Shows
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesPalm Sunday - Missed Opportunities (FDT)Church of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year B
Photo Credit (https://www.cntraveler.com/gallery/road-trip-games-and-toys-to-keep-kids-entertained-on-the-go)
2021-03-3105 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies5th Sunday of Lent - To become like a ChildChurch of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year B
(photo credit: https://depositphotos.com/336188296/stock-video-child-holds-fathers-hand-dad.html)
2021-03-2214 min
2021-03-1507 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies3rd Sunday of Lent - Scrutiny - Breaking and EnteringChurch of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Scrutiny
2021-03-0713 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies2nd Sunday of Lent - Energy CrisisChurch of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year B (Sloth, Gluttony, Lust)
Photo Credit https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/texas-debates-power-crisis-el-paso-credits-outages/story?id=76090113
2021-03-0113 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies2nd Sunday of Lent - Energy CrisisChurch of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year B (Sloth, Gluttony, Lust)
Photo Credit (https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/texas-debates-power-crisis-el-paso-credits-outages/story?id=76090113)
2021-03-0113 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies1st Sunday of Lent - Lamborghini on RocksChurch of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year B
photo credit: https://www.motoroids.com/page/7/?s=aventador
2021-02-2212 min2021-02-1405 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies5th Sunday in OT - Run it Back...Church of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year B
2021-02-0810 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies4th Sunday in OT - The Truth Will Set You FreeChurch of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year B
Photo - Synagogue in Capernaum (site of today's Gospel)
2021-02-0108 minCatholic Gorillas - HomiliesWord of God Sunday - Scrabble... "Lectio" (Homily and Lectio)Church of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year B
2021-01-2520 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies2nd Sunday in OT - Turning the Dial... Radios and Memories (FDT)Church of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year B
(photo credit: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/427560558355111355/)
2021-01-1813 minCatholic Gorillas - HomiliesBaptism of the Lord - Surprised by sin...live your Baptism!Church of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year B
2021-01-1115 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesEpiphany - Solar Lights - Manifestation of God's PresenceChurch of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year B . Book: A Biblical Walk through the Mass by Edward Sri
(photo credit: https://www.amazon.com/Outdoor-Lights-Pathway-Waterproof-Lighting/dp/B07XLLNN8S)
2021-01-0312 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesMary Mother of God - Reflecting through MemoryChurch of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year B
(photo credit: https://www.calmicrousa.com/why-you-cannot-throw-your-old-tv-set-in-the-trash/)
2021-01-0208 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesHoly Family - Building Blocks...Church of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year B
(photo credit: https://www.getfilecloud.com/blog/2014/01/the-fundamental-building-blocks-of-cloud-computing/#.X-kJF9hKg2w)
2020-12-2813 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesChristmas - Back to the...Church of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year B
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nativity_with_St._Francis_and_St._Lawrence
2020-12-2513 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies3rd Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday) - What's in the Wrapping?Church of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year B
(photo credit: https://www.uglyducklinghouse.com/brown-kraft-paper-gift-wrap-with-feathers-and-gold-ribbon/)
2020-12-1307 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesSolemnity of the Immaculate Conception - Ordinary to ExtraordinaryChurch of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year B
(Photo Credit: https://hauteliving.com/2011/12/lebron-james-celine-dion-and-francois-henry-bennahmias-host-benefit-event/?page=19)
2020-12-0909 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies2nd Sunday of Advent - "eager to be found..."Church of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year B
(photo credit - St. Isidore's Facebook page)
2020-12-0609 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies1st Sunday of Advent - Wait WatchersChurch of Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year B
Photo Credit: https://inside-360.com/2019/12/29/lapland-the-festive-table-the-typical-food-to-taste-in-the-christmas-time/
2020-11-3010 min2020-11-2211 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies32nd Sunday in OT - A Bachelor Spiritual Life?St. James Catholic Church (Augusta) - Fr. Derek Thome - Year A (photo credit: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/tv/story/2020-06-07/whats-on-tv-monday-the-bachelor-the-greatest-seasons-ever%3f_amp=true)
2020-11-0909 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesAll Saints - Spacecraft and SaintsChurch of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year A
(photo credit) https://www.10news.com/re-live-the-apollo-11-moon-landing-through-these-historical-photos
2020-11-0209 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies30th Sunday in OT - Fiat for a Rusty Old PipeChurch of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year A Stewardship Renewal
(photo credit: https://www.shutterstock.com/video/clip-2612252-water-leaking-old-rusty-supply-pipe)
2020-10-2608 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies29th Sunday in OT - A Compass & A ConscienceChurch of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year A
http://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/apost_exhortations/documents/hf_ben-xvi_exh_20070222_sacramentum-caritatis.html (Paragraph 83)
http://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/speeches/2006/march/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20060330_eu-parliamentarians.html
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ccc_css/archive/catechism/p3s1c2a2.htm paragraph 1907
“I am a single-issue bishop; the issue is human life—human life from the first moment of
conception until the final breath is drawn. Abortion makes all other issues moot”.—Cardinal John
O’Connor of New York, June 1996 photo credit: https://photocontest.smithsonianmag.com/photoco...
