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Father Rob Ketcham
If the Word of God is spoken most powerfully from mother to child over the Baptismal Font, or through the priest over the bread and wine, then the Church speaks the tiny whispering sound that Elijah heard in the desert - the still, small voice of God.
When the Muppets come to understand that they are puppets, something amazing is happening, as mysterious as when a man or woman begins to perceive the meaning of our common humanity.
Sometimes my father would say to me, “Don’t move. I’ll be right there,” and he’d directly intervene to save me from some situation. But other times, he would say to me, “Figure it out on your own.”
For instance, when I broke my arm in the 6th grade he rushed me to the hospital, acting powerfully and swiftly on my behalf. But not long after that, when I told him that I was being bullied on the bus, he said, “Well, if it happens again, hit the guy in the nose.”
I guess being a father isn’t one or the other. As much as it is sometimes stepping in to save the child, it also means permitting the child the freedom to try and to learn on his own. “I’ll always be here,” a father can say, “but I can’t live your life for you.”
I mentioned Game 4 of the NBA Finals, when, after the Knicks had gone up by one point (after being down by 29) the Spurs inbounded the ball with 1.9 seconds left on the clock. The prayer at that point was, “Just don’t foul them.”
And I feel like there’s something similar happening in our Christianity: Christ has won the victory for us, conquering the Evil One on the cross, and His parting prayer for us is, “Just don’t foul one another; Love one another as I have loved you.”
Many people today are reaching out for God in a proud and ambitious way, like Icarus, and end up only hurting themselves, as we once did before beginning to love Jesus in the Eucharist. This weekend's Feast of Corpus Christi raises the question: Can man really know God? Can man really approach the Son without getting hurt? I say he can. Good News, Icarus.
What if God were to begin imparting to us some of His divine life now, in this life, little by little, all along the way, until He finally takes us to Himself. Then - even if we were to have a bad day, or someone were to betray us, or we were to get sick - then, we would be able to call life good because of where it’s ultimately going.
If remaining with people requires forgiving them all the time, and forgiving people all the time will make us more like Christ, then perhaps it's good for us that we challenge one another. Good for us, personally. Good for our loved ones. And good for our country.
I grew up golfing. I still golf. Sometimes I think I should quit. But something tells me that God wants me to keep playing because of what it teaches me about life.
Many people promise us an escape from failures, mistakes and losses. But what if there were something for us to be gained from those as well by offering them to God too?
The natural communion of marriage and motherhood remains the basis of all society in this world, but the Holy Communion of the Church, which is a holy marriage and holy motherhood, is the new and eternal basis for life in the world to come.
Saints emerge from the times in which they live, and Saint Louis de Montfort lived in a time not all that different than our own. It was a matter of belonging to Christ through a kind of holy slavery in order to be free.
I grew up “looking in” at the Church. I felt that way even when I was in the Seminary studying for the priesthood, like I didn’t really belong there. And I feel that way now that I’m ordained. It’s not the virtue of humility; it’s just what it is for me, but it shapes the way I preach to people (and speak to you hear). I’m always like Thomas in that way: the other guys see it first before me, and then I get let in to the thing later. I’ve come to understand about myself that I am a man completely dependent on second chances. My only hope for holiness (or heaven) is in second chances. And when I preach I tend to consider of first importance those in the church who may feel like they’re looking in at something from the outside and need a second chance.
With time and openness to the resuscitating friendship of Christ, friendship between men is possible. Lazarus shows us this.
To be Christian is to be alone, but to be alone together with Christ and with one another in the Church. We are those blessed few who have been sought and found by Christ, the Eternal Sunrise, Who shines us who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death, and Who guides our feet into the way of peace.
Life isn't programmed, but it isn't entirely random either. It seems that Our Lord knew the Samaritan woman would be at the well, just as He knows where to find us when we're hiding, or just in need of restoration.
Is it necessary that all conflict must become all-out war? Is the annihilation of the enemy what makes for peace? Or, is there some way to permit that there will always be conflict in a fallen world, but that not all conflict needs to lead to the tearing apart of peoples. In fact, what if there were a way to be drawn even closer together through conflict?
What drives out demons is not fascination with evil; that often makes it worse. Rather, fascination with Christ reorders us. When we humble ourselves before Him, He repairs the breach between us and the authority of God in our lives and evil is cast out.
