, grace, and blessings; showering us like his only Son. That is the message we are meant to hear over and over again.

Here is the my homily for the Twenty Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time. We also remember the victims of the September 11 attack and pray for peace in the world. Please feel free to share it with others. (Read more…)

Discipleship is not a Sunday thing. It is an every-day thing. We are not called to be fans of Jesus. We are called to be followers of Jesus and that is an all-in commitment. The singular command: Love God. Love your neighbor. Let’s commit to be all-in. Let’s eat, drink and live Jesus. That is our commitment.

Here is the my homily for the Twenty Third Sunday of Ordinary Time. Please feel free to share it with others. (Read more…)

Today, we might be grateful for all the behind the scenes workers and we might be grateful to our parents; we might be grateful to our teachers. All these people we now consider essential workers; they are important and today we want to recognize them. And make a point to say thank you to one of these today!

Here is the my homily for the Twenty Second Sunday of Ordinary Time. We began our Faith Formation process this weekend and the first part of the homily speaks directly to the children who gathered around the altar this morning. (Read more…)

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Some people are wine snobs. And this little story illustrates it. A group of supposed wine connoisseurs were wine tasting along with another person who was completely blind. In the vintner's opinion, she had the best sense of wine. To prove his point, he put out completely black glasses. That way they could not see what was in it. He poured a white and a red wine. Only 50% of wine connoisseurs could tell the difference between a red and a white without seeing it!

Here is the my homily for the Twenty First Sunday of Ordinary Time. Please feel free to share it with others. (Read more…)

Every single one of us is going to get a different challenge. Whatever darkness comes into our life this week, or whatever darkness we hear, we are going to promise to turn on the light. We are going to be good and kind. We are going to be forgiving. We are going to be generous. We are going to promise to shine the love of God. And thus, we will overcome any darkness of any alley way we walk. That is how the world will be ablaze with God’s love. We become the cloud of witnesses this week.

Here is the my homily for the Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Please feel free to share it with others. (Read more…)

In my experience, the most generous people I know are those who are most often the poorest. they have so little and yet are so generous with what little they have. It is greatly humbling. And it is because they are so close;

Here is the my homily for the Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Please feel free to share it with others. (Read more…)

Jesus sends out his disciples not as tourists. He sends them out as missionary disciples; he sends them out as travelers. That is the closest understanding we would have as a traveler is one to explore and experienced the newness. (Read More…)

Here is the my homily for the Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Please feel free to share it with others.

I will be on vacation for the rest of July, returning the fist of August. During this time I will not be answering emails, texts or phone calls.

Clearly, our destination is eternal life; and clearly the Way that Jesus introduces is a simple way. It is the way of love. He constantly challenges those who understood older ways, the law, as that way was far more rigid. And Jesus comes along and just simply says the law is completely fulfilled in the law of love.

Here is the my homily for the Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time. Please feel free to share it with others. (Read more…)

Memory is a powerful faculty of the mind. Memory was considered in the ancient times as one of the four faculties of the human body that was considered foundational for the human being.  (Read more…)

Here is the my homily for the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ. Please feel free to share it with others.0