The Friar Podcasts - preaching prayer and spiritual reflections

The temple, which we hear about in both readings, was critically important for this coming together of the law of God and the lived example of people.The true temple is the Lord Jesus himself. It is in the Lord Jesus that humanity and divinity come together. And it is in Jesus himself that this man now is healed.

Full transcript at https://thefriar.org/2024/03/12/jesus-is-the-temple-homily-for-tues-mar12/

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We could go on and on with the struggles and the challenges that people face. But the solution to them all is the same. Call. Call upon Jesus.

Full transcript at https://thefriar.org/2024/03/11/call-upon-jesus-homily-for-monday-march-11/

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Moses lifting up the serpent so people can be saved. The lifting of Jesus on the cross. We have very powerful parallels that teach us something fundamental to the core of our faith. And the fundamental core is that we need a Savior.

Full transcript at https://thefriar.org/2024/03/10/the-lifting-up-of-jesus-homily-sun-mar10/

Whose side are you on? That's really what the readings are about today. Whose side are we on? Are we on the side of Jesus or not? Do we stand with our Lord or not? Full transcript at: https://thefriar.org/2024/03/07/whose-side-are-you-on-homily-thurs-mar7/

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In Confession, we come with the Church. The entire people of God comes before us, represented in the priest who celebrates the sacrament. But even more important, when we come to the sacrament of confession, our loving God holds us for we are beloved daughters and sons of his.

Full transcript at:

https://thefriar.org/2024/03/05/god-holds-you-in-confession-tues-mar5/

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The river was too puny. The country was too small. The king was being set up. Only Elisha was able to see as God sees.

Full transcript at https://thefriar.org/2024/03/04/do-we-see-as-god-sees-homily-for-mon-mar4/

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The mid-term exam. Well, as I said at the beginning, we are about halfway through the season of Lent. And the purpose of Lent is change. It's repentance. We should be qualitatively different at the end of the season of Lent than we were at the start. How's it going?

Full transcript at https://thefriar.org/2024/03/03/mid-term-time-for-lent-homily-sunday-mar3/

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"You're not the boss of me." Maybe that is something you said to a brother or a sister. Or maybe to a friend when you are a kid. But do we say this to God?

Full transcript can be found at https://thefriar.org/2024/03/01/youre-not-the-boss-of-me-homily-fri-mar1/

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Trust is at the heart of a life of faith. It's not at the expense of reason, it's not at the expense of pragmatism, but faith always has pride of place. And so let us ask the Lord today that we might be inspired by one who is risen from the dead.

Full transcript at https://thefriar.org/2024/02/29/trust-in-god-or-trust-in-humanity-feb29/

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Believe what you read. Teach what you believe. Practice what you teach. These words are the words of leadership in the Church. We would all be served to use them.

Full transcript at https://thefriar.org/2024/02/27/practice-what-you-teach-homily-tues-feb27/

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