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?"