2020-10-1810 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies28th Sunday of OT - Hope is a Good ThingThome Household - Fr Derek Thome - Year A
2020-10-1105 minCatholic Gorillas - Homilies27th Sunday in OT - "One Last Time - Relearning and Being Restored"Church of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome Year A
2020-10-0512 minCatholic Gorillas - Homilies26th Sunday in OT - Cyclical, Generational Poverty...Church of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year A
Interested in transforming your relationship with Christ? https://membership.faithdirect.net/events/details/5238
2020-09-2711 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies25th Sunday in OT - ChosenChurch of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year A
Behold I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me.
(photo credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredulity_of_Saint_Thomas_(Caravaggio))
2020-09-2111 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies24th Sunday in OT - You Gotta Fight for Your "Rite"...Church of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year A
Luke 7:47 "he who is forgiven little, loves little." For more resources:
https://youtu.be/xtvjmsPmVpw | https://youtu.be/YiVjwlUO9Sc
The Rite of Reconciliation...
2020-09-1411 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies23rd Sunday in OT - "Truth is Symphonic" - Hans Urs von BalthasarChurch of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year A (photo credit: https://symphonyintheflinthills.org/event/signature-event/)
2020-09-0712 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies22nd Sunday in OT - "You are Still on the Best Route"Church of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year A (photo credit: https://images.app.goo.gl/6dr1atHgQRAkD24D8)
2020-08-3112 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies21st Sunday in OT - Power Made VisibleChurch of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year A (photo credit: Craig Daily Press)
2020-08-2410 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies20th Sunday in OT - ConvergenceChurch of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year A (photo credit: The Martian (2015) - https://youtu.be/bhB6IiThI1w)
2020-08-1609 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies19th Sunday in OT - Risking SilenceChurch of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year A
2020-08-1210 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies17th Sunday in OT - Scavenging for Our TreasureChurch of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year A (photo - a scavenger hunt in high school)
2020-07-2611 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies16th Sunday in OT - "Which is wheat, and which is a weed?"Church of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year A
2020-07-2010 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies15th Sunday in OT - "Pick-up Lines"Church of the Magdalen - Fr. Derek Thome - Year A
Photo Credit https://www.wallpaperflare.com/brown-wooden-dressser-person-inside-the-restaurant-silhouette-through-window-wallpaper-ztbio
2020-07-1711 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies14th Sunday in OT - Am I Poor?Church of the Magdalen - Year A - Fr. Derek Thome
2020-07-1610 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesPentecost Sunday - To Be FilledFr Derek Thome - Year A (https://www.google.com/search?q=+color+changing+cups&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjm7Mynz-DpAhVB-KwKHSh8DtQQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=+color+changing+cups&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQAzIECAAQQzICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCABQ1xRY-Bhg7iNoAHAAeACAAVaIAcYGkgECMTKYAQCgAQE&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=1vTUXuapM8HwswWo-LmgDQ&bih=604&biw=412&client=ms-android-google&prmd=sinv#imgrc=toO1vaDHTtjsIM)
2020-06-0107 min
2020-05-2406 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies6th Sunday of Easter - Don't Poke the Bear!Fr. Derek Thome - Year A (photo credit: Juniors Bildarchiv / Alamy http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2052118,00.html)
2020-05-1808 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies5th Sunday of Easter - An Accident Led to A CureFr Derek Thome - Year A (photo credit: https://cosmosmagazine.com/society/science-history-90-years-ago-a-contaminated-petri-dish-changed-the-world)
2020-05-1107 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies4th Sunday of Easter - Good Shepherd Sunday: Left to Pasture but Not AbandonedFr Derek Thome - Year A (picture from his first Mass card)
