By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"You and I are called to love no matter what," Father Perry tells us for the 11th episode of our Lenten podcast. "And to love somebody that loves us, that's easy pie. To be good to people who are good to us — everybody does that, even people that have no faith. But to choose to 'love those who hate us,'. ... That's a Gospel message that's completely differently. And what a power that can have in a world."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"God can take the evil that is in us — as individuals, or as a people, as a nation, as a world — and turn it, touch it, love it, kiss it, bless it, grace it," Father Perry tells us for the 10th episode of our Lenten podcast. "And then it begins to come back to real life."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"It's so refreshing when somebody takes really full responsibility for their actions and their words and their deeds, and not only for what they do wrong, but for what they don't do right," Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor, tells us for the ninth episode of our Lenten homilies podcast. "The scripture is very refreshing; it puts that mirror in front of us — take a good look; who are we and what do we do, and what do we not do?"

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"And when we begin to listen and see what word is saying and showing to us. And Jesus becomes real as the chosen Son of God, real for us with his word. That's when the glory of the Lord begins to become a reality for us," Father Perry tells us for the 16th episode of our Sunday Homilies podcast, for our celebration of the Second Sunday of Lent. "This is the transformation."

Por Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco

"¿Estamos abiertos a la transformación en Cristo? ¿Estamos abiertos a recibir una transformación simplemente conociendo él poder de la cruz," nos pregunta Padre Perry D. Leiker, párroco, para él décimo sexto episodio de nuestro podcast de homilías dominicales, para nuestra celebración del II Domingo de Cuaresma. "Creemos que estamos transformados cada día, un poco o mucho? Estos son momentos que pueden transformarnos, hacernos más, hacernos más santos."

By Father Reynaldo B. Matunog

"And that's also the meaning of how we follow the Lord, that constant call to conversion — sin to redemption; from disgrace to grace," Father Reynaldo B. Matunog tells us for the fourth episode of our Divine Mercy podcast, for our celebration of the Second Sunday of Lent. "And there's no real transformation and transfiguration and conversion without embracing the cross, because we have to deny ourselves, we have to die from our sinfulness and live in the life and in the Spirit of the Lord."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"When we fix this relationship, now you're ready in this relationship to give your gifts to God," Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor, tells us for the eighth episode of our Lenten podcast. "Before you give your gifts to God, go fix these things. Now why? What's Jesus after? He's after people living in the kingdom of God. People living the life of truth and justice and peace. Anything less than that is not worthy of us."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"Today, I think Jesus is leading us to that pathway," Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor, tells us for the seventh episode of our Lenten Homilies podcast. "Leading us to a place where we can discover God's presence, even in our struggles, our sorrows, our sadness, our pain. And we don't end up just licking our wounds, but we end up actually recognizing that perhaps there's some gift in there."

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"Tonight, in these stories of repentance and stories of people changing their hearts and changing their lives and accepting contrition before God and saying they want to be better," Father Perry tells us for the sixth episode of our Lenten podcast. "What could be better than to hear this story in the first week of Lent?"

By Father Perry D. Leiker, pastor

"The psychologists say, take a good look at what we say and what we do, and what we blame on others," Father Perry tells us for the fourth episode of our Lenten podcast, for our celebration of Monday of the Fourth Week of Lent. "This is all said in the best spirit. I find this challenging, but I also find it redeeming. Today, just notice and just remember, that our God ... is giving us some instruction."