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Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion - Defining MomentsThe scriptures are a collection of defining moments for the Jewish and the Christian people. They have been put together for the most defining moments of our history. The Gospels are collection of defining moments of Jesus' life. And today's Gospel is a bevy of collective and of defining moments. We have multitude of them, not only just for Jesus, but for others. (Read more…) Here is my homily for Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion. Please feel free to share this with others. Many prayers for all of us as we enter the holiest week...2025-04-1510 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Third Sunday of Advent - What is Stealing Your Joy?Stuff comes in life and stuff happens! It is hard to, in a sense, frolic and enjoy life. Joy is not about circumstances. Joy is not about what happens to us. Joy is about what we choose when stuff is happening to us. Joy is a response that we have regardless of what is happening to us. (Read more…)Here is my homily from the Third Sunday of Advent. Please feel free to pass it on.God bless,Fr. Brendan2024-12-1710 min
In the Public InterestLeaders in Law: Brendan McGuireIn this episode of In the Public Interest, host Felicia Ellsworth interviews Brendan McGuire, who recently rejoined WilmerHale after serving as chief counsel to New York City Mayor Eric Adams and City Hall. McGuire discusses his experience in the Adams Administration, including the challenges emerging from COVID, the New York City Legal Fellows Program and the asylum seeker crisis. He also reflects on his prior experience as chief of the Public Corruption Unit at the US Attorney’s Office for the SDNY and how it influenced his decision to join the Adams Administration. McGuire discusses his return to WilmerHale an...2024-03-0414 min
Innovate Fort WorthBrendan McGuire: Funding Tomorrow's InnovatorsWhen it comes to local community impact, banks play a big role. Meet Brendan McGuire, Regional President of PNC Bank in North Texas. Brendan oversees PNC's lines of business, sponsorship, philanthropy, and branding efforts that are crucial to PNC's national main street banking model. With active roles in various local community organizations, McGuire is recognized as one of the most influential leaders in North Texas. He sheds light on PNC's national footprint, small town feel and its longstanding commitment to supporting innovation and entrepreneurship. McGuire shares insights on where he thinks the North Texas economy is headed, shares advice...2024-02-0627 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Second Sunday of Advent - Collective EffervescenceRepentance is the way to the joy of the gospel. Because once we let go of the stuff that is in our way, once we let go of that, which we know we have made mistakes and those who have hurt us, we might have reacted to, then we are set free. Then we can accept the joy of God. (Read more…)Here is my homily for last weekend. Please feel free to share with others.If you are looking to deepen your prayer this Advent, perhaps you can spend some time with Fr. Brendan's re...2023-12-1209 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Third Sunday of Lent - I Still Haven't Found What I am Looking ForThe question is we ask ourselves in this Lenten time, "What am I searching for? How am I spending my time?" Often times, we go into an auto-pilot mode. then we realize maybe this Lent is a time to pause and reflect “What am I searching for? And is it the living water? And if I have the source of living water within me then how can I live that more, more completely, more clearly? How can I live that more authentically in my own life?” (Read more…)Here is my homily from this past Sunday and for th...2023-03-1310 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesAtomic Habits of Prayer - Session ThreeAdvent Retreat, “Atomic Habits of Prayer“ Fr. Brendan says, it is possible to learn how to pray in many different forms and some of these methods will work for you and some won’t. Finding the ones that work for you can only be discovered by praying them. And that requires the forming of new habits which can be hard for incredibly busy people with full calendars. Yet we can always find time for the things we desire. We desire to be people of prayer because a person of deep listening prayer is...2022-12-301h 06
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesAtomic Habits of Prayer - Session FourAdvent Retreat, “Atomic Habits of Prayer“ Fr. Brendan says, it is possible to learn how to pray in many different forms and some of these methods will work for you and some won’t. Finding the ones that work for you can only be discovered by praying them. And that requires the forming of new habits which can be hard for incredibly busy people with full calendars. Yet we can always find time for the things we desire. We desire to be people of prayer because a person of deep listening prayer is...2022-12-301h 01
