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Living and Effective
A New Family of Grace
Our parents matter. Our destiny is in their hands. We don't think frequently enough of the fact that Adam and Eve are truly our parents and the nature we have comes from them. As we approach Christmas, we can see that God's rescue mission for humanity begins by reconstituting our family based upon grace. The Holy Family is God's beginning of a new human family with God as our Heavenly Father, Our Lady and the Church as our Mother, and Jesus as our brother.
2025-12-15
12 min
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The Triumph of Grace
Our Lady is the best...because of God. The solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is a sign of the triumph of grace over the devil, sin, and death.
2025-12-15
08 min
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The meaning of creation: God loves you!...and brumating turtles.
A brisk cold plunge in the icy lake this week gave me an opportunity to be reminded of the amazing gift of God's creation. What is the meaning of creation? God love you and turtles.
2025-12-01
25 min
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Christ is King.
On the Solemnity of Christ the King we reflect on the gospel imperative to serve God above all others and to participate in social and political life based upon the principles of Catholic Social Teaching.
2025-12-01
19 min
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Learning How to Worship
On this Feast of the Dedication of the Lateran Basilica, we focus on the establishment of a church building, but the dedication of the basilica is about more than a church building. This feast is instructive to us about the importance of the liturgy in God's plan for our salvation.
2025-11-10
22 min
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Purgatory and Getting Ready for Heaven
All Souls day is a time to remember all the people who have died and are going to heaven, eventually, but they are still in need of purification in order to be ready for the blessed union with God that we call "Heaven." Let's dive into life after death.
2025-11-10
20 min
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See the World Hanging Upside Down
Faith allows you to see things from God's perspective, and his perspective is true and life altering. The words of the gospel today about uprooting mulberry trees is a great challenge to our illusions of self-reliance and self-derived merit in the Kingdom of God. Mumford and Sons helps us with some images to see the world hanging upside down in dependence on the Maker.
2025-10-14
09 min
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Be Persuaded!
Lazarus is no help for the rich man after the rich man dies and finds himself in torment. The rich man, like us, has Moses and the prophets, but even more, a Jesus has risen from the dead and his message continues to go out to those who have ears and hear today: beware of all forms of greed!Have you made an idol out of riches? The most concrete way to determine your attachment to riches and whether or not it has displaced God as the love of your life is whether or...
2025-09-30
19 min
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Serpent Worship
What is going on in the desert when the bronze serpent is lifted up as a healing remedy to the Israelites? (Numbers 21) Diving into the Old Testament will give us greater perspective by which we can understand Jesus allusion to his own "lifting up". What is clear? The wages of sin is death, and idolatry is the origin of it. Jesus' blood is the anti-venom capable of healing us from the poison of the worship of Satan, the serpent, whose lies tempt us to doubt and deny God's goodness and provident love for his people.
2025-09-16
19 min
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No Pretenders
What place does God hold in your life? What competes with God for our love, obedience, affection, and meaning in our lives? Our life is a choice. There can only be one ultimate love in our life. Is it the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob made flesh in Jesus?
2025-09-16
15 min
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What is Humility?
Humility is a virtue that is foundational for the Christian life. But what is humility, exactly? In this homily, we look to the eminent theologian, Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange to help us.
2025-09-05
22 min
Figuring it Out with Fr. Nelson
Back to School Balance
As we get back to school, what are some of the virtues that we need to focus on? Moderation and Prudence lead the way.
2025-08-27
16 min
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Entering through the Door of Christ's Humanity
Today's gospel touches upon the question of greatest importance for each of us. What does Jesus say about the question of salvation? Will many be saved? His answer is instructive for us. We must all enter through the door to be saved. We can't remain outside the Kingdom of God. The key is knowing that Jesus himself is the door through which we must pass.
2025-08-25
18 min
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The Fire of God's Love
The self-revelation of God's name to Moses took place in the context of a sign; a bush on fire, but not consumed. It is a vision of God's love that in the Incarnation of Christ will show forth the blazing, unfettered power of love in a humanity so pure that it is not consumed by it. St. Theresa of Avila met this Fire and was touched by it. The fire of God's love is meant to transform and illuminate each of us.
2025-08-25
15 min
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The Dynamics of Faith
On this 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time, the reading from the Letter to the Hebrews is a Master Class in the life and virtue of faith. Faith is foundational to our lives as christians, but dynamics of faith lived out can often be hard to understand or difficulty to describe. Thankfully, we can look to the life of Abraham, our Father in Faith, to understand the pattern of faith in our own lives.
2025-08-11
21 min
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What do you really want from God?
This homily explores what we expect from God. What do we ask him for? What do we really want from him?
2025-07-31
13 min
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You are the man lying half-dead in the road.
In today's gospel, Jesus reveals his compassion and desire to heal us from our pain, our misery, our sin which leads to death. He is the good Samaritan and we are lying half-dead in the road.
2025-07-13
21 min
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Peace, the mark of the Kingdom of God.
Peace is the mark of those who belong to the Kingdom of God and voluntarily live under the Lordship of Christ, who controls our hearts by grace. Resistance to the Lordship of Christ results in agitation, fear, restlessness, and resistance of the offer of Christ's peace through receiving the Lordship of Jesus over our lives. Wherever you experience resistance in your heart around Jesus invitation to enter into our lives, is a place where we have not fully repented of our sinful isolation of ourselves from God.