2020-05-0307 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesDivine Mercy Sunday - Reaching out to MercyFr. Derek Thome - Year A. "The knowledge of my own misery allows me, at the same time, to know the immensity of Your mercy" St Faustina photo credit: https://www.google.com/search?q=christ+descending+into+misery&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwift92n-vToAhUSUKwKHTnlCtkQ2-cCegQIABAC&oq=christ+descending+into+misery&gs_lcp=ChJtb2JpbGUtZ3dzLXdpei1pbWcQAzoECB4QClCKnwFYt74BYPXGAWgAcAB4AIABlQSIAZkMkgEIMTIuMS41LTGYAQCgAQE&sclient=mobile-gws-wiz-img&ei=aoKcXp_aBZKgsQW5yqvIDQ&bih=604&biw=412&client=ms-android-google&prmd=inv#imgrc=NUeAgys9dEXrvM&imgdii=GQ3soXFzGf-cIM
2020-04-1908 min
2020-04-0504 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies5th Sunday of Lent - Coming out of our TombsFr. Derek Thome - Year A confessions remain available at St. Thomas daily (in the sacristy) M-F 7:00-7:30am 6:00-6:30pm and Saturday 3:30-4:00 (photo Johann Trautmann: The Raising of Lazarus https://sammlung.staedelmuseum.de/en/work/the-raising-of-lazarus)
2020-03-2907 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies4th Sunday of Lent - Hide n go "Here I am"Fr Derek Thome - Homily for Laetare Sunday. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hide-and-seek
2020-03-2208 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies3rd Sunday of Lent - Social Distancing, the Exodus and the Christian LifeFr Derek Thome - Year A
2020-03-1510 minCatholic Gorillas - Homilies2nd Sunday of Lent - It is Good that We are Here...is it Good Enough?Fr Derek Thome - Year A Mount St. Mary University Softball Team Mass
2020-03-1506 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies1st Sunday of Lent: Heightening Our Spidey SensesFr Derek Thome - Year A. Photo Credit https://www.urbanoutfitters.com/shop/spider-man-spidey-senses-katakana-tee
2020-03-1508 min2020-02-2708 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies7th Sunday of OT - Tug of War: Loving our EnemiesFr. Derek Thome - Year A
https://www.news-sentinel.com/news/local-news/2020/02/18/kevin-leininger-4/
photo credit: https://www.ncregister.com/blog/jimmy-akin/how-does-forgiveness-work-before-and-after-christ
2020-02-2512 min2020-02-1708 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies5th Sunday in OT - Hiding Behind the Black LightFr Derek Thome - Year A. Photo:https://www.inspirock.com/canada/mississauga/laser-quest-a9154287449
2020-02-1008 minCatholic Gorillas - HomiliesPresentation of the Lord - Prepare to be SurprisedFr Derek Thome - Year A
2020-02-0409 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies3rd Sunday in OT - Love Letters...Word of God Sunday - Fr. Derek Thome
https://www.list.co.uk/article/68443-extract-my-dear-bessie-a-love-story-in-letters/ photo taken from:
2020-01-2707 min
2020-01-2007 min
2020-01-1407 min
2020-01-0908 minCatholic Gorillas - HomiliesMary Mother of God - A Blessing from MomFr. Derek Thome - Jan. 1, 2020
Most Holy Virgin Mary, tender Mother of all, we consecrate the Catholic Diocese of Wichita all our parishes, schools, religious institutes, chapels, hospitals, clinics, all our ministries, all our families and each and every person to your Sorrowful and Immaculate Heart, O Queen of the Most Holy Rosary.
Please accept our consecration, Dearest Mother, and use us as you wish to accomplish your designs upon the world. O sorrowful and Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary and Queen of the world, rule over us together with...
2020-01-0706 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesHoly Family - Go Dance...Lead well and they'll stick the landing
Year A - Fr. Derek Thome
2019-12-3007 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesChristmas Eve Mass at Night - Our Desire is Satisfied: "Taken Over by the Love that has Taken Hold of Us""Tenderness is not gratification in the feelings we have, but abandonment, feeling oneself taken over by the love that has taken hold of us, by Him who has taken hold of us, feeling ourselves taken hold of by this Presence, feeling ourselves taken hold of by what has happened, the presence of what has happened." - Liugi Guissani
Paragraph 2 (http://archivio.traces-cl.com/dic05/christmas.html ) of Christmas: The Mystery of God's Tenderness
Christmas Mass at Night - Fr. Derek Thome
2019-12-2510 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies3rd Sunday of Advent - Seeking Happiness, Forever Joyful: Patience Amidst ImperfectionYear A - Fr. Derek Thome
2019-12-1708 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies2nd Sunday of Advent - The More You Know, the More You Notice, The More You HopeYear A - Fr. Derek Thome
2019-12-1008 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies1st Sunday of Advent - Searching for Our Heart's Desire"Advent, this powerful liturgical season that we are beginning, invites us to pause in silence to understand a presence. It is an invitation to understand that the individual events of the day are hints that God is giving us, signs of the attention he has for each one of us."