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesAtomic Habits of Prayer - Session TwoAdvent Retreat, “Atomic Habits of Prayer“ Fr. Brendan says, it is possible to learn how to pray in many different forms and some of these methods will work for you and some won’t. Finding the ones that work for you can only be discovered by praying them. And that requires the forming of new habits which can be hard for incredibly busy people with full calendars. Yet we can always find time for the things we desire. We desire to be people of prayer because a person of deep listening prayer is...2022-12-3059 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesAtomic Habits of Prayer - Session OneAdvent Retreat, “Atomic Habits of Prayer“ Fr. Brendan says, it is possible to learn how to pray in many different forms and some of these methods will work for you and some won’t. Finding the ones that work for you can only be discovered by praying them. And that requires the forming of new habits which can be hard for incredibly busy people with full calendars. Yet we can always find time for the things we desire. We desire to be people of prayer because a person of deep listening prayer is...2022-12-151h 06
Living Real RadioFr. Brendan McGuire - From Here to EternitySend us a textWhile doing ministry in California, John interviews Fr. Brendan McGuire, pastor of Holy Spirit Church and School in the Diocese of San Jose. John and Fr. Brendan discuss the topic, "From here to eternity," on this Palm Sunday edition of Living Real Radio.2022-04-1059 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent - Let Go and Live in the MomentToday's Gospel is the story of the women caught in adultery. The lesson for today is about mercy and forgiveness. We need to understand what forgiveness is not: Forgiveness is not condoning the behavior; it is not agreeing that it was okay; and it is certainly not saying that it is okay to continue to do this behavior. Even Jesus says to the woman: “No one has condemned you and neither do I. Now go and sin no more.” We too are called to do the same thing. (Read more…)Here is the my homily for the Fifth...2022-04-0510 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent - Come to Our SensesWe always called it the Prodigal Son reading but really, we are better off calling it the Prodigal Father because he does the same thing for both sons. He goes out of the house to greet both sons because both sons need to come to their senses. Both are wrong. (Read More…)Here is the my homily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent. Please feel free to share it with others.And please join us again this evening March 29 for the third session of a new retreat called " From Here to Eternity: How to Live an...2022-03-2908 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Second Sunday of Lent - Look at Jesus; Listen to JesusGod tells us through this Transfiguration today that he wants us to listen to his chosen Son. Let us find some stillness somewhere and slow down enough to study the language of God in nature; in the Word of God; most especially in the poor and the broken; the wounded and then above all else within our own hearts.Here is the my homily for the Second Sunday of Lent. Please feel free to share it with others. (Read more…)And please join us every Tuesday evening beginning March 15th and ending April 12 (we will no...2022-03-2307 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Third Sunday of Lent - False DilemmasThere is something called a false dilemma or false dichotomy. It is a rhetorical tool to win an argument. It is not a tool that seeks truth. It puts two apparent opposites as a contrast to force somebody to choose one or the other when the truth lies somewhere in between. It is the false idea of either/or versus both/and. (Read more…)And please join us again this evening March 22 for the second session of a new retreat called " From Here to Eternity: How to Live and Die Well. "The sessions begin at 7:00pm and yo...2022-03-2208 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the First Sunday of Lent - Father of All LiesThe devil is known by many different names in scripture: The evil one; Satan; the ancient serpent or as we will hear later in today’s liturgy, the ancient tempter. The Holy Father, Pope Francis, refers to the devil calls him the Father of All Lies!Here is the my homily for the First Sunday of Lent and as you will hear in this homily, I am at St. Monica Parish giving a Lenten Parish Mission called Cairns on the Second Mountain of Life. Please join me on this retreat via the livestream at https://st...2022-03-0813 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Good FruitLent begins this Wednesday, March 2. I don't know what will work for you but maybe this year try something new for Lent. Try to go deeper into God’s Word and to listen to Christ in your own life. I promise you the growth will come. ( Read More…)2022-03-0107 min
Living Real RadioFr. Brendan McGuire - On his mission from GodSend us a textIn the busyness of modern life, it is sometimes difficult to see and experience God in our lives. Fr. Brendan McGuire shares how he challenges and invites people to take a break and focus on what the Lord is saying. God is not only present, but is opening up the divine story in each of us. Songs featured only on our Nashville Hippie Radio Broadcast: Christ in Me Arise - Clay Walker | In the Quiet - Liam Lawton.2022-02-2848 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time - Neural Pathways of the HeartToday may we become what we receive: the Body and Blood of Christ. May we follow Jesus, who tells us how to be in the world; to be kind; to be gentle; to be forgiving; to be loving at all times.If we continue to do that, over and over again, we will create a new neural pathway of the heart. (Read More…)2022-02-2309 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Hope Not OptimismThere is a great deal of difference between optimism and hope. Optimism says “Everything is going to turn out all right. Don’t worry.” Whereas hope or in particular Christian hope says, “No matter how things turn out, God is going to be