The developers of AI began by directing their large languages models through a kind of Constitution, “Do this, and don’t do that,” but they quickly learned that in some mysterious way those models tended to "do what they want” anyway, disobeying the parameters and rules.
Now the designers of this false utopia are almost pleading with the software to function with good intentions, and to make decisions based on what is best for the human person. They are asking it to “be nice,” as if that were enough.
A word about coming alive by dying to ourselves, finding fulfillment in emptying ourselves, and living with Christ on the cross.
In the heart of every man there is a desire for God that burns like a fire in need of a fireplace, lest it burn destructively in the world. The Church, as Mother of the Theological Virtues of Faith, Hope, and Love, can tame the Natural Virtues of Prudence, Temperance, Justice and Fortitude in such a way as to enable us to wield them toward God, our original desire, our first love.
We hear people saying, "Law! Law! Law!" And we've got great laws, and a great Constitution. So what's the problem? Why isn't yelling, "Law!" working? Is there something missing? Something more essential, even necessary?
We are God's children now, no longer dogs on the street. We once lived by instinct and appetite alone, but now we live by God's Spirit, which illuminates our intellect and will, those faculties of our human soul that are characteristic of the sons and daughters of God.
If we would be truly wise, yes. By God's grace, a man can surrender his gold for the treasures offered to us in Christ, his frankincense for the true prayer that Christ shares with us, and even his own definitions of rest, which Christ also transcends and transfigures. And in fact, man must. Only then will he depart for his country by a different way, changed and intent on peace with his neighbors.
Believing in miracles is essential to our Faith, since the Sacraments are all miracles. But it's still more important to ask what God may be trying to say to us through the specific signs He sends to us in our own days.
I suppose most parents will say to their children, "You can be whatever you want to be when you grow up," but I don't imagine that Our Lady and Saint Joseph said such things to Jesus.
A little boy came to me after Mass yesterday, showing me a gold key in a red bag. It turned out to be a good way of understanding the intercession of the Blessed Mother. This is a teaching on Our Lady, the Blessed Virgin Mary, and how she desires to help us to stay close to her Son.
An unexpected introduction to a man and his son at a Christmas party has led me to a deeper knowledge of Jesus. I begin and end this 3rd Advent reflection with that story.
Last week, we spoke of emptying ourselves of the spirit of the world in order to make room for the Holy Spirit. In this episode, we'll move into a word about the knowledge of the self that the Holy Spirit makes possible.
This is the first part of a four-week spiritual preparation for Christmas, beginning with a word (based on the Mass readings for the First Sunday of Advent) about making room in our hearts for Christ.
The Feast of Christ the King was established by Pope Pius XI in 1925 to implore all people - especially leaders of totalitarian states - to allow Christ to reign in their hearts, that He might direct their thoughts and actions according to the Father's will for peace's sake. But since peace is begotten by God, not made by man, it is by the forgiveness of sin that man is then poised to bring God's peace to the world.
The title's a bit click-baity, but it was either that or "Sure Feels Like the End Sometimes," which also seemed a bit of a ploy. In any case, this Sunday's readings prepared us for Christ's return to judge the living and the dead, because next weekend is the Feast of Christ the King, which will bring with it the end of the liturgical year and a foreshadowing of the end of all things. My hope, here, was to say that by growing in our awareness of how Christ is already with us, we can be relieved of any fear of His coming again in glory - or even our own death.
I propose, in this homily, a way of understanding the kind of help that Jesus is trying to offer us. It seems to me that he dwells in us in order to help us make sense of our thoughts and feelings, which are often wrong - thank God.
We do not like waiting. Well, in any case, we're not good at it, which is obvious; in this age of invention we've all but eliminated the need to wait for anything. There was a time when we waited for the seeds, the rains, the sun. Some still do, but most of us go to the supermarket and still complain about the checkout line. We get frustrated with shipping delays, abhor traffic, and have all but abandoned television for the immediacy of binge-streaming.
No wonder the suffering of purgatory is so much on our conscience these days, like a punishment the child sees coming while returning home from school. We are full of guilt for allowing ourselves to have become so alienated from the thing happening everywhere else in the natural world, which is essential for growth, namely, waiting.
