Seeds of Hope #7 – Alfred Nobel’s Epitaph
If you woke up one morning to read your own obituary, what kind of impact would that have on the rest of your life? Read the transcript: [download id=”2387″]
Seeds of Hope #6 – Biblical Directions
Are God’s directions leading you to heaven or have you been sidetracked by your own ideas of how to get there? Read the transcript: [download id=”2375″]
Gospel Study – A Vision to Guide Us
How is Jesus leading you up the mountain? Life in the valley is hard and can get us down. Fr. Jim reminds us we need that vision of the resurrection to keep us going. Read the Gospel (Mark 9:2-10) and complete transcription: [download id=”2370″]
Seeds of Hope #5 – Baby Giraffes
Immediately after birth the mother Giraffe begins to put her baby to the test. Not out of malice, but out of instinctive love. So too the Lord requires us to pass the test of hardship by never giving up hope. Read the transcript: [download id=”2364″]
Seeds of Hope #4 – Unanswered Prayers
Sometimes we pray, and pray and pray for something without getting the answer we want. Is God ignoring us or did He simply answer in His way…? Read the Transcript: [download id=”2356″]
Seeds of Hope #3 – Noah’s Ark
Noah built his ark thousands of years ago, but today’s Story Seed reminds us that some lessons are truly timeless. Here are 12 to carry with you this Lent. [download id=”2342″]
Seeds of Hope, Story #2 – One Year to Live
If you are told that you only have one year left to live, what will be your response? Fr. Michael shares the story of his friend, Fr. Jim Willig, who when faced with this very reality chose to do 3 things… [download id=”2336″]
Seeds of Hope, Story #1 – Michelangelo’s David
The Statue of David by Michelangelo is an iconic masterpiece known throughout the world, but you may not know that the project was rejected by two prominent sculptor’s before Michelangelo…watch as Fr. Michael reveals the struggle to find “the man inside the marble…” PDF Download: [download id=”2326″]
Fr. Michael’s Video Homily – Lent is Spiritual Training
This time of Lent that connects back to the earliest days of the Church is a time for spiritual discipline and training. We pray, fast and give alms in order to prepare ourselves for the Easter feast. Read the Gospel (Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18) and the complete transcript: [download id=”2321″]
Gospel Study – Lent – A Time for the Desert
Is Lent a time to give up dessert or a time to enter the desert along with Jesus? Fr. Jim suggests the latter. Listen for his profound insight into the healing struggle of this Lenten time. Read the Gospel (Mark 1:12-15) and transcription: [download id=”2315″]
Video Homily – Look at the World with New Eyes
When Jesus returns to his hometown of Nazareth, he is greeted with enthusiasm which quickly turns to jealousy and suspicion. Fr. Michael suggests that we not fall into the trap of assuming that those we know cannot change. Read the Gospel and Homily Transcript: [download id=”2307″]
Gospel Study – Healing Power of Love
A man with leprosy breaks societal convention and approaches Jesus. He kneels down and reaches out to Jesus physically and through faith: “If you wish, you can make me clean.” Jesus responds, “I do will it. Be made clean.” But Father Jim is challenged: “Why don’t you really heal anyone?” a woman asks him. Listen…
Video Homily – Seed, Scattered and Sown
The sower abundantly scatters the seed but we must ask ourselves: Have we hardened our hearts like the dirt path? Are we rocky soil that can start life but not sustain it or have we opened ourselves to God’s love and purpose? [download id=”2273″]
Gospel Study – Time Management
Jesus had his priorities straight. In this Gospel he heals Peter’s mother-in-law and then the whole town comes out to be healed. But afterward, what does Jesus do? He goes away to a place of quiet and solitude and prays. We can learn great things from this lesson. Read the Gospel and complete transcript: [download…
Video Homily – World Day of Migrants and Refugees
Fr. Michael shares a homily from Pope Francis commemorating the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. At the end, Fr. Michael shares a beautiful painting by Holly Schapker entitled: Our Lady of the Way and his poem of the same name. [download id=”2258″]
Gospel Study – Get the Devil Out of Here
In this Gospel Jesus teaches in the Synagogue in Capernaum and when confronted by a person with an unclean spirit He drives out the demon. In exorcisms, in order to drive out the demons, they must be confronted and they must name themselves. We too must confront and name our own demons in order to…
Video Homily – Abortion Stops a Beating Heart
As we approach the 45th anniversary of Roe v Wade, Fr. Michael looks into the realities of abortion within our country and urges us to embrace a pro-life ethic that values life from conception to natural death. Further, we are called to more than marches and protests. We are called to support those women faced…
Gospel Study – Answer the Call
Come. Abandon. Learn. Love: CALL This is the acronym Fr. Jim uses to imagine the call that Jesus used for his disciples; the same call He uses for us today. Read the full and complete transcript here: Answer the Call – Transcript
Gospel Study – Share Your Faith
John the Baptist sees Jesus and proclaims, “Behold the Lamb of God.” At this, Andrew leaves his company and joins Jesus. He then recruits his brother Simon to join them. Jesus became their Rabbi, their teacher. Who do you seek? Who do you follow? Share Your Faith – Transcript
Fr. Michael’s Good Tidings – Final Episode
Enter into the Nativity scene with Fr. Michael through contemplative prayer of the Rosary. Missed Episode 1 or Episode 2?