By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"Today's Gospel doesn't just speak about having a trusting heart, but about living our lives in a way that is wise. And the wisdom, it isn't to please God, it's so that God can protect us and help us and set up the rampart and let us in into experiencing justice," Father Perry tells us for the third episode of our Advent podcast. "The more that we contemplate and build our lives on that relationship with Jesus Christ, God our Father, and filled with the Spirit, the more our lives are going to be good."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"When we come to know Jesus Christ that way like a child, we are filled with wonder, and we believe differently," Father Perry tells us for the second episode of our Avent podcast. "Good religion is when it changes our way of life, when we follow Jesus, when we imitate the Lord. Religion is not about saying I know the truths about religion; that's easy, that part."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"If that's what we're doing all through Advent: listening to the knock at the door," Father Perry tells us for the first episode of our Advent podcast. "Jesus couldn't enter on his own; he needed the door open from the inside. He's knocking. Are we going to open the door, are we going to acknowledge that Jesus is at the door? And if he is really, really present, just what difference can that make in our lives? How will our lives proclaim this today? How will we align ourselves with Jesus Christ and the Gospel?"

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"We do it one day a year. But would it be too much to ask for less than one minute; two pieces of 30 seconds, at the beginning of the day, say, 'Thank you, God for this day,'" Father Perry tells us for our celebration of Thanksgiving Day. "Would it be too much to thank our God simply for the gift of life? No matter how much pain there might be in it. We have so much. So much to be grateful for. Que necesario es decir gracias, apreciar, poner un precio en esta sanación que paso en sus vidas."

Por Padre Francis Goode, O.P.

"Jesús, tú eres mi rey. Es tu reino donde quiero ser, aunque pase yo por dolores y dificultades y sacrificios, yo se sigo," nos dice Padre Francis Goode, O.P., para nuestra celebración de la Solemnidad de Nuestro Senor Jesucristo, Rey del Universo, y nuestro trigésimo noveno episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales. "Tú eres mi salvador. Tu eres rey del universo. Amen."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"It's that inner space that matters. And that inner space is inside of us. He wasn't talking about a kingdom after we die. His kingdom is a gift to us," Father Perry tells us for the 39th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, and our celebration of the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe. "Peace. That's the kingdom of God. That's the kingdom over which Jesus Christ is king of all creation. And he wants that kingdom alive in us, deep within us, and we are the only one who can find it for ourselves."

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco

"La palabra está buscando el último día, la destrucción del universo," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestra celebración del XXXIII Domingo Ordinario, y nuestro trigésimo octavo episodio de nuestro podcast de homilias dominicales. "Que podamos quedar en el presente, celebrando, abriendo a Dios. El más que vivimos, no en el pasado, no en el futuro, sino en el presente, ahorita."

By Father Timothy McGowan

"Change can be our friend when we see it as a stimulant that will not allow us to fall asleep in a way of life that is far less than God's plan," Father Tim McGowan tells us for the 38th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, and our celebration of the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time — the penultimate Sunday of the 2024 liturgical year. "As followers of Jesus, we take a positive attitude toward change because we call ourselves followers of Jesus. If there was anything that Jesus never was, and never showed any inclination to become, it was to be a defender of the status quo. He was in fact, the exact opposite."

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco

"Tenemos el ejemplo de dos mujeres que eran tan generosas. Su habilidad para dar todo lo que tenía," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestra celebración del XXXII Domingo Ordinario, y nuestro trigésimo septimo episodio de nuestro podcast de homilias dominicales. "Podemos protegernos y dar generosamente a otros."

By Father Timothy McGowan

"Those two coins, Jesus would have held up those to be valuable. They were probably made of copper, maybe worth a few cents. But in Jesus' eyes they were pure gold," Father Tim tells us for the 37th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, and our celebration of the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time. "They symbolized something that he deeply valued. And what he deeply valued was the spirit of giving, the spirit of sacrificial giving. Love never reaches its pinnacle until it includes a willingness on my part to sacrifice. These coins of this poor widow stood for that kind of sacrificial giving."