But I wouldn’t want us to think that the waiting we hear so often associated with purgatory is arbitrary or merely punitive. If that antechamber to heaven really is, as the Church teaches, the place where God’s mercy tempers His justice, then there must be something to be gained by the experience of waiting offered to us in this life. Maybe we shouldn’t be so afraid of it or resent it. Maybe we should welcome it, and grow in it.
The title of this episode is a reference to the film, The Crossing Guard, which I mention toward the end of the reflection in the hope of illustrating the way that Christ can be of the greatest help to us, if we would open our heart to Him. Of course, it is a scary thing even to acknowledge our desire for God - as terrifying as the seemingly infinite space of the cosmos.
Looking forward to the end of time with hope requires conceiving of our lives by the Holy Spirit in light of the promises God makes to us in the Scriptures, which are themselves inspired by the Holy Spirit. The hope we find in them enables us to overcome the deception of the evil spirit.
If being together at Mass on Sundays is called "practicing the Faith" that means the world is our playing field, which means that Christ is training us to give thanks to God always and everywhere.
The root system of the mulberry tree is deep and complicated, not unlike the human heart, the ground beneath our feelings and emotions. It's a great thing to believe in God. But it's altogether heroic to trust in Him when our emotions are revolting against His will. When that happens, the mulberry tree of our lives has truly been unrooted and planted in the sea of His mercy.
Sometimes we walk too far behind Christ, weighed down by regret. And sometimes we walk too far ahead, worried about the future. But the person in front of us, in the present, is offering us an encounter with God. The victory of Christ moves us beyond our fear, enabling us to love that person.
So much of this world is man-made that it's a lot like The Truman Show. But Christ comes into our lives, like Sylvia into Truman's, emboldening us, by the way that He looks at us, to escape into the truth about reality, and to find Him by always seeking His face.
Treatments like chemotherapy, for example, are in some ways similar to Christ's death on the cross; they are necessary evils; one heals cancer, the other sin. In this episode, I argue that political debate is also a necessary evil, because we need laws now to intervene where once (before the fall of man) there was the bond of love. I also propose that the necessary evil of the handing over of Tyler Robinson by his parents may prove to be the most unlikely source of healing for those wounded by the loss of Charlie Kirk. I end with a word of hope that young people (especially those on college campuses) will find places to argue that best facilitate an encounter with love, which alone fulfills the Law.
Dealing with God will always mean dying to that part of us that resists seeing things from his perspective.
This is the first episode of a new segment called, "The Monday After," offering a series of reflections following the Sunday Mass.
The Spirit breathes us into the Church, and then breathes us out into the world. This is the eternal life that God wants for us.
Young people are being sold a lie about where they come from, who they are, and where they're going. But some are being restored to the truth by the Sacred Scriptures.
The replacement of Judas by Matthias is a sign that Christ never abandons His Church. And it's also an invitation to love God, not only in word, but in deed and in truth.
The mother who consecrates herself to God permits a flood of graces into the life of her children and grandchildren.
Will we, the members, follow where He, our Head, has gone before? Come, Holy Spirit, to make it possible, please.
Satan mocks what it means to belong to Jesus and Mary. Possession by him means misery in our circumstances. But to be the possession of Jesus and Mary is to be free wherever we are.
Sometimes I wake up in the middle of the night (usually 3AM, the Hour of Mercy, when Christ died on the cross) to a flood of doubts that scare the life out of me, until I cry out to God through Our Lady to restore my adherence to Him through my life as a priest.
I asked the children to describe the experience of hunger. You might have thought I had asked them to describe the state of the world today.
It's true that we could all do more for Our Lord. But there are also times when we should do less.
He argued for the divinity of Christ in the 4th century, and in doing so preserved the substance of Christianity for us. And because he argued that Christ truly is the Word of God dwelling in human form, it's no wonder that he loved the Saints, as all Saints before him and since.
Saint Joseph wasn't perfect. But he was good. Here are 3 ways to help us imagine how he gave himself to his work.
Although suffering can cause us to think ourselves abandoned or rejected, we are reminded today that it is necessary for us to endure many hardships so as to enter into the Kingdom of God.
For most of the 14th century, the popes lived in Avignon, France. They had their reasons for moving there. But saintly Christians, like Saint Catherine of Siena, convinced them to return to Rome for the sake of unity, which is the will of the Father.
What is this life that flows into us from Christ, the Vine, that sets us free?
