Saint John the Baptist

In this episode of the St. John the Baptist Parish Podcast from Fort Lauderdale, we look at the incredible life of Fulton Sheen as the universal Church prepares to declare him "BLESSED" in St. Louis this week.

to the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary on August fifteenth—the Church’s confession that at the end of her earthly life, the Mother of God was taken up, body and soul, into heavenly glory. Unlike the Ascension of Jesus, who returns to the Father by His own power, Mary is assumed by the grace of her Son, the woman full of grace who gave Him His human flesh and stood near the Cross. The feast is not only about the Blessed Mother: it is about us too, a sign of the resurrection hope promised to the Church and a call to stop, look up, and remember where the story ends.

A special episode of the Saint John the Baptist Parish Podcast remembering Monsignor Vincent Timothy Kelly, who served as pastor of Saint John the Baptist for forty years and gave nearly seven decades to the priesthood. We reflect on his life, his leadership in Catholic education throughout the Archdiocese of Miami, and the quiet, faithful legacy he leaves behind in our parish community and across South Florida.

In Episode 31 of the St. John the Baptist Parish Podcast, we reflect on memory, tradition, gratitude, and a Catholic understanding of patriotism.

A reflection on the Sacred Heart of Jesus as a sign of Christ’s personal, wounded, and burning love for humanity.

Pentecost is not just a dramatic moment in the life of the apostles. It is the birth of the Church, the fulfillment of Christ’s promise, and the moment the Holy Spirit sends ordinary men into the world with extraordinary courage. In this episode, we reflect on what happened in the upper room, why the coming of the Holy Spirit matters for the Church today, and what Pentecost reveals about mission, unity, and the life God wants to pour into us now.

In this episode, we trace the theology of lying from Genesis 3 to neuroscience: Satan as the father of lies (Jn 8:44), St. Augustine's two treatises insisting lying is *always* wrong, St. Thomas Aquinas on jocose, officious, and malicious lies, John Paul II's reading of the original sin as rooted in a lie about who God is, and what brain imaging at University College London now confirms about how each lie gets easier than the last. Dostoevsky's Father Zosima warns where it ends: "Above all, don't lie to yourself." The remedy isn't just *stop lying* — it's Aquinas's virtue of *veracitas*, practiced in the one place we're invited to speak without disguise: the confessional.

As Holy Week reaches its climax, we enter the Paschal Triduum—the Church’s most sacred and unified celebration of Christ’s passion, death, and resurrection. In this episode, we walk through Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Easter Vigil, uncovering the beauty, symbolism, and deep meaning behind each moment. Whether you’re lifelong or just exploring, discover how these three days invite us not just to remember, but to truly live the mystery of our faith.

A look at Pope Leo XIV's inspiring 2026 Lenten message, "Listening and Fasting: Lent as a Time of Conversion" which emphasizes the Church's maternal care in refocusing our lives on God amid worldly distractions. The Holy Father highlights listening—to God's word, to the cry of the poor, and to those in suffering—as essential to prayer. He encourages fasting not only from food (which orders our appetites and reveals true hungers) but also from hurtful words.

This episode offers a warm, reflective look at old age through a Catholic lens, challenging the world's tendency to view aging as decline or something to be hidden away. Drawing from Scripture—especially the promise in Psalm 92 that the elderly "will still bear fruit"—it presents growing older as a genuine blessing, a season rich with purpose, tenderness, and new mission. The message encourages grandparents and seniors to embrace prayer, active love for family and the vulnerable, and a quiet revolution of gentleness that counters loneliness, division, and indifference in today's world.