DiscoverThe Friar
The Friar

The Friar

Author: The Friar

Subscribed: 3Played: 229
Share

Description

These podcasts feature homilies given at Mass and commentaries on various eclectic topics.
877 Episodes
Reverse
Today's readings remind us to keep God close. Moses is delayed and the people are discouraged. They take matters into their own hands, which ends badly. Do we sometimes do the same? Continue reading Our Least Favorite Word – NO: Homily for Friday, March 15, 2024 at The Friar.
Today's readings remind us to keep God close. Moses is delayed and the people are discouraged. They take matters into their own hands, which ends badly. Do we sometimes do the same? Continue reading Keep God Close: Homily for Thursday, March 14, 2024 at The Friar.
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. Continue reading Jesus is the Temple: Homily for Tuesday, March 12, 2024 at The Friar.
We could go on and on with the struggles and the challenges that people face. But the solution to them all is the same. Continue reading Call upon Jesus: Homily for Monday, March 11, 2024 at The Friar.
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. Continue reading The lifting up of Jesus: Homily for Sunday, March 10, 2024 at The Friar.
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? Continue reading Whose side are you on?: Homily for Thursday, March 7, 2024 at The Friar.
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. Continue reading God holds you in Confession: Homily for Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at The Friar.
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. Continue reading Do we see as God sees? Homily for Monday, March 4, 2024 at The Friar.
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. Continue reading Mid-Term time for Lent: Homily for Sunday, March 3, 2024 at The Friar.
"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? Continue reading You’re not the boss of me: Homily for Friday, March 1, 2024 at The Friar.
‘Believe what you read. Teach what you believe. Practice what you teach. Continue reading Trust in God or Trust in Humanity: Homily for Thursday, February 29, 2024 at The Friar.
‘Believe what you read. Teach what you believe. Practice what you teach. Continue reading Practice what you teach: Homily for Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at The Friar.
Are we merciful more? Or do we judge more? Do we forgive more? Or do we condemn more? Continue reading What do you do more? Homily for Monday, February 26, 2024 at The Friar.
It is not just Abraham who has faith, so too does Isaac. It is not the case that Isaac was the unwilling victim here, but just as Abraham trusted fully in God at this point in his life, so too does Isaac. Continue reading Faith of Isaac and Abraham: Homily for Sunday, February 25, 2024 at The Friar.
Today's readings bring to mind a very important word for us to kind of know the meaning of and understand. The word is virtue. It's a philosophical word, actually, that comes to us primarily through the philosopher Aristotle. Continue reading Virtue is more than value: Homily for Friday, February 23, 2024 at The Friar.
I learned years ago that words matter. I don't know if you know the word for French fry, in Spanish, but French fries in Spanish is "las papas fritas." It's a feminine word, "papa," "potato." The Pope, however, is not a feminine word. The Pope is "el papa." Continue reading Potato? Pope? The power of words: Homily for Thursday, February 22, 2024 at The Friar.
This first reading from Isaiah is, I think, so, so beautiful, and says so much about what it means to be a person of prayer. "Just as from the heavens the rain and snow come down and do not return there till they have watered the earth, making it fertile and fruitful, giving seed to the one who sows and bread to the one who eats, so shall my word be." Continue reading Where is God?: Homily for Tuesday, February 20, 2024 at The Friar.
"Be holy, for I, the Lord your God, am holy." With these words, God sets in place for us what it means to exist, the goal and the purpose of our lives. Continue reading Be Holy comes first: Homily for Monday, February 19, 2024 at The Friar.
In the Old Testament, there are four specific covenants that were offered to the people. There was, as we see today, the first one, the covenant of Noah. Then there's the covenant that God makes with Abraham. Then there's the covenant that God makes with Moses. And finally, the covenant that God makes with David. Continue reading The Covenant: Homily for Sunday, February 18, 2024 at The Friar.
Either or? So, yesterday I talked about the notion of freedom as license that a lot of people think that, or at least there are people that think, that freedom is really about being able to do whatever we want to do. And that's really license. Because we could be free to do, as I mentioned in yesterday's example, the sad and tragic shooting in Kansas City. Continue reading It’s not either or: Homily for Friday, February 16, 2024 at The Friar.
loading
Comments 
Download from Google Play
Download from App Store