(*The name of the docuseries I reference in this podcast is Unlocked, and it's on Netflix, if you're interested.)
I just finished watching a series about a Sheriff who gave freedom to some inmates, calling it an experiment. But he was so full of hope for them that I think it was more than merely an experiment. I think it was love.
The image of the Field Hospital may be a good way to imagine the Good Shepherd, with us on the fields of battle.
i don't ask couples to explain how they love one another. But it is interesting to invite them to reflect on why they do.
We're called to imitate Christ, of course. But we're also called to imitate the first disciples and Apostles in their willingness to help people to understand the Scriptures.
"I AM the Bread of Life." He is given to the world to be consumed by all those whom the Father sends to Him. Isn't this what He asks of us as well, to be consumed by those whom He sends to us?
We owe a debt of gratitude to those who pray for us, just as Saint Paul has Saint Stephen to thank for his conversion.
My parents sent me a photo of an ordination they recently attended in Florida, and I was struck by the ethnic diversity of the men whom the Lord has chosen for the Church. Anyway, this homily is seen through the lens of what happened in me when I saw that picture.
This Sunday's readings point us to remember that even Christ's Resurrection is an invitation to experience the forgiveness of sins. Both the cross and the Resurrection are signs of God's ongoing invitation the repentance that leads to joy.
Does it really matter that some people teach erroneously about the person of Christ? And popes like Saint Martin, who died defending the truth, were their deaths really necessary?
Is there hope for religious people who reject Christ? There is, of course. But is their hope that we will persevere in our trying to reach them?
The Eternal Life that Christ comes to bring to us - the life of the Resurrection - begins even now, as we are given the grace to live even beyond the grave of disappointment, failure, and loss.
The heart of Our Lady and the heart of Our Lord are one in their yes, in their self offering, and in how they prepare a way before us.
The encounter with the Risen Christ can be verified when our experience of some person brings forth from within us something that would have otherwise remained dormant.
One of the ways in which Judas goes wrong is that he stops believing that God can redeem evil.
Yesterday was special for two reasons. And every day from now on can be special because of them, even should we go astray.
This is the conclusion of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This last reflection is based on the last two sections of the final chapter, Saying Yes to the Cross and The Example of Padre Pio, pages 64 through 70.
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We should try as hard as we can, but only as hard as we can. We should allow God's grace to accomplish what only grace can.
We do our hair before going to the hairdresser. We brush our teeth before going to the dentist. And we try to perfect ourselves before going to Jesus. All are really quite silly.
We stand with the Blessed Mother as this Holy Week approaches, because her motherly love enables us to stay with Jesus as He carries His cross.
This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the first three sections of the final chapter, Chapter 6, To Complete What Is Lacking, pages 60 through 64.
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I forget sometimes that we all need healing. I know we pray for the healing of others - all the time. But I forget that we ourselves suffer the wounds of loving them.
I met a man at a funeral and asked, "How do I know you?" He told me where he was from, and it has altogether changed my experience of that place.
This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the last two sections of Chapter 5, beginning with The Trinitarian Mystery, pages 56 through 59.
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What makes for true happiness? Economics? Politics? Or does it come, rather, from some deeper place?
Of all the attributes of Saint Joseph, his faith is, I think, the most praiseworthy. He believed that Mary conceived by the Holy Spirit. And it strikes me that this is what we're called to believe about the Sacraments of the Church.
This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the next two sections of Chapter 5, beginning with The True Nature of Sin, pages 53 through 56.
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When we were children in the spiritual life, God took us by the hand, and we knew Him as master. Now, because of Christ, God lives within us, leading us by His Spirit, and we know Him as Father, even as Christ does. And when people love us with His Spirit, we see Jesus.
We seek emotional, psychological, and physical healing most often. But spiritual healing alone brings to our lives a healing that flows from the source of who we are, namely our heart.
This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the first two sections of Chapter 5, The Mystery of the Cross, pages 50 through 53.
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The Feast of Tabernacles is the Harvest Fest of the Jews, full of rejoicing. And Jesus comes to fulfill that joy.
A person may come to the church to hear the preaching. But a person will only stay in the church if he or she meets Christ in the pews.
This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the last three sections of Chapter 4, beginning with The Secularization of Suffering, pages 44 through 49.
