Hear to Heaven

Hear to Heaven

By Robert KilnerReligion & SpiritualityChristianity
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Hear to Heaven episodes

  • Feed the Crowd, 08-02-2020

    http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/080220.cfm

    Jesus saw a large crowd. I wonder if we do? The large crowd is not limited to the people in this church. We, as disciples of Christ are called to bring this gospel to the large crowd out in the world. While it seems to us that the gospel is currently “out of season,” we must never forget that everyone is precious to the Lord; He wants to reach all and feed them with His grace, mercy, truth, and love.

    It is too easy to lament the condition of the world and, like the Apostles, to feel overwhelmed. Jesus says, “Just bring me what you have and let’s get started.” The conversion of the whole world will begin with me, with my meager loaves and fishes.

    Jesus will surely multiply them; He will not fail. Already there is renewal evident in the Church, through a faithful remnant willing to bring their loaves and fishes (some of the things mentioned above and more besides). They are bringing them to Jesus and He is multiplying them. Renewal is happening; signs of spring are evident in the Church.

    14 min
  • Saint Ignatius: Soldier for Christ, 07-31-2020

    http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/073120.cfm

    At the end of the homily I meant to say: "Isn't this the carpenter's son?" I should really drink coffee and observe the fast before 6:30 AM Mass! There is so much to say about Ignatius so I have added a few things here: 

    "Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam" "For the Greater Glory of God!" The origin of the phrase is attributed to the founder of the Jesuits, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, who intended it to serve as a cornerstone sentiment of the society's religious philosophy. The full phrase attributed to St. Ignatius is Ad maiorem Dei gloriam inque hominum salutem or "for the greater glory of God and the salvation of humanity." -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_maiorem_Dei_gloriam

    Saint Josemaria counted Ignatius as one of his patrons. Ignatian spirituality is evident in the writings of Josemaria and many saints. 

    "Deo omnis gloria. All glory to God. It is an emphatic confession of our nothingness. He, Jesus, is everything. We, without him, are worth nothing: nothing. Our vainglory would be just that: vain glory; it would be sacrilegious robbery. There should be no room for that 'I' anywhere."

    -Saint Josemaria, The Way, 780

    4 min
  • Eternal Life is on the Line, 07-30-2020

    http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/073020.cfm

    From a catechetical instruction by Saint Cyril of Jerusalem, bishop

    (Cat. 18, 26-29: PG 33, 1047-1050)

    The Church is the bride of Christ

    The Catholic Church is the distinctive name of this holy Church which is the mother of us all. She is the bride of our Lord Jesus Christ, the only-begotten Son of God (for Scripture says: Christ loved the Church and gave himself up for her). She is the type and she bears the image of the Jerusalem above that is free and is the mother of us all, that Jerusalem which once was barren but now has many children.

    The first assembly, that is, the assembly of Israel, was rejected, and now in the second, that is, in the Catholic Church, God has appointed first, apostles, second, prophets, third, teachers then workers of miracles, then healers, helpers, administrators and speakers in various tongues, as Paul says; and together with these is found every sort of virtue—wisdom and understanding, self-control and justice, mercy and kindness, and invincible patience in persecution. This Church in earlier days, when persecution and afflictions abounded, crowned her holy martyrs with the varied and many-flowered wreaths of endurance. But now when God has favored us with times of peace, she receives her due honor from kings and men of high station, and from every condition and race of mankind. And while the rulers of the different nations have limits to their sovereignty, the holy Catholic Church alone has a power without boundaries throughout the entire world. For Scripture says: God has made peace her border.

    Instructed in this holy Catholic Church and bearing ourselves honorably, we shall gain the kingdom of heaven and inherit eternal life. For the sake of enjoying this at the Lord’s hands, we endure all things. The goal set before us is no trifling one; we are striving for eternal life. In the Creed, therefore, after professing our faith “in the resurrection of the body,” that is, of the dead, which I have already discussed, we are taught to believe “in life everlasting,” and for this as Christians we are struggling.

    Now real and true life is none other than the Father, who is the fountain of life and who pours forth his heavenly gifts on all creatures through the Son in the Holy Spirit, and the good things of eternal life are faithfully promised to us men also, because of his love for us.

    2 min
  • Martha, Martha..., 7-29-2020

    Martha gets a bad rap. In every scene (both options for today’s Gospel)… she is being corrected by our Lord… and yet, she is a saint.

    She is a saint because of her friendship with Christ. She is a saint apparently because of her reception of these corrections. This friendship demanded of her is not only that service which she is known for but a life of prayer, that better part which our Lord encourages in today’s gospel.

    http://www.usccb.org/bible/readings/072920.cfm

    4 min
  • Explain This To Us Lord!, 7-28-2020

    Tuesday of the 17th Week in Ordinary Time. 

    http://usccb.org/bible/readings/072820.cfm

    The Forge, 579:

    There was a young priest who used to address Jesus with the words of the Apostles: explain the parable to us. He would add: Master, put into our souls the clarity of your teaching, so that it may never be absent from our lives and our works. And so that we can give it to others.

    —You too should say this to Our Lord

    -Saint Josemaria Escriva

    3 min
  • UPDATE: Just a Word of Thanks, 7-27-2020

    Today’s recording is just a quick update for our listeners.

    Dear listeners, thank you for your patience as "Fr. Bob‘s Daily Homilies" gets up and running. We are now on a new platform anchor.fm which is a great website. It is easy to use, easy to share, and free!

    Anchor automatically uploads to everyone’s favorite podcast and free music site Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7HM9YraauIb8lGbuhop7yx?si=lv71aADySbigk7qKEP32Kw

    You will notice tomorrow that the audio quality will improve dramatically. A new microphone just arrived. Thanks for your time thank you for your input thank you in particular to those who recommended anchor to me. I have a few friends who are in Catholic radio. Please keep up the prayers for this project and know that your advice is always appreciated.

    God Bless You,

    Father Bob

    1 min
  • The Pearl of Great Price: What Could Be Better?, 7-26-2020

    There are many good things in this life. We pursue them with joy, enthusiasm, even a degree of planning and care. The prudent person cares for that which they have earned and that which has been entrusted to them. We have professionals who help manage our wealth, CPAs and financial advisors. We invest time and money to maintain our money… making well thought out decisions to guard the earthly treasures we have earned. Sometimes we sacrifice a lot to protect investments. We will give nearly everything (our time, our talents, our sweat equity) to maintain our earthly treasures, things we can’t take with us. There are many good things, but there is only one great thing! We can spend our entire life pursuing goals that are worthless, or even goals that are objectively good but not ours—or not Christ’s goals for us. There is only one thing truly worth giving our invaluable lives for. The eternal love of Jesus Christ. What could be better?

    10 min

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Homiles, meditations, and lessons. The Christian life is a journey to the heights of Heaven.