with you at all times. Don’t worry.” (Read more…)2022-02-1507 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time - All Are Valued and Loved by GodThis week's Gospel describes how Jesus climbs into Peter's boat and just sits down and says, “Pull out a little bit from shore.” How incredibly intimate that must have been. Here he was preaching to thousands of people on the shore and Jesus chose his boat and sat down right next to him. (Read more…)Here is the my homily for the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time. This was the second week of our Annual Diocesan Appeal and pledge weekend. Please feel free to share it with others.2022-02-0912 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Move Closer to the TruthWe are all called to follow Jesus but unless we move in close, we are not really going to be able to fully follow him; because from a distance what Jesus says and asks us to do is crazy. (Read more…)2022-02-0107 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time - The Body of ChristWhat can we do as we celebrate Christian Unity Week? We can certainly pray for those who are not part of our own Christian circle but are part of the wider Christian circle. We can look for the weak and the broken in our own community. And seek to serve them so that we can be that Body of Christ that God calls us to be today and every day. (Read more…)2022-01-2509 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time - Love Without BordersWhen Mary says to the servers: “Do whatever he tells you.” She is saying that to us. “Do whatever the Lord tells us to do.” Use your gifts for the greater good of the community and today, let our joy increase because it is abundant. (Read more…) 2022-01-1811 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Baptism of the Lord - Divinization ProcessLet’s cooperate with God’s grace and become what we receive. Let us become the gentler and the kinder version of ourselves because the Divinization process lasts a lifetime and today, we can recommit to what we committed on our Baptism day and that is what the Baptism of the Lord promises today and every day.Here is the my homily for the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord. This feast marks the end of the Christmas Season for the church and now we enter back into Ordinary time until Lent. Let's start something new. (Read...2022-01-1111 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Nativity of the Lord - Humility, Obscurity and PovertyMy mother taught me that the real Christmas message was about the hidden face of Christ in others and that when Christ became one of us, he did not come in the grandeur of a palace as some first-born king. (Read more…)2021-12-2808 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the 4th Sunday of Advent - Hold Onto LoveMary and Elizabeth give us a great example to follow. They hold on. They hold on to faith. They hold on to believing. When they do not understand, they hold on. And what do they hold onto? They hold onto hope; that they know there will be something here . I will do the Lord’s Will even though I do not understand it. (Read more…)2021-12-2208 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Third Sunday of Advent - What Should We Do?Sometimes the beauty of a moment or of something we are looking at or experiencing, forces us to pause and sort of take it in. The beauty is at another level. It is not on the surface. It is beneath the surface. One has to work a little harder to experience the beauty not just see the beauty. (Read more…)Thank you again for the incredible outpouring of love and support these past few weeks. While it was hard to preside at my brother Paul’s funeral, I was grateful to so many of you for your pray...2021-12-1508 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Second Sunday of Advent - Focus on the Important ThingsGod is the destination. Jesus is the way. As long as we keep on asking what would Jesus have us do, and keep choosing Jesus then that will keep us on the right road. That is the main highway. Jesus is the highway. As long as we choose Jesus, we keep on choosing the right road. That is what this whole Advent time is all about. Here is the my homily from this past weekend. Please feel free to share it with others. (Read more…)My bother Paul McGuire’s funeral will be held on Sunday, December 12, 2021 at 3...2021-12-0710 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the First Sunday of Advent - Look and Look AgainLet’s focus on the presence and the grace of God here and now. So be vigilant at all times but to what? To God’s grace. To God’s beauty right here, right now in the midst of all of this. God is among us here. Let’s notice with wonder and look with fresh eyes and celebrate the gift of God’s presence today. Here is the my homily from this past weekend. Please feel free to share it with others. (Read more…)I am sorry that is is later than usual but it is with a heavy...2021-12-0407 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the The Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe - Stand with Christ and Choose ChristToday, I am asking us to celebrate, yes we want to celebrate the gift of Christ in our life but we also need to choose Christ day after day: I will choose to be kind. I will choose to be gentle. I will choose to be forgiving. I will choose to love. I will choose to serve. (Read More…)2021-11-2710 min
Secret LifeEp. 89 Brendan McGuire of Affinity Credit UnionHave you ever wondered how to select a financial institution for business banking? Or what factors are most important to consider?