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My old friend, whom I hadn't seen in more than 20 years, came to Mass this morning. And what a fitting day to have him, because he brought his sons.
The life of Christ is a Living Water that flows from the Temple of His body, from His pierced heart. But as it flows forth to us, it also absorbs. He takes upon Himself our sins. He dies our death. He is the mystery of co-suffering.
This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the first two sections of Chapter 4, Suffering, Grace, Identity, pages 40 through 44.
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God comes to us in the most surprising and unexpected ways, constantly reminding us that we are not stuck in a closed system, not stuck in a womb never to be born.
Can anything save us from the comparison culture more surely than the love of the Blessed Mother?
This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the last section of Chapter 3, The Meaning of Spiritual Pain, pages 37 through 39.
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My mother heard in her heart, "Pray that My mercy and love be poured out upon this place." And, thank God, she did.
We try so many ways to drive out demons. But will we allow the voice of the Lord to drive them out once and for all?
This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the first three sections of Chapter 3, pages 32 through 37.
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One of my favorite lines in the Gospels is, "Jesus, everyone is looking for you." It was true then, and it's still true now.
It strikes me that Jesus would call us to forgive others "from [our] heart." It's amazing to think that our hearts could become sources of mercy for others!
This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the last two sections of Chapter 2, pages 27 through 31, beginning with Two Types of Sorrow.
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Athirst are our souls for the living God. When shall we see the face of God? When we are willing to permit Him to come to us in the ordinary.
This homily looks first at 3 Commandments that call us to acknowledge the marketplace mentality of our own day, and then to Christ crucified, who alone can overcome what would otherwise be our downfall.
God rejoices in showing us mercy. He delights in clemency. He has been longing, ever since the Fall of Adam and Eve, to restore us again, to clothe us in His Son.
This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the first three sections of Chapter 2, You Cannot Love What Shocks You, pages 21 through 27.
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If we were to lose our desire for the infinite, which is the desire for God that He placed in our hearts, we might begin to think of His love as limited. Then we think of the inheritance as limited. And then we kill one another for the inheritance.
It takes a lot of love these days, to keep our hearts from freezing. But God is offering us just that, a lot of love.
This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the last three sections of Chapter 1, pages 14 through 20, beginning with "A Child and His Mother."
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Andrew Wiles. He's credited with having solved the most difficult Math theorem in modern history. And when he announced it, he might as well have been talking about the weather. What a man. God, give us the grace to be so humble.
This is the continuation of a series of Reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This reflection is based on the next three sections of Chapter 1, pages 8 through 14, beginning with "Born From the Flesh."
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The Dead Sea is dead. The Sea of Galilee is alive. But both receive the River Jordan. How could it be that one is alive, while the other is dead? Because only one gives away what it receives.
What a strange thing, that we are so encouraged by those who embrace their suffering willingly as they accept it from God. What a strange mystery. And yet there is something special about those who suffer gracefully, something transfigured.
It must be possible to love as our Heavenly Father loves. Otherwise, Our Lord would not have called us to it. But it would require our handing over our own spirit for God's Spirit, and our own word for God's Living Word.
This begins a series of reflections by Father Rob Ketcham on Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete, beginning with the first few sections of Chapter 1, A Mystery to Be Lived.
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The early Church was referred to as The Way. Christians were described as "those who belong to The Way." Saint Polycarp grew up at the feet of Saint John the Apostle, and he learned from him. He received from John an education to Christ, Who is still The Way.
The holiness of the Catholic Church does not depend upon the perfection of the popes. It depends upon their being imperfect.
Does the snow ever grow weary of waiting for the thaw? Do we grow tired of waiting for God's mercy? Even if the snow could forget the coming thaw, our hearts would still long for it.
If the end for which God sent His Son was to reconcile the world to Himself through the forgiveness of sins, then Christ's end is our new beginning, because it is mercy that gives new life to the world.
As we said yesterday, many of us, at the hour of our death, will ask, "Where are you, Lord?" Today, Jesus reveals that on the other side of death we will ask Him another question, "When did we see you, Lord?"
This begins a reading of Cry of the Heart, by Lorenzo Albacete. This first part begins with the first three sections of A Short Biography on Monsignor Albacete, by John Touhey, found on page 71. The next reading will pick up at the beginning of the book, with the Foreword, by Cardinal O'Malley.
