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

Have you ever heard the call of the Shepherd in your life? In this episode you’ll hear of three people who did and one reason why sometimes we don’t.

Readings 

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/051125.cfm

Find out what the Greek text of John’s Gospel reveals about Jesus’ intimate conversation with Peter after the Resurrection.

Readings

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/050425.cfm

ENCORE EPISODE

Why do you believe that Jesus rose from the dead? Is it the eyewitness of Jesus’ disciples or is it also something you feel deep inside?

Easter Readings
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042025.cfm

Painting - The disciples Peter and John running to the tomb on the morning of the Resurrection
By  Eugène Burnand - 1898

https://www.joelclarkson.com/blog/2020/4/20/the-coming-light-of-easter

ENCORE EPISODE 

In this episode you’ll hear of Jesus’ desire to fill your faith with zeal, to touch your heart anew in this most Holy Week.

Readings

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041325.cfm

In this episode we are invited into the family tragedy of three of Jesus’ closest friends. We hear of their deep grief at the loss of their brother, and the profound emotions of Jesus. What he does in raising Lazarus from the dead changes the lives of many who witness this seventh sign in John’s Gospel. You’ll then hear a story that reflects how Jesus continues to call us back from the dead in so many ways.

Readings

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040625-YearA.cfm

In this episode you’ll hear of remarkable transformations from blindness to sight, and how Lent is the season of transformation for each of us.

Readings

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/033025-YearA.cfm

ENCORE EPISODE

In this episode you’ll hear of remarkable transformations from darkness to light, and what St. John the evangelist proclaims to be the greatest glory in the history of the world.

Readings

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/033025-YearA.cfm

In this episode you’ll hear about several stories of Jesus through the writing of St. Luke whose gospel is also known as the Gospel of Mercy.

Readings

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032325-YearC.cfm

An angel comforting Jesus before his arrest in the Garden of Gethsemane

Painting by Carl Bloch 1873

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gethsemane_Carl_Bloch.jpg

In this episode you’ll hear how God gives Abraham the stars as symbols of his descendants, how Jesus is transformed before his disciples, and how a dying woman gazes in rapture at Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. 

Readings

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/031625.cfm

In this episode you’ll hear how Jesus was tempted by the devil in the desert. By his example he teaches us how to avoid our temptations. Be sure to listen to the end for the beautiful Gregorian chant Attende Domine  which expresses God’s tender mercy.

Readings

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030925.cfm

Hosea 2:14

“Therefore I am now going to allure her; I will lead her into the wilderness and speak tenderly to her.” NIV