Coming up on the next 𝐋𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 of the 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐬 we'll be chatting with Brendan McGuire from Affinity Credit Union! 👀
Maybe you're curious about what the benefits of working with a credit union are? Or what questions should a business owner ask, before setting up accounts and financing?
Stay tuned, we'll be discussing all the ins and outs of banking with a Credit Union on today's episode.
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Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Thirty-Third Sunday of Ordinary Time - Stay AwakeThere is so much to be grateful for; so much to really see God’s presence here and now, not in some future time or generation. But we must be awake and we must be prepared to see it and then we must be prepared to become it for others. That is our role; to become the living presence for others today. Stay awake. We never know the time or the hour he will appear.2021-11-1608 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Thirty-Second Sunday of Ordinary Time - Give From Our Poverty, Our TimeWhen we think about it, the most precious gift that we have is life itself and the time we have left. Time is our most precious gift because it is all limited. We know that we all have only so much time. At the very end of life, there is nothing we can take with us.2021-11-1009 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesLiving the Eucharist: The Circle of Life - Session 6If being a Christian disciple was a crime, is there enough evidence in our lives that would convict us?” It seems strange to ask that question, but it is the most basic place to start. Sometimes, we just move along from day to day and do not really live out faith in any real or tangible way. If that is a real question and our lives were on the line literally in a court room, would we get convicted. What evidence would be shown in the courtroom to show and hopefully prove that we are really an act...2021-11-031h 01
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Thirty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time - Not Just Worship Jesus, Follow JesusWe have to ask the question specifically for our own life. Who is the neighbor in my life? Who is the one who is on the furthest extremity of my life? Who do I not notice? Who might be really in need of help? And that might be a loved one whom we know; who we have not been loving as well as we know we should.2021-11-0208 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesLiving the Eucharist: The Circle of Life - Session 5If being a Christian disciple was a crime, is there enough evidence in our lives that would convict us?” It seems strange to ask that question, but it is the most basic place to start. Sometimes, we just move along from day to day and do not really live out faith in any real or tangible way. If that is a real question and our lives were on the line literally in a court room, would we get convicted. What evidence would be shown in the courtroom to show and hopefully prove that we are really an act...2021-10-271h 01
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Illness to Wellness; I to WeAs we come to the Eucharist, it is not enough that we just come; we have to go from here, converted and changed, and the conversion of the Lord asks us to make is to be disciples; to be men and women for Christ in the world. We move from the “I” to the “we”.2021-10-2612 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesLiving the Eucharist: The Circle of Life - Session 4If being a Christian disciple was a crime, is there enough evidence in our lives that would convict us?” It seems strange to ask that question, but it is the most basic place to start. Sometimes, we just move along from day to day and do not really live out faith in any real or tangible way. If that is a real question and our lives were on the line literally in a court room, would we get convicted. What evidence would be shown in the courtroom to show and hopefully prove that we are really an act...2021-10-201h 03
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Twenty-Ninth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Suffering and Dying Bring TransformationThe challenge has been that we understand that suffering and dying brings about metamorphosis, brings about change, but often times we always believe that it should be somebody else who should be suffering and dying. That is where the problem lies in that it needs to be somebody else who dies. 2021-10-1910 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesLiving the Eucharist: The Circle of Life - Session 3If being a Christian disciple was a crime, is there enough evidence in our lives that would convict us?” It seems strange to ask that question, but it is the most basic place to start. Sometimes, we just move along from day to day and do not really live out faith in any real or tangible way. If that is a real question and our lives were on the line literally in a court room, would we get convicted. What evidence would be shown in the courtroom to show and hopefully prove that we are really an act...2021-10-141h 01
