Padre's Points

Why did God become man? Certainly we would say that He came to save us from sin. But is there any other reason why He became man? Tune in to discover the other side of the coin in the saving mission of Christ.

Often we can spend large portions of our days, weeks, years, and even our whole lives living in a fantasy world, a world of “what-ifs” and hypothetical scenarios. Tune in to learn more about this temptation, and how St. Joseph models for us what it means to be “realists”, to be firmly rooted and grounded in reality.

St. John of the Cross, the “Mystical Doctor”, lived from 1542-1591, and considered by many to be the most gifted writer on the spiritual life in the history of the Church. Tune in to learn a little bit more about a Hall of Fame saint from the past.

Every year during Advent, City on a Hill, the young adult community where Fr. Mattingly is one of the chaplains, hosts a gala with a Mass beforehand. Listen in to his homily given to the gala attendees on the Vigil of the 3rd Sunday of Advent.

John the Baptist drew massive crowds to hear him preach a very simple message. So what drew them? His radical way of life. Similarly for us, to be credible witnesses of the Gospel, one of the key elements is living a radically simple way of life in regard to material things, possessions, money, etc.

One of the greatest of the early Fathers, many people know that St. Ambrose played an influence on the conversion of the greatest of the early Fathers, St. Augustine. But Fr. Mattingly explains one of the ways he influenced Augustine that many are unaware of.

John the Baptist drew massive crowds to hear him preach a very simple message. So what drew them? His radical way of life. Similarly for us, to be credible witnesses of the Gospel, one of the key elements is living a radically simple way of life in regard to material things, possessions, money, etc.

Today is the Solemnity of Christ, King of the Universe. When we say “universe”, we really mean it. Tune is as Fr. Mattingly explains what it means for Christ to be king not only of believers, but literally of everyone and everything in the universe, and how the laity have a unique and irreplaceable vocation to spread Christ’s kingship in “the world”, in all human affairs and endeavors.

This Sunday, Fr. Mattingly preaches on a special topic, that of sacred music. Listen in to learn what types of music qualify as “sacred”, why the Church treats sacred music as the most important of all the arts in our tradition, and more. You won’t want to miss this one-of-a-kind homily!

The basilica of St. John Lateran is the cathedral of the diocese of Rome, and therefore the mother church of all churches in the world, so to speak. Listen as Fr. Mattingly describes the parallel between the rite of consecration of a new church building, and the consecration of a believer as a temple of God.