Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco

"Dios puede llenarnos con gracia, con su amor, que puede cambiar nuestros ojos a abrir a la luz, escuchar a la voz de Dios," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestra celebración del IV Domingo de Cuaresma, y el décimo segundo episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales. "Y cuando los ojos y oídos están abiertos, podemos recibir. En este cuarto domingo de Cuaresma, estamos llamados a repetir, pero más que todo, buscar la luz y escuchar la voz del Señor."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"I think it's important to allow these texts to speak to that part of us that might be sinful, or narrow, or something like sometimes the people in the scriptures," Father Perry tells us for the 10th episode of our Lenten podcast. "Do we ever miss it? Hear the kingdom of God being preached to us, but we miss it; we're afraid to look at our own sinfulness or to admit it."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"Do we listen? Like this rich man never listened in his life. He had everything he wanted," Father Perry tells us for the ninth episode of our Lenten podcast. "That heart had no eyeballs in it, no ears — couldn't see or hear a thing. And that's what I think Jesus is saying. You know, there's nothing wrong with having fine clothes, lots of linen; nothing wrong with eating and drinking nicely, as long as those things don't choke up our hearts, and we stop seeing and hearing with our hearts."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"Nobody's perfect. But we can always open ourselves to God's grace so that more and more perfecting happens in us, by the grace of God," Father Perry tells us for the eighth episode of our Lenten podcast. "Jesus is really inviting us to put on the cloak of humility and the cloak of service. And it's not just serving others, it's having an attitude of service. In humble service, we want to invite others to reap the benefits and reap the rewards."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"I think it's so obvious — treat people like you want to be treated. And I have to say for the vast majority of people in the world I think that's how we live," Father Perry tells us for the seventh episode of our Lenten podcast. "Jesus gives us the better example — how to live so that we can truly, truly live."

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco

"Podemos apreciar algo de Abraham — era obediente, y tenía total fe y confianza en Dios," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestra celebración del II Domingo de Cuaresma, y el décimo primer episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales. "El demostró — por Dios, no — por nosotros."

By Father Parker Sandoval

"God provides a ram for Abraham. And God provides for us a lamb," Father Parker Sandoval tells us for the 11th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast. "Jesus the lamb of God offers himself in sacrifice for our sins. He dies in our place. He takes on our guilt in himself, and so passes the test for us. We can stand in his victory."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"We're asked to do some reconciling. Reconciling is not an easy thing," Father Perry tells us for the sixth episode of our Lenten podcast. "Or should we not at last attempt to reconcile? Because if we walk away with blessings in our heart, that is so much better than to walk away with resentments in our heart. And resentments kill the spirit. So Jesus says it simply, turn away from the evil ways, and you will find life."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"It's just in time that we would have such a pope in Rome. We pray for him everyday at every Mass, and I do personaly because I'm grateful for him and what he has given to the church," Father Perry tells us for the fifth episoe of our Lenten podcast. "Today ... the chair isn't mentioned in the prayers. It's all about Peter. It's almost as if Peter's the chair. The king or queen or pope sits on the chair, and from that chair he decrees what will be decreed, and what the people will do and believe and listen to and accept."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"When God speaks, his word goes out of his mouth to cause an effect. And the effect is to give the gift of the kingdom," Father Perry tells us for the fourth episode of our Lenten podcast. "Now, whether we accept the gift, or even recognise the gift, or even want the gift, that's on our side. But on his side, he's giving the gift of life. That gift of life will produce life, or reject it. But that is on our part. We got to learn to forgive, so we can always relish and delight in the forgiveness of God. It's a gift! But how will we recognise the gift if we don't know how to give that gift to others, too?"