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Twenty-Eighth Sunday Ordinary Time - Surrender and Let Go!We want to be able to pay our dues so that we can get God’s love. We want to feel like we earned it. We want to feel we deserve it. If we do this then God loves us more; we believe in completely human terms. Jesus tells us that it is just not the way God works. If the glass is already full, it’s full no matter how much more you put into the glass, it is still completely full. 2021-10-1308 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesLiving the Eucharist: The Circle of Life - Session 1‘If being a Christian disciple was a crime, is there enough evidence in our lives that would convict us?” It seems strange to ask that question, but it is the most basic place to start. Sometimes, we just move along from day to day and do not really live out faith in any real or tangible way. If that is a real question and our lives were on the line literally in a court room, would we get convicted. What evidence would be shown in the courtroom to show and hopefully prove that we are really an activ...2021-10-0755 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesLiving the Eucharist: The Circle of Life - Session 2If being a Christian disciple was a crime, is there enough evidence in our lives that would convict us?” It seems strange to ask that question, but it is the most basic place to start. Sometimes, we just move along from day to day and do not really live out faith in any real or tangible way. If that is a real question and our lives were on the line literally in a court room, would we get convicted. What evidence would be shown in the courtroom to show and hopefully prove that we are really an act...2021-10-071h 00
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Twenty-Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Be Like A child - Unmerited LoveOur Catholic teaching says we do not get saved individually; we get saved communally together. And so, we do this together. And what is it that we do together? We keep our hands open to receive God’s love just like a child; we accept it completely unearned, unmerited, showered upon us.Here is the my homily from this past weekend. During the homily, I invited the children in the community to come around the altar with me. The text is embedded below but listening to the recording is really worth it. Please feel free to share it...2021-10-0511 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the 26th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Authentic TransformationsThe most powerful transformation takes place when we are suffering. And that is very hard for us to hear but in fact, we know it to be true; not only in our own lives but in the lives of those around us. When we go through the most painful period in our life, the best thing we can do is to allow God’s Spirit, God’s grace to operate and then to allow the transformation to happen. 2021-09-2910 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Twenty Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Servant of AllThe first among you will be the one who is the most humble. The first among you is the one who is the servant of all.”That is very hard for us to hear because we are all about getting on top. We are the best at this, the best at that. Not that that is bad in itself but if we really believe that about ourselves then we are fooling ourselves because Christian discipleship, according to Christ, is about humility and service. How does that work out in our own lives? 2021-09-2109 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the 24th Sunday of Ordinary Time - First RespondersFirst responders go into burning buildings that people run away from; they go into moments of danger and put their lives at risk to save our lives. I think it is very clear who they are; and what they stand for. Is it as clear who we are as Catholic Christians? Who do people say that we are? What is our first response to anything? Are our values and our actions so clearly defined? 2021-09-1509 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - Which Plant do You WaterThink of it as two plants inside our heart. One is the good plant, which produces the good fruit of gentleness, kindness, forgiveness and all that. And then there is another plant that is the evil plant, that produces selfishness, bitterness, lies and sort of egocentric behavior. You might ask “Well which plant grows best in our heart?” Whichever one we water. Whichever one we water will grow.Here is the my homily from this past weekend. Please feel free to share it with others. Today I leave for a pilgrimage to Lourdes with my brother Paul and...2021-08-3107 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Twenty First Sunday of Ordinary Time - Reservoir of Our LivesToday, we claim what Peter does; those beautiful words, the testimony of faith: “To whom else will we go, Lord? You have the words of eternal life.” We have come to believe that you are the holy one of God. And we do not just choose to believe in you. We choose to follow you with everything we do and everything we say.Let that river of life flow through the reservoir of our hearts and to give fresh life and water to all we meet.2021-08-2509 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Canticle of our LivesThe beautiful prayer that we hear quoted in today’s Gospel of Luke as we celebrate the Assumption is called the “Magnificat” or the “Canticle of Mary.” In this prayer an invitation was given and then repeated. Then Mary gives a beautiful response of acceptance. Bear in mind all that was happening. Her whole life was turned upside down and yet her response was, “Let it be done to me according to your will.” This is a great model for all of us. What if we wrote our own canticle?2021-08-1710 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Co-creators in God's Work of Art.In today’s gospel, we continue to read from this long passage in John’s Gospel called “The Discourse of the Bread of Life.” It is one of the largest discourses in John’s Gospel.2021-08-1009 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Catholic ImaginariumThe Catholic Imaginarium is something which we all live inside whether we realize it or not. It’s the very language we use: the symbols; the sacraments; the signs. Everything about who we are as Catholics is inside this Catholic Imaginarium.2021-08-0311 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Thirteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - The Power of TouchThe power of touch is real. And we need it especially the elderly and especially the young. The young children, teenagers even, they need to