~ Pope Benedict XVI
Year A - Fr. Derek Thome
2019-12-0110 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesChrist the King Sunday - Empowered to ThriveSTA - Stewardship Commitment Sunday - Fr. Derek Thome
2019-11-2609 min2019-11-1906 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesThe Tree I See31st Sunday in OT - Year C - Fr. Derek Thome
Photo of a tree in current day Jericho
2019-11-0507 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesClimbing the Mountain of the LordAll Saints Day - Fr. Derek Thome
Margo Hayes Video https://www.redbull.com/int-en/episodes/AP-1VDMSFC7W2111
2019-11-0105 minCatholic Gorillas - HomiliesHumility means Honesty Before God30th Sunday in OT - Year C - Fr. Derek Thome
C: contrition
A: adoration
T: thanksgiving
S: Supplication
2019-10-2804 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesUnbroken- Confident in the Redemption of Jesus Christ29th Sunday in OT - Year C - Fr. Derek Thome (image from https://www.collectors.com/entertainment-item/unbroken-movie-poster-2-sided-original-intl-final-27x40-jac/-2439038693997018357)
2019-10-2108 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesOur Song - A people of Eucharisteo28th Sunday in OT - Year C - Fr Derek Thome | 4G's of a daily examine: Grievance (failed to do God's will), Gift (from God), Growth (areas for it in my life), Grace (needed for the next day)
2019-10-1507 minCatholic Gorillas - HomiliesLife in the Face of Defeat - Respect Life Sunday27th Sunday in OT- Year C - Fr Derek Thome
2019-10-0608 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesComplacency Hurts...26th Sunday in OT - Year C - Fr Derek Thome. Book: "A Biblical Walk Through the Mass" OR visit Formed.org - "The Elements of the Catholic Mass"
2019-10-0108 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesLiving as Saved by Christ - "The price of the ticket is high. The value is incomprehensible."24th Sunday in OT - Year C - Fr Derek Thome (audio quality is compromised as the homily was given away from the pulpit)
2019-09-1811 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesFollowing in the Footsteps - The Desire of the Household23rd Sunday in OT - Year C - Fr Derek Thome
2019-09-1107 minCatholic Gorillas - HomiliesHumility begins with Receptivity22nd Sunday in OT - Year C - Fr Derek Thome
2019-09-0507 min
2019-08-2508 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesHow Bold are We? - Proclaiming the Truth no Matter the Consequences20th Sunday in OT - Year C - Fr. Derek Thome
2019-08-1909 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesRecalculating our Adventure- Our GPSAssumption of the Blessed Mother - Fr Derek Thome
2019-08-1905 min2019-08-1208 min
2019-08-0608 minCatholic Gorillas - Homilies"You can't always get what you want"17th Sunday in OT - Year C - Fr. Derek Thome
2019-07-2908 minCatholic Gorillas - HomiliesShould I Stay or Should I Go? - Our Hospitality Mentality16th Sunday in OT - Year C - Fr Derek Thome
2019-07-2208 minCatholic Gorillas - HomiliesResolutely Determined to be Free13th Sunday in OT - Year C Fr. Derek Thome
2019-07-0607 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesPacking the TruthSolemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Our Lord- Year C - Fr. Derek Thome
2019-06-2307 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesCheck Yes... for the Graduates3rd Sunday of Easter - Year C - Fr. Derek Thome
To the Graduates
2019-05-0512 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies"Check Yes or No"3rd Sunday of Easter - Year C - Fr. Derek Thome
"Do you love me, do you want to be my friend..."
2019-05-0509 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesMass of the Last Supper: Broken...Holy Thursday - Fr. Derek Thome
Picture:
Notre Dame's Burnt Sacrifice: A Reminder God Is With Us (National Catholic Register)
2019-04-1908 min
Catholic Gorillas - HomiliesDesign + Build + Sustain - Architect, Priest, Shepherd4th Sunday of Lent - Year C - Fr. Derek Thome
"Safe Haven Sunday"
2019-04-0111 min
2019-03-2406 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies"Cathaholics Anonymous"6th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Year C - Fr. Derek Thome
2019-02-1809 minCatholic Gorillas - HomiliesHijacked!5th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Year C - Fr. Derek Thome
*audio quality is lower as Father Derek left the ambo
2019-02-1111 minCatholic Gorillas - HomiliesExpectations - How do we see?4th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Year C - Fr. Derek Thome
2019-02-0409 minCatholic Gorillas - HomiliesNever Give Up - Go Out3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time - Year C - Fr. Derek Thome
2019-01-2811 min
Catholic Gorillas - Homilies"PPK" - We Offer Sacrifice, We Pray the MassBaptism of the Lord - Fr. Derek Thome
Priest
Priest: "Pray brothers and sisters that my sacrifice and yours may be acceptable to God the Almighty Father."
People: "May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of His name, for our good and the good of all his holy Church."
Prophet
Hearing the Truth Proclaimed - Proclaiming the Truth
King
Leading others to the Truth
2019-01-1409 min
2019-01-0712 min
2018-12-0310 min