Seeds of Hope: Talks and Homilies by Fr. Mike Muhr

In this  episode you’ll hear about the origins of Gaudete Sunday and why we rejoice on this day so close to the celebration of Christmas!


 Readings
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121723.cfm

In this episode you’ll hear about a 17th century Carmelite friar named Brother Lawrence and his life-changing practice of the presence of God.

Readings
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/121023.cfm

Book Reference
The Practice of the Presence of God
by Brother Lawrence

In this episode you’ll hear how Isaiah yearns that God might “rend the  heavens” and do “awesome deeds” to wake us up. You’ll hear his hope that we allow ourselves to be clay in the hands of the potter, our God who loves us dearly.

Readings
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/120323.cfm

The Prayer of Abandonment
By St. Charles de Foucauld

Father, I abandon myself into your hands. 
Do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you.
I am ready for all. I accept all. Let only Your will be done in me, and in all your creatures.
I wish no more than this, O Lord.

Into your hands I commend my soul;
I offer it to you with all the love of my heart,
For I love you, Lord, and so need to give myself,  to surrender myself into your Hands,
Without reserve, and with boundless confidence, for you are my Father. Amen.

In this episode you’ll hear about the take-home test we receive in Matthew 25. You’ll also meet  Dorothy Day who offered her life in radical love for the poor.

Readings for the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe,
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112623.cfm

Book Reference
The Long Loneliness
By Dorothy Day

Movie Reference
Entertaining Angels
A film starring Moira Kelly and Martin Sheen  

A Thanksgiving reflection on the gospel passage of Jesus healing the 10 lepers. Luke 17: 11-19

Thanksgiving Readings
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112323-thankgiving.cfm

W. H. Auden’s famous line from his poem “A Lullaby” is actually “Let your last thinks all be thanks.”  It’s paraphrased as “Let your last thinking be thanking” in this episode.

So many people feel that they have no gifts to offer for the building up of the kingdom. The question is “Who told you that you have no gifts?”  In this episode about the Parable of the Talents you’ll hear about how important it is to Jesus that we use the gifts that God’s given us.

Readings
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111923.cfm

Book Reference
Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter
By Michael White and Tom Corcoran

Jesus gives us a very strong warning in the Parable of the Ten Virgins. The problem is this sounds so different from his overwhelmingly generous mercy to the seemingly unprepared thief on the cross. In this episode you’ll hear of a possible reconciliation of these two passages.

Readings
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/111223.cfm

Glancing Thoughts
By Eleonore Stump
https://liturgy.sluhostedsites.org/32OrdA111223/reflections_stump.html

Today’s reading from the prophet Malachi is a dire warning to priests. In the Gospel reading Jesus guides the people around the hypocrisy of some religious leaders. Listen to this episode for one priest’s reflection on these passages.

Readings
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/110523.cfm

ENCORE EPISODE

In this episode we hear how Jesus is tested again by a scholar of the law: “Which commandment of the law is the greatest?” Matt 22:34-40  Jesus offers a disarmingly profound response.. Listen in to discover how this might change your life.

Readings
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/102923.cfm

In this episode you’ll hear about the importance of appreciation and how it can help us discover the love we never knew we had.

Readings

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/101523.cfm

Eucharistic Revival Prayer

Lord Jesus, you make the world radiant with the splendor of your presence. 

You embrace our humanity,
so that we may share
in your divinity.

You reveal yourself to us
as the Living Bread
that comes down from heaven. 

Share your heavenly light
with me, O Lord,
so that I may see you
in the Eucharist.

Fill me with awe and wonder
for the gift of your
Body and Blood in Holy Communion. 

Through the mystery of the Eucharist unite our hearts to yours,
that we may be a sign of communion for the whole world,
and may live with you forever. Amen