Heart of the Homily

Homily | September 20, 2026 | The Vineyard Parable And The Trap Of Comparison (Episode 278)

We name the quiet resentment behind “that’s not fair” and trace how comparison turns faith into scorekeeping. We walk through Jesus’ vineyard parable and rediscover a God

Homily | Español | September 20, 2026 | Grace Is A Gift (Episode 277)

We reflect on why God’s grace is never a reward we earn but a gift that meets us in the present moment. We connect Isaiah’s urgent invitation to return with Jesus’ vineya

Homily | September 19, 2026 | Planted, Not Lost (Episode 276)

We look at a grave and refuse to call it the last word, because Christianity sees planting where the world sees only loss. We connect Saint Paul’s seed image, the witness

Homily | September 18, 2026 | The Heartbeat Of Christianity (Episode 275)

We name the charygma as the essential proclamation at the heart of Christianity and why faith begins with an announcement, not a self-improvement plan. We lean on St Paul

Homily | September 17, 2026 | Grace From Head To Heart (Episode 274)

We reflect on Saint Robert Bellarmine’s sharp mind and the uncomfortable truth that religious knowledge can still fail to change the heart. We sit with Simon the Pharisee

Homily | September 16, 2026 | Mercy After Failure (Episode 273)

We wrestle with the early Church’s toughest question: what to do with Christians who failed under persecution and wanted to return. We follow Saints Cornelius and Cyprian

Homily | September 15, 2026 | Our Lady Of Sorrows And The Love That Stays (Episode 272)

We reflect on Our Lady of Sorrows and the single word that changes everything: Mary stands by the cross. We talk about the kind of Christian love that stays when we canno

Podcast | Forgiveness Is The Moment You Stop Counting (Episode 271)

We sit with Jesus’ hardest command: forgive from your heart. We name why resentment feels like protection, how boundaries fit with mercy, and how real freedom begins when

Homily | September 14, 2026 | Lift Your Eyes (Episode 270)

We lift up the cross because what looked like defeat becomes victory and what looked like God’s absence becomes the clearest proof of God’s love. We talk about where we l

Homily | September 13, 2026 | Forgiveness Is The Moment You Stop Counting (Episode 269)

We talk about the strange way we can “hug” anger and keep old wounds close, even while asking God to heal us. We wrestle with Jesus’ call to forgive as a path to freedom,

Homily | Español | September 13, 2026 | Letting Go Of Resentment (Episode 268)

We wrestle with why forgiveness is commanded even when the wound is real, and how resentment can quietly take over our inner life. We connect Sirach’s wisdom and Jesus’ t

Homily | September 12, 2026 | Built On The Rock (Episode 267)

Some names carry a whole relationship, and the Church holds the name of Mary that way because her life becomes a lasting yes to God. We ask what our prayer actually produ

Homily | September 11, 2026 | The Gospel Must Become A Mirror Before It Becomes A Message (Episode 266)

We pray a simple line, “Lord, open my eyes,” and face the hard truth that God may show us what we would rather avoid in ourselves. We explore Jesus’ warning about specks

Homily | September 10, 2026 | Beneath The Cross (Episode 265)

We reach the last day of our pilgrimage and face a sharper question than how far we climbed: what are we willing to surrender beneath the cross. We get painfully specific

Homily | September 9, 2026 | What Lasts When Everything Passes Away (Episode 264)

The sentence we can’t escape today is as direct as it is merciful: “The world in its present form is passing away.” We sit with what that means for the things we spend ou

Homily | September 8, 2026 | Medjugorje And Mary’s Quiet Beginnings (Episode 263)

We arrive in Medjugorje on the Church’s feast of Mary’s birth and reflect on how God often begins His greatest works quietly, far from the world’s spotlight. We name the

Homily | September 7, 2026 | Stretch Out The Other Hand (Episode 262)

We notice how the same broken person can be seen with mercy or used as evidence, and we ask what that reveals about our own hearts. We connect St. Paul’s hard truth about

Homily | September 6, 2026 | Love That Comes After You (Episode 261)

We ask a personal question that exposes what real love looks like: who came after us when we were drifting, and why. We connect Scripture’s “watchman” and “brother’s keep

Homily | Español | September 6, 2026 | Love That Tells The Truth (Episode 260)

We wrestle with the difference between being nice and truly loving when relationships crack and conflict shows up. We take Jesus and Ezekiel seriously: speak the truth wi

Homily | September 5, 2026 | A Stone With A Name (Episode 259)

We stand before a simple tombstone from St. John Paul II’s burial and let it confront our love of status, accomplishments, and control. We measure a Christian life by wha