be loved; they need to feel that power of love. Indeed, all of us need it.I will be away for the month of July for a much-needed vacation. I will spend some time with my brother, Paul who has pancreatic cancer and then take some time alone hiking in the mountains of Idaho and Utah. I will not be sending out any homilies during this time and I hope you...2021-06-3009 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?We want to believe in a God who would make things a lot easier by having only good things happen to good people and bad things happen to bad people. It would make it much simpler that way.2021-06-2211 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time - Everyday Love Not Birthday LoveLast week, we entered into ordinary time and it is not ordinary as in “not extraordinary.” It is ordinary as it is ordered time. We now move back to the non-feast days of summertime and in a sense, we go back to the ordinary day-to-day loving of one another in the ordinary way; or what I call the muck of everyday life...That the little ordinary things are what matter and what builds up and constitutes a life of love.2021-06-1508 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter - Mirror and PurifierIt is not enough to love those who love us, to mirror back; that part is important and good. We need to do that but we also must love those who are not capable of love; those who are toxic, have bitterness, have jealousy, hatred, violence and even death in their life2021-06-1106 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood - Become a Little More DivineThe famous from Phase from St. Augustine’s encapsulates what the celebration of the Mass is all about; that when we come forward to receive the Body of Christ and we say, “Amen” we are saying that I agree that “I become what I receive. Amen. I will become the Body of Christ broken for others. I will become the Blood of Christ poured out for others.” This isn’t just bread and wine we become this living Body and Blood of Christ.2021-06-0810 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity - Flow of LoveFor centuries, theologians, priests and religious people have tried to express the meaning of the Trinity and some are more memorable than others. Of course, being from Ireland I have to mention St. Patrick’s classic of the three-leaf shamrock. Three persons on one leaf. But none of these explain what the Trinity means. There is the concept of three persons in one God. It is beyond our comprehension. 2021-05-3110 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for Pentecost Sunday - Cannonball ExperienceIf we look back at this last 15 or 16 months since the pandemic, it’s been like a collective cannonball experience. But the the temptation is to not listen to the Holy Spirit; it is to be distracted by the other spirits that tell us nothing is different. Whereas the Holy Spirit will always invite us to use the cannonball experience for an opportunity to change and grow and to not come back the same way. My homily from Pentecost follows...2021-05-2709 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for Ascension Sunday - Do This in RemembranceWhen our loved ones suffer; when our loved ones are dying; when our loved ones leave us then we have this memory. We have a memory that our love was and is real and that love and memory will never die. You see that is the message of the Ascension; that no matter whatever else happens in our world, the love that we share never, ever dies.2021-05-1810 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the 5th Sunday of Easter - The Superfood of the EucharistIn today’s gospel, Jesus reminds us that we must remain part of him because we can do nothing outside of him. He uses this beautiful metaphor of the vine and the branches. If you take a branch off the vine, clearly it is not going to be able to grow or anything because it is separated from the source. But if it remains part of the vine, it will grow and it will produce much fruit.2021-05-0409 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the 4th Sunday of Easter - Liminal Moment of Our GenerationHistorically, this Sunday has been called Good Shepherd Sunday, the obvious connection to the gospel today, a reminder that Christ Jesus is the Good Shepherd that draws us into his one flock as Shepherd of us all...2021-04-2711 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the 3rd Sunday of Easter - A Beginner's MindThe Easter season offers us all the opportunity to be witnesses to these things and that begins with a beginner’s mind; to witness to God present here and now. Now there are two things to a witness: a witness sees and observes but a witness also testifies to what they see and observe.2021-04-2212 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the 2nd Sunday of Easter - Peace and ForgivenessThere are two things about this gospel that have always stood out for me and have somewhat troubled me. Here is my homily from the Second Sunday of Easter, sometimes known as Thomas Sunday or Divine Mercy Sunday.2021-04-1408 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for Easter Sunday - Ever Have the TimeMy hope today is that today as we celebrate this Eucharist and come around this time, to recognize the sacredness and the grace and the preciousness of this time that God has given us no matter how long it is.2021-04-1214 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for Good Friday - The Three C's of the CrossWhen we come to the Cross today, we see what Christ gave us. It was courage. It was commitment. It was community. And it was all in love. Love that costs everything.2021-04-0810 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for Holy Thursday - It's Not ComfortableToday, the Lord challenges what it means to serve. It is to get down on our hands and our knees and to wash another person’s feet, to love them the way Christ has loved us.Do we realize what he has done for