2025-07-07
17 min
Figuring it Out with Fr. Nelson
Why do Catholics take Pilgrimages?
Going on pilgrimage as a religious exercise dates back to the the Jewish practice of traveling to visit the Temple, or perhaps, even further to Abraham's call from God to the promised land. Christian history includes pilgrimages to Israel, Santiago de Compostella, Lourdes, and many other holy sites. So why do we do this?
2025-07-03
29 min
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You can't have God as Father without the Church as Mother.
On this solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, the Church celebrates the Roman Church's apostolic foundations. We dive into the necessity of the Church as the constitutive mediator of grace and faith as established by our Lord.
2025-06-30
21 min
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Love calls forth love. Would you die for the Eucharist?
St. Thomas More exhorts us to remember the details of the Passion of Christ. In doing so, we will be moved to love Jesus in the Eucharist, even to the point of willingness to return a marter's love for the one who laid offered his life for us.
2025-06-23
09 min
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Lived Experience of the Holy Trinity
For St. Paul, faith justifies because it reestablishes a relationship of receptivity and openness to God. Hope does not disappoint because the God who is Love, is constantly loving us who turn to him. Prayer is essential to learning that you are loved by God.
2025-06-16
19 min
Figuring it Out with Fr. Nelson
Finding and Fueling Your Purpose in Life
How do you know what your purpose is for life? I'm joined by the great Hannah Candrian to discuss how to know how to direct one's life in alignment with God's will.
2025-06-13
29 min
Figuring it Out with Fr. Nelson
Why do Catholics love Mary so much?
The Catholic theology and devotion to the Mother of Jesus is often a point of misunderstanding and disagreement between Catholics and our Protestant brothers and sisters. In this episode, we try to figure out just why Catholic's love Mary so much. Citations from the following: Catechism of the Catholic Church via www.vatican.vaLuigin Gambero, "Mary and the Fathers of the Church: The Blessed Virgin Mary in Patristic Thought", Ignatius Press, 1999. Brant Pitre, "Jesus and the Jewish Roots of Mary: Unveiling the Mother of the Messiah", Random House Audio, 2018
2025-06-06
35 min
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The Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, 2025
The Ascension of the Lord points out to us that heaven is more real than our current experience of life. Jesus did not distance himself from us through the Ascension into heaven, but rather entered glory and entered a dimension that is not less real, but more real than the world that we can see with our eyes.
2025-06-03
15 min
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4th Sunday in Easter: The Voice of the Spirit of Jesus
The importance of learning to recognize the voice of Jesus in our life is paramount. Prayer is essential to familiarizing ourselves with the voice of God.
2025-06-03
15 min
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Divine Mercy Sunday 2025
"There is no offense, however serious, that the Church cannot forgive. There is no one, however wicked and guilty, who may not confidently hope for forgiveness provided his repentance is honest" (Catechism of the Catholic Church). The beautiful feast of Divine Mercy Sunday reveals God's unfathomable love for humanity. God's mercy extends to every sinner and is capable of overcoming every sin.
2025-06-03
25 min
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Good Friday 2025
I thirst. One of Jesus' seven last words. His thirst is for you.
2025-06-03
13 min
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Holy Thursday 2025
Do you realize what Jesus has done for you? Everything Jesus did on Holy Thursday was intentional. He was aware of the saving mysteries that he is instituting for your salvation.
2025-06-03
13 min
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Palm Sunday 2025
Peter denies Jesus. How often do we weep over our sins?
2025-06-03
08 min
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The Feast of the Holy Family
Homily on the occasion of the solemnity of the Holy Family. The redemption of the world began with the sanctification of the home.
2025-06-03
28 min
Figuring it Out with Fr. Nelson
Part 2 of Rerum Novarum
Pope Leo XIV referenced the encyclical letter Rerum Novarum as a reason for him choice of the name Leo. We dive into what this important document says.
2025-05-28
31 min
Figuring it Out with Fr. Nelson
What is Rerum Novarum and why does it matter? Part 1
Pope Leo XIV chose his name in part because of the encyclical letter written by Leo XIII entitled "Rerum Novarum". What is this encyclical about and why does it Matter?
2025-05-23
29 min
Figuring it Out with Fr. Nelson
Habemus Papam!
Today the first American Cardinal was elected as the 267th successor of St. Peter. Robert Cardinal Prevost is now Pope Leo XIV. Here are my initial thoughts.
2025-05-08
19 min
Figuring it Out with Fr. Nelson
Conclave? Why is the Papacy Essential to Christianity?
The conclave is one of the most followed and important Catholic events that happen. What is it and why is the Papacy essential to Christianity? Let's figure it out!
2025-04-30
37 min
Figuring it Out with Fr. Nelson
Is renouncing Satan necessary?
An 11 year old North Dakota girl took her life in 1994 and her involvement with the occult was looked upon as a factor leading to her death. Baptism requires the renunciation of Satan and all his works. What are we to think about all of this? Is renouncing Satan in one's life really necessary? Let's look to Fr. Serge Bonino to find out.
2025-04-24
38 min
Figuring it Out with Fr. Nelson
Church Three Days in a Row?!
Let's try to figure out why the Church so strongly encourages us to go to Church on Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday.
2025-04-17
23 min