Best reverbhomilies Podcasts (2024)

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The Solemnity of the Ascension 6:23

5y ago6:23

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HUMAN HOLINESSThe Ascension is most closely related, in meaning, to Christmas, for both are incarnational. At Christmas, what it means to be God became fully a part of what it means to be human. In Jesus, the human and divine become united in the person and life of one man. That’s what happened in Christmas. At the Ascension, this human being – the…

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Commencement Address for Holy Trinity High School 12:30

5y ago12:30

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RITUAL AND TRANSITIONFirst of all, I want to congratulate you on all that has brought you to this day, as well as the people who have brought you here: your families, friends, mentors, teachers, coaches and supporters. It is an honor to be able to celebrate this moment with you. Ironically, it is a day I did not participate in myself. I simply didn…

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5th Sunday of Easter 7:05

5y ago7:05

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5th Sunday of Easter by Fr. Chris Valka, CSBBy Fr. Chris Valka, CSB

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4th Sunday of Easter 6:44

5y ago6:44

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MOTHER'S DAYTraditionally, today is known as Good Shepherd Sunday because of the shepherd and the sheep who hear his voice. Of course, it is also Mother’s Day – a day when we also celebrate our shepherds who have sheep who don’t always hear their voice!It is a day when I always feel little awkward trying to reflect on the experience of motherhood. …

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Third Sunday of Easter 11:53

5y ago11:53

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Next Sunday, the fourth Sunday of Easter, is commonly known as Good Shepherd Sunday, because of the Gospel regarding the sheep who hear the Master’s voice. And for that reason, it is also regarded as day when speak about vocations - to the priesthood specifically, though most homilists include all vocations. However, my experience has taught me tha…

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Second Sunday of Easter 10:30

5+ y ago10:30

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THE MOTIVATION OF CHANGEWhat is it that Thomas couldn’t believe? That Jesus rose again? That Jesus appeared to his friends? Perhaps it was that he and his friends would be able to do even greater works than Jesus? That they would have the power of the Holy Spirit to forgive sins and transform the world? That they could set a foundation, then, for w…

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Easter 2019 7:49

5+ y ago7:49

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MYSTERIES WE DON'T NEED TO SOLVEOver the past few days, we have been contemplating the limitations of our own mentalities – how we tend to think that everything is limited. The resurrection, it seems to me, is the ultimate example of God’s abundance. Nothing is impossible with God. The rules simply do not obey. In 1965, the Late Jewish Rabbi Abraha…

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Good Friday 2019 8:35

5+ y ago8:35

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THE ABUNDANCE OF GODWe said yesterday that THIS is the instruction manual. This is the path. At its most basic level, what we learn from last night – the Last Supper and the washing of the feet - is that the love of God and love of neighbor are not two commands, but one. Our service to one another breaks down the scarcity mentality that usually dri…

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Holy Thursday 2019 10:42

5+ y ago10:42

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PARTICIPATING IN OUR HOLINESSThere has always been an inherent danger in the celebration of this great feast: which is to make it more “holy” than “human”. That is to say, that it is so very easy to believe that Jesus, as the Son of God, was following a kind of divine script– which consequently puts distance between him and us. Jesus becomes more o…

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Lenten Mission: Prophetic Politics – Healing the Division of our Day 41:10

5+ y ago41:10

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REFLECTION FIVE: THE HOLINESS OF OUR HUMANITYIn our last discussion, we will look ahead to Holy Week as a celebration of our humanity as well as God’s divinity, as we seek to heal our dualistic division between the things of heaven and the things of earth. We will consider what it means to be citizens of our community and the Kingdom of God, rather…