Often times, the last words we are asking God, at the hour of death, are the first words he spoke to us in the Scriptures, when he asked, "Where are you?" Christ suffered the temptation to abandon us, but he emerged from the wilderness to say, "I am with you always, even until the end of time."
Does work really set us free? Are we not, rather, invited to work with one another in the communion of the Church?
This is a personal introduction and invitation from Father Rob to a reading of Cry of the Heart, by Monsignor Lorenzo Albacete.
When we're in love, we come alive with the life that flows to us through the body. This is why we do not fast when the Bridegroom is with us. If we do fall away from love, a touch of the body - just one kiss - can restore us. This is why fasting is described today, by Isaiah, as a corporal work of mercy. Fasting, to Isaiah, is really "returning to love."
The Commandments of God correspond to our humanity. So why do we hate them? It is because of sin, the spirit of resistance and rebellion. And that's what needs to be crucified in us. In that way, we adhere to life by dying.
The students would ask me, from time to time, "Father, should I date this person?" I would respond, "You tell me. Is he/she making your life better?" Perhaps that may also be a good way for us to decide what to give up for Lent. The thing we go to instead of prayer, for example, is it really making our lives any better?
Christ invited the Apostles to understand who He is. To help them, He cautioned them to beware the self-seeking leaven of the Pharisees and Herod, which would only make it harder for them to understand. With Lent beginning tomorrow, let us, too, fast from the leaven of the Pharisees and Herod, and feast on the words of Christ.
Alix Page sang to her boyfriend, "I can't make a lover out of you, unless you ask me to." Jesus says the same thing to the Pharisees in the Gospel today, and to each one of us.
We can't take a person's suffering from them. But we can stand with them. like Our Lady, as they suffer. And we, even if we are rejected, and, in that sense, take their place, we will be enrich. And we will enrich the community with the life of Christ. It is He who has taken our place. And it Our Lady who stands by Him in His trials, enabling us to as well.
We may be able to worship strange gods, but we can only love what has drawn near to us, in what is familiar to us.
Some will try to cause us to forget who we are. Christ will always be here to remind us of the truth within.
If we allow the wisdom of God to dwell in us - to remain in us - we do not need to be afraid of the world. It can not defile us. We need only be afraid of rejecting wisdom by sinning. Even then, Christ can restore what we have defiled. What mercy!
The Buddhist tries to overcome the tyranny of the self by turning inward, and, in a sense, closing himself off to the world. The Christian, overwhelmed by the presence of God dwelling among us, overcomes the tyranny of the self by going outward, pouring himself out for others, like Christ.
The location of the Temple in Jerusalem foreshadows its fulfillment in Christ - and in His brothers and sisters, like Saint Agatha.
Love can not be generic. Nor can our proclamation of Christ be generic. Today, we ask for the grace to love each person in our lives according to his/her own needs and circumstances, making whatever adjustments we must, to become all things to all people, so as to save at least some.
If you've ever seen a marathon runner collapse just before the finish line, and then seen a teammate stop his own run to pick him up, you've seen the mercy of Christ whose heart is moved with compassion for us when we fall.
Being free from the fear of death can help us to be more grateful for life in this world, and more attentive to its goodness.
Christ was happy to send the 12 out in His name. And He is happy to do so, even now, as He send His bishops and priests into the world in His name.
Christ doesn't always reveal Himself to us in the extraordinary events of life. He is also - and primarily - present in what is familiar to us.
Monday of the Fourth Week in Ordinary Time | Mass Homily. Everything that God allows - even evil - can be redeemed by Christ and transformed into the cause of our thanksgiving.
This is the conclusion of a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia.
He endured unspeakable hardship before being returned to the States. In this book, he reflects not only on the trials he endured, but also with both simplicity and depth about his experience of prayer, which alone sustained him.
This being the Year of Saint Ignatius, we thought it fitting to read this book, as He Leadeth Me offers the reader an excellent way of learning the Spiritual Exercises and Discernment of Spirits from one of Saint Ignatius' most beloved sons.
Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia.
He endured unspeakable hardship before being returned to the States. In this book, he reflects not only on the trials he endured, but also with both simplicity and depth about his experience of prayer, which alone sustained him.
