By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"Do we listen with our hearts when Jesus speaks? If we look at that cross and listen to those words, what does it do?" Father Perry asks us for the 37th episode our Sunday Homilies podcast, and our celebration of the 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time. "Does it come to our ears and we just dismiss it. Or, does it get into the heart?"

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco

"Es ideal, es más perfecto, sí podemos decir 'sí' y ponerlo en acción. Pero es normal, es humano, tener frustración al no buscar inmediatamente la cosa que tenemos que hacer," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestro trigésimo séptimo episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales, para nuestra celebración del XXVI Domingo Ordinario. "Es fácil ser negativo. Pero sí podemos tener corazones abiertos, Jesús está siempre interesado en eso. Él corazón es donde está él lugar en nosotros que hay conversión de corazón."

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco

"Está persona es la última porque está dando. Pero es él primero porque es respetado con él honor de está persona," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestro trigésimo sexto episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales, para nuestra celebración del XXV Domingo Ordinario. "Cuando vamos a dar en nuestra bondad, este es él regalo."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"The scriptures are saying that God loves us no matter what. And he loves us all the same. And he gives to us all the time," Father Perry tells us for the 36th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, as we celebrate the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time. "How we are aware of it or not is up to us. Do we really believe this? Do we really believe that God loves even when we sin? If we turn away from him, if we were to curse God? If we stayed angry at God for a day, for a year, because someone close to us died?"

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"This is the most crucial lesson to learn. Yes, we need to love one another. But we need to forgive; we need to be merciful," Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor, tells us for our celebration of the Feast of St. Matthew, apostle and evangelist. "Love and forgiveness — that heals; that gives new life; that calls out the best of people. That makes people apostles."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"He brought them into a tiny but real community of love to take care of them and to encourage them," Father Perry tells us for our celebration of the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. "The cross is an awful place. But what is striking to me in its awfulness is how full of love it is and how lifegiving it is and was. It's not just that there was a cross, but just how that cross was, how much Jesus could love and forgive from that cross. It teaches volumes."

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco

"Tu corazón debe de cambiar que tú eres una persona de perdón. Siempre perdona, porque tu vives perdón," nos dice Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para nuestro trigésimo quinto episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales, para nuestra celebración del XXIV Domingo Ordinario. "Yo creo que Jesús sabe sí no vamos a perdonar, vamos a ser miserables. Pero entiendo que hay muchas razones porque es difícil a veces perdonar. Porque sí no podemos perdonar, Jesús sabe que algo malo está pasando en nosotros."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"He brought them into a tiny but real community of love to take care of them and to encourage them," Father Perry tells us for our celebration of the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows. "The cross is an awful place. But what is striking to me in its awfulness is how full of love it is and how lifegiving it is and was. It's not just that there was a cross, but just how that cross was, how much Jesus could love and forgive from that cross. It teaches volumes."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"But this time when we look at the cross, as ugly as it is, as hateful as that was, as terrible — there was so much suffering, and so much sorrow. But what do we discover on that cross? Love, forgiveness," Father Perry tells us for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. "I always say the power of the cross isn't that there was a cross, but how. Not that Jesus dies, but how he died. Because he did not let the horror of that cross make him a horrible person. He became more loving and even more forgiven."

By Father Leo Ortega

"What if the scripture goes against our comfort level? That's the scripture for today," Father Leo Ortega tells us for the eighth episode of our Divine Mercy podcast, for our celebration of the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time. "Ezekiel was tasked by the Lord to be a watchman for his people. As watchman, he is to tell the people whether they are on the path of sin. And if they are on the path of sin, it's the responsibility of the watchman to remind the people that they're on the path of sin. Why is that? If they persist on the path of sin they will surely die. When they die, the responsibility falls on the watchman, because he did not remind them, he did not speak to them, he did not warn them of the danger they're in. It is our responsibility to remind one another if our brothers and sisters are on the path of destruction, if they are on the path of sin that would lead them to death and eternal damnation. We are also reminded to be guardians for our own welfare, for our own being. We should be watchful that we are not in the lifestyle of sin so that we will not be led to the path of destruction or the path of death. We have to be vigilant that we know when we are being led to sin. We have to cut it off right away and return to God and repent, so that we will be on the right path."