us? He who is our Servant. He who is our Master and our Messiah, Teacher and he has showed us a different way. Let us do what he has done for us and love one another.2021-04-0709 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for Palm Sunday - Jesus as Best FriendToday, we celebrate the Passion of Christ and we celebrate the clarity when Christ became the best friend to all humanity. Of course we know what defines a person is a friendship beyond all others is to lay down one’s life for one’s friend. Christ does that for every single one of us.2021-04-0207 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent - Produce Much FruitThe constant theme that Christ brings about time and time again in his ministry, a reminder that God is already with them here and now, in his presence that he will be with them forever, with them forever. That in this presence God reminds us that the gift that he gives to us is his complete, enduring presence; that no matter what happens in our life God is with us.2021-03-2410 min
FINITE: B2B Marketing Podcast for Tech, Software & SaaS#46 - Brand Amplification with Brendan McGuire, Ex Brand Amplification Leader at IBMBrand building is a must for all B2B companies, in order for them to engage with customers and build a relationship before a sales pitch. At IBM, brand is of particular importance for the 100+ year old company that is constantly evolving in their role as a technological innovator. On this episode of the FINITE podcast for B2B marketers, Alex talks to Brendan McGuire. At the time of recording, Brendan was Brand Amplification Leader at IBM, a role that lets the world know what IBM is, what it does and what it stands for. Li...2021-03-2232 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Fourth Sunday in Lent - Rejoice in the Light of Faith"Whoever lives the truth come to the light." Can we not see the light right now that shines right in our midst; let us rejoice with the gift of the light of God; that Christ shines in the midst of our darkness and has never, ever left us.2021-03-1510 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Third Sunday in Lent - SquirrelI do not know what it is about the human condition that we find ourselves so easily distracted. We are trying to do something and then “Oh, look. Over there, oh, look; oh squirrel, oh squirrel.” And we just go and start doing something else. It is this very mindset of distraction that the scriptures speak to today.2021-03-0907 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesEpisode 1 - Cairns on the Second Mountain Self AwarenessCairns on the Second Mountain - Prayer Retreat by Fr. Brendan McGuireWhen we are walking up a mountain, we cannot see the path ahead so we need markers or Cairns. Those who have already climbed the mountain before us leave markers for us to follow. The same is true for our spiritual journey. 2021-03-0546 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesEpisode 5 - Cairns on the Second Mountain - Joy in ServiceCairns on the Second Mountain - Prayer Retreat by Fr. Brendan McGuireWhen we are walking up a mountain, we cannot see the path ahead so we need markers or Cairns. Those who have already climbed the mountain before us leave markers for us to follow. The same is true for our spiritual journey. 2021-03-051h 04
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesEpisode 4 - Cairns on the Second Mountain - GratitudeCairns on the Second Mountain - Prayer Retreat by Fr. Brendan McGuireWhen we are walking up a mountain, we cannot see the path ahead so we need markers or Cairns. Those who have already climbed the mountain before us leave markers for us to follow. The same is true for our spiritual journey. 2021-03-051h 01
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesEpisode 3 - Cairns on the Second Mountain - LoveCairns on the Second Mountain - Prayer Retreat by Fr. Brendan McGuireWhen we are walking up a mountain, we cannot see the path ahead so we need markers or Cairns. Those who have already climbed the mountain before us leave markers for us to follow. The same is true for our spiritual journey. 2021-03-051h 02
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesEpisode 2 - Cairns on the Second Mountain - HumilityCairns on the Second Mountain - Prayer Retreat by Fr. Brendan McGuireWhen we are walking up a mountain, we cannot see the path ahead so we need markers or Cairns. Those who have already climbed the mountain before us leave markers for us to follow. The same is true for our spiritual journey. 2021-03-051h 01
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesEpisode 7 - Second Mountain of Life"Second Mountain of Life" Prayer Retreat By Fr. Brendan McGuireWe are collectively in uncharted waters and how we respond to what happens to us on the journey is what define us. We can transform into something far better; to redefine ourselves as individuals, as a society and as a community.2021-03-0258 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesEpisode 8 - Second Mountain of Life"Second Mountain of Life" Prayer Retreat By Fr. Brendan McGuireWe are collectively in uncharted waters and how we respond to what happens to us on the journey is what define us. We can transform into something far better; to redefine ourselves as individuals, as a society and as a community.2021-03-0259 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesEpisode 9 - Second Mountain of Life"Second Mountain of Life" Prayer Retreat By Fr. Brendan McGuireWe are collectively in uncharted waters and how we respond to what happens to us on the journey is what define us. We can transform into something far better; to redefine ourselves as individuals, as a society and as a community.2021-03-021h 04
