Fr. Cappy’s Corner

What is growing in your life? Reflecting on Jesus’ parable of the vineyard, Fr. Caparas explores how our everyday choices—in marriage, friendships, work, and prayer—can bear the fruit of a living relationship with Christ. A practical invitation to grow in patience, generosity, and love.

Ever wished you’d ordered what someone else was having? A dinner with my godchildren offers a lesson about comparison, gratitude, and trusting God. Reflecting on the workers in the vineyard, we explore how to recognize the blessings before us—and help others come to know the goodness of Jesus.

Forgiveness doesn’t mean pretending the hurt never happened. Drawing on Sunday’s readings, personal struggles, and memories of September 11, Father Caparas reflects on surrendering anger to Christ—and allowing his mercy to turn our pain into compassion and service.

Fraternal correction is not about proving someone wrong or winning an argument. It is about loving someone enough to speak honestly—and being humble enough to listen when the truth is spoken to us. Father Caparas reflects on how we can guide and correct one another with prayer, compassion, discretion, and a genuine desire to lead each other closer to Christ.

Jesus asks each of us, “Who do you say that I am?” This homily explores why Christ entrusted Peter with the keys of the kingdom, how the Church safeguards divine revelation, and why true discipleship means allowing Jesus—not politics, culture, or personal opinion—to shape what we believe.

There is a difference between being Catholic by identity and becoming an intentional disciple of Jesus Christ. This Sunday’s readings challenge us to ask whether our faith is actually transforming the way we speak, forgive, treat others, and live. The prayer of the Canaanite woman gives us a place to begin: “Lord, help me.” Jesus doesn’t simply want us to identify as Catholic—He wants our hearts, and He wants to make us more like Him.

Celebrating Sunday Mass in Alaska, near the magnificent Hubbard Glacier, the readings could hardly be more fitting: Elijah encounters God in a tiny whisper, and Peter encounters Jesus walking upon the stormy sea.

In this homily, Fr. Allain reflects on the story of the “Glacier Priest,” Fr. Bernard Hubbard, S.J.; the quiet ways God speaks to us; and Peter’s simple prayer, “Lord, save me!”

Surrounded by glaciers, mountains, and sea, we are reminded that the God who created all this majesty also makes Himself remarkably small and close to us in the Eucharist. Whether we meet Him in the silence or in the storm, Jesus continues to say to us: “Come.”

Why do we keep chasing things that never truly satisfy? In this episode of Father Cappy’s Corner, Father Allain reflects on the readings for the 18th Sunday in Ordinary Time and explores Isaiah’s timeless question: “Why spend your money for what is not bread?”

The conversation also explores why so many Christians place their hope in politics, possessions, or passing pleasures rather than in Jesus Christ. Drawing from St. Paul’s powerful reminder that nothing can separate us from the love of God, Father Allain discusses the spiritual battle of our time, the importance of prayer, the Communion of Saints, and why God invites us to participate in His work of salvation.

Ultimately, this episode is an invitation to stop settling for counterfeits and rediscover the “Real Thing”—Jesus Christ, who alone satisfies the deepest hunger of the human heart, especially in the gift of the Holy Eucharist.

In this episode, Father Allain Caparas reflects on the readings for the 14th Sunday in Ordinary Time and explores one of the greatest spiritual battles facing Christians today: distraction. While the world constantly competes for our attention through noise, outrage, politics, social media, and endless controversies, Christ quietly invites us, “Come to me… and I will give you rest.”

How do we learn to hear God’s voice in the ordinary moments of life? What does it mean to live “in the Spirit” rather than be consumed by the distractions of the world? And how can we remain faithful to the Church without falling into anger, division, or discouragement?

What have we welcomed into our hearts and homes? In this episode of Father Cappy’s Corner, Fr. Caparas reflects on the Sunday readings and challenges us to consider whether Christ is truly the permanent resident of our lives. From the Shunammite woman’s hospitality to St. Paul’s call to die to sin and Jesus’ invitation to encounter Him in the vulnerable, discover how authentic discipleship begins by making room for Christ—and then recognizing Him in every person we meet.