This being the Year of Saint Ignatius, we thought it fitting to read this book, as He Leadeth Me offers the reader an excellent way of learning the Spiritual Exercises and Discernment of Spirits from one of Saint Ignatius' most beloved sons.
Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia.
He endured unspeakable hardship before being returned to the States. In this book, he reflects not only on the trials he endured, but also with both simplicity and depth about his experience of prayer, which alone sustained him.
This being the Year of Saint Ignatius, we thought it fitting to read this book, as He Leadeth Me offers the reader an excellent way of learning the Spiritual Exercises and Discernment of Spirits from one of Saint Ignatius' most beloved sons.
Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia.
He endured unspeakable hardship before being returned to the States. In this book, he reflects not only on the trials he endured, but also with both simplicity and depth about his experience of prayer, which alone sustained him.
This being the Year of Saint Ignatius, we thought it fitting to read this book, as He Leadeth Me offers the reader an excellent way of learning the Spiritual Exercises and Discernment of Spirits from one of Saint Ignatius' most beloved sons.
Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia.
He endured unspeakable hardship before being returned to the States. In this book, he reflects not only on the trials he endured, but also with both simplicity and depth about his experience of prayer, which alone sustained him.
This being the Year of Saint Ignatius, we thought it fitting to read this book, as He Leadeth Me offers the reader an excellent way of learning the Spiritual Exercises and Discernment of Spirits from one of Saint Ignatius' most beloved sons.
Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia.
He endured unspeakable hardship before being returned to the States. In this book, he reflects not only on the trials he endured, but also with both simplicity and depth about his experience of prayer, which alone sustained him.
This being the Year of Saint Ignatius, we thought it fitting to read this book, as He Leadeth Me offers the reader an excellent way of learning the Spiritual Exercises and Discernment of Spirits from one of Saint Ignatius' most beloved sons.
Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia.
He endured unspeakable hardship before being returned to the States. In this book, he reflects not only on the trials he endured, but also with both simplicity and depth about his experience of prayer, which alone sustained him.
This being the Year of Saint Ignatius, we thought it fitting to read this book, as He Leadeth Me offers the reader an excellent way of learning the Spiritual Exercises and Discernment of Spirits from one of Saint Ignatius' most beloved sons.
Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia.
He endured unspeakable hardship before being returned to the States. In this book, he reflects not only on the trials he endured, but also with both simplicity and depth about his experience of prayer, which alone sustained him.
This being the Year of Saint Ignatius, we thought it fitting to read this book, as He Leadeth Me offers the reader an excellent way of learning the Spiritual Exercises and Discernment of Spirits from one of Saint Ignatius' most beloved sons.
Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia.
He endured unspeakable hardship before being returned to the States. In this book, he reflects not only on the trials he endured, but also with both simplicity and depth about his experience of prayer, which alone sustained him.
This being the Year of Saint Ignatius, we thought it fitting to read this book, as He Leadeth Me offers the reader an excellent way of learning the Spiritual Exercises and Discernment of Spirits from one of Saint Ignatius' most beloved sons.
Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia.
He endured unspeakable hardship before being returned to the States. In this book, he reflects not only on the trials he endured, but also with both simplicity and depth about his experience of prayer, which alone sustained him.
This being the Year of Saint Ignatius, we thought it fitting to read this book, as He Leadeth Me offers the reader an excellent way of learning the Spiritual Exercises and Discernment of Spirits from one of Saint Ignatius' most beloved sons.
Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia. He endured unspeakable hardship before being returned to the States.
In this book, he reflects not only on the trials he endured, but also with both simplicity and depth about his experience of prayer, which alone sustained him.
This being the Year of Saint Ignatius, we thought it fitting to read this book, as He Leadeth Me offers the reader an excellent way of learning the Spiritual Exercises and Discernment of Spirits from one of Saint Ignatius' most beloved sons.
Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia.
He endured unspeakable hardship before being returned to the States. In this book, he reflects not only on the trials he endured, but also with both simplicity and depth about his experience of prayer, which alone sustained him.
This being the Year of Saint Ignatius, we thought it fitting to read this book, as He Leadeth Me offers the reader an excellent way of learning the Spiritual Exercises and Discernment of Spirits from one of Saint Ignatius' most beloved sons.
Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia.
He endured unspeakable hardship before being returned to the States. In this book, he reflects not only on the trials he endured, but also with both simplicity and depth about his experience of prayer, which alone sustained him.