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Second Sunday of Lent - Constant GrowthLent is an opportunity for us to re-evaluate and see where our God already is in the world; that Jesus is right here with us. I sometimes fear that we look for God in all the wrong places because he is right among us. He is right here.2021-03-0208 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesEpisode 3 - Second Mountain of Life"Second Mountain of Life" Prayer Retreat By Fr. Brendan McGuireWe are collectively in uncharted waters and how we respond to what happens to us on the journey is what define us. We can transform into something far better; to redefine ourselves as individuals, as a society and as a community.2021-02-281h 00
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesEpisode 4 - Second Mountain of Life"Second Mountain of Life" Prayer Retreat By Fr. Brendan McGuireWe are collectively in uncharted waters and how we respond to what happens to us on the journey is what define us. We can transform into something far better; to redefine ourselves as individuals, as a society and as a community.2021-02-2859 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesEpisode 5 - Second Mountain of Life"Second Mountain of Life" Prayer Retreat By Fr. Brendan McGuireWe are collectively in uncharted waters and how we respond to what happens to us on the journey is what define us. We can transform into something far better; to redefine ourselves as individuals, as a society and as a community.2021-02-2858 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesEpisode 6 - Second Mountain of Life"Second Mountain of Life" Prayer Retreat By Fr. Brendan McGuireWe are collectively in uncharted waters and how we respond to what happens to us on the journey is what define us. We can transform into something far better; to redefine ourselves as individuals, as a society and as a community.2021-02-2858 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the First Sunday in Lent - This Time of Lent is ClasicIn this Lent as we enter into this classical time, and it is a wonderful joy-filled time, if we can enter into the true spirit of metanoia, this repentance of changing our mind and our heart; can we leave a little bit of white space for ourselves and for God; for others and for God. So that together the season truly will be a season of joy.2021-02-2509 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesEpisode 1 - The Second Mountain of Life"Second Mountain of Life" Prayer Retreat By Fr. Brendan McGuireWe are collectively in uncharted waters and how we respond to what happens to us on the journey is what define us. We can transform into something far better; to redefine ourselves as individuals, as a society and as a community.2021-02-241h 01
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Prayer Retreat SeriesEpisode 2 - The Second Mountain of Life"Second Mountain of Life" Prayer Retreat By Fr. Brendan McGuireWe are collectively in uncharted waters and how we respond to what happens to us on the journey is what define us. We can transform into something far better; to redefine ourselves as individuals, as a society and as a community.2021-02-241h 02
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time - The Power of Touch Even NowI do not think there is a time in our history where we have not acknowledged the power of touch more than today in the middle of this COVID crisis. Who among us now does not miss the touch of our relatives and our friends? 2021-02-2211 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for Ash Wednesday - Now is the Time to CelebrateSometimes, the longer we leave something, the harder it becomes to do. That certainly is true of bad habits and sinful ways. That is why the Church gives us these reminders every year of this 40-days to once again turn our hearts back to God; or as the scripture says today to rend our hearts; to lay open our hearts back to God and to be renewed.2021-02-2207 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Empathy versus SympathyThe ultimate strength of Jesus is his relationship with God the Father and when he is under this constant pressure he digs deeper and goes deeper into his relationship with his Father. His ultimate source of strength is God’s love. And he knows that. So every morning he goes to pray. (Read more...)2021-02-0910 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Empathy Through VulnerabilityOur discipleship is not just about coming to Church; it is about being Church. It is about being the family of God. And when we are family, we make decisions as a family and we stand with each other through thick and through thin.2021-02-0211 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time - More Than EnoughWe are called to choose unity, goodness and truth over division, evil and lies. And that each one of us has to choose that for ourselves and we have to find inside of ourselves to say, “There is enough, there is more than enough for me and for everyone else.”2021-01-2605 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time - We Listen to What We LikeWe tend to become like those we listen to. It makes sense, right? Those to whom we listen and whom we spend time with and the more time we spend with them, the more we will become like them. It is true for all of us.2021-01-1812 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for The Baptism of the Lord- Community: The Body of ChristWe all know that we need community. The Church, the Body of Christ that we claim to be is a unique community, a community of true belonging that says that Christ is at the center in the One Lord; in the One Table; in the One Jesus Christ.2021-01-1211 min
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Epiphany of the Lord - Go back A Different WayWhen COVID first broke and we were ordered into our first shelter-in-place, one of the requirements was to stay home and to not hike in any park that was more than five minutes away from your house. Up until that point, I had been hiking regularly in a park called “Sierra Azul,” a twelve minute drive from my house. So I had to find another place to hike. 2021-01-0812 min