This being the Year of Saint Ignatius, we thought it fitting to read this book, as He Leadeth Me offers the reader an excellent way of learning the Spiritual Exercises and Discernment of Spirits from one of Saint Ignatius' most beloved sons.
Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia.
He endured unspeakable hardship before being returned to the States. In this book, he reflects not only on the trials he endured, but also with both simplicity and depth about his experience of prayer, which alone sustained him.
This being the Year of Saint Ignatius, we thought it fitting to read this book, as He Leadeth Me offers the reader an excellent way of learning the Spiritual Exercises and Discernment of Spirits from one of Saint Ignatius' most beloved sons.
Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia.
He endured unspeakable hardship before being returned to the States. In this book, he reflects not only on the trials he endured, but also with both simplicity and depth about his experience of prayer, which alone sustained him.
This being the Year of Saint Ignatius, we thought it fitting to read this book, as He Leadeth Me offers the reader an excellent way of learning the Spiritual Exercises and Discernment of Spirits from one of Saint Ignatius' most beloved sons.
Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia. He endured unspeakable hardship before being returned to the States.
In this book, he reflects not only on the trials he endured, but also with both simplicity and depth about his experience of prayer, which alone sustained him.
This being the Year of Saint Ignatius, we thought it fitting to read this book, as He Leadeth Me offers the reader an excellent way of learning the Spiritual Exercises and Discernment of Spirits from one of Saint Ignatius' most beloved sons. Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia.
He endured unspeakable hardship before being returned to the States. In this book, he reflects not only on the trials he endured, but also with both simplicity and depth about his personal prayer, which alone eased the pain and sustained him.
This being the Year of Saint Ignatius, we thought it fitting to read this book, as He Leadeth Me offers the reader an excellent way of learning the Spiritual Exercises and Discernment of Spirits from one of Saint Ignatius' most beloved sons.
Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia.
He endured unspeakable hardship before being returned to the States. In this book, he reflects not only on the trials he endured, but also with both simplicity and depth about his personal prayer, which alone eased the pain and sustained him.
This being the Year of Saint Ignatius, we thought it fitting to read this book, as He Leadeth Me offers the reader an excellent way of learning the Spiritual Exercises and Discernment of Spirits from one of Saint Ignatius' most beloved sons.
Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia.
He endured unspeakable hardship before being returned to the States. In this book, he reflects not only on the trials he endured, but also with both simplicity and depth about his personal prayer, which alone eased the pain and sustained him.
This being the Year of Saint Ignatius, we thought it fitting to read this book, as He Leadeth Me offers the reader an excellent way of learning the Spiritual Exercises and Discernment of Spirits from one of Saint Ignatius' most beloved sons. Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of Father Walter Ciszek's, He Leadeth Me. One chapter will be posted every other day throughout Lent, recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Captured by the Russian army during World War II and convicted of being a "Vatican spy," American Jesuit, Father Walter J. Ciszek spent 23 years in Soviet prisons and the labor camps of Siberia.
By surrendering to God's will he endured, and was ultimately returned to the States. In this book, he speaks with simplicity and depth of the courage he found in prayer, which eased the loneliness, the pain, and the anguish, and the fears.
Father Ciszek's cause for canonization was opened in 1990, just six years after his death.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.Introduction to the Devout Life | Part 2 | Chapters 1-3
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
A meditation on the way Our Lord carried the cross, not only on Good Friday, but every day. And a word on what that means for us who are called to carry our crosses daily.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This is a Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
This begins a 40 day Lenten reading of the spiritual classic, Introduction to the Devout Life, authored by Saint Francis de Sales, and read by Father Rob Ketcham. This daily series of 3 posted chapters at a time (excluding Sundays) is being recorded for the Mens Roundtable, the mens group of the parish, as a way of spiritually accompanying our group reading of this text.
Father Jose is the national leader of the Catholic ecclesial movement Communion and Liberation, and has devoted much of his professional career to the world of education, first as teacher of physics and mathematics in Washington DC and Boston, and then as principal of Cristo Rey Boston, a Catholic High School for students with limited financial resources.
This is a talk on Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton given by Catherine O'Donnell, professor of History at Arizona State University.
This is a song we sing when on retreat together with the ecclesial movement, Communion and Liberation.