We often think love and laws are opposite things, but Jesus teaches us that all the moral laws of God can be summed up in one word: love. In this episode, Fr. Ryan breaks open the two greatest commandments and shows how God's laws teach us how

Correcting with Love

Sep 13th, 2023 16m 56s

It's not easy to fulfill our Christian duty to correct each other and reach out to people in serious sin. But Jesus gives us a 3-step process to follow. We are responsible for each other! Let us participate in Jesus' call to be good shepherd

Gifts of the Spirit

Dec 5th, 2022 16m 51s

In this episode, Father Ryan explains how the Gifts of the Holy Spirit burn away the roots of the seven deadly sins in us, preparing the way for the Lord to come and help us bear good fruit of repentance.

Stream toward Jerusalem

Nov 27th, 2022 15m 25s

Trials and Hope

Nov 13th, 2022 13m 30s

Jesus predicts many bad things that are going to happen to us, but ultimately he wants to give us hope. In this episode, Father Ryan shines light on our current situation and what God is calling us to as people of hope in the midst of trials a

The fire of God's love

Aug 14th, 2022 17m 37s

Jesus says he has come to cast fire on the earth. Fire is frightening. What can this image say to us about God's love? Love is demanding, and the demands of love can be frightening. When Jesus calls us, he doesn't allow us to stay as we are

The most perfect prayer

Jul 25th, 2022 25m 40s

Jesus teaches the most perfect prayer when he teaches us to pray, "Our Father." In this episode, Father Ryan explains the petitions of the Lord's prayer and how the Mass is the fulfillment of all we pray for in the Our Father.

Being Mary in a Martha world

Jul 18th, 2022 14m 36s

The Gospel of Jesus

Apr 22nd, 2022 17m

The announcement of Jesus' death and resurrection is called the 'Gospel,' a word that means a life-changing event that radically changes our circumstances. In this episode, Father Ryan proclaims the message of the Gospel of Jesus and the diffe

God's upward calling

Apr 8th, 2022 15m 35s

The readings for the 5th Sunday of Lent call us to overcome the attitudes of condemnation and complacency, and grow in confidence in Jesus and His upward calling in our life. In this episode Fr. Ryan explains how we can grow in this attitude!

The presence of God

Mar 18th, 2022 21m 28s

The Transfiguration of Jesus has a long Biblical background of God's appearance as fire and cloud. In this episode, Father Ryan explains God's promises to Abraham, and how Christ fulfills them and fills us to be God's presence on earth.

The battle for freedom

Mar 10th, 2022 14m 40s

Jesus enters into spiritual combat with the devil and wins victory over temptations to pride, lust, and greed. In this episode, Father Ryan explains how we face the same temptations, and how we can win with the weapons of prayer, fasting, and

Embracing suffering

Mar 3rd, 2022 7m 39s

As we being Lent, Jesus calls us to suffer with him and embrace the cross. In this episode, Father Ryan encourages us not to flee from losing our lives each day.

Speech that builds up

Mar 1st, 2022 14m 33s

Jesus calls us to be fruitful trees through speech that builds up, helps others, teaches and leads others, and removes others' defects. In this episode, Father Ryan examines how we can bear good fruit for the Lord as we prepare for Lent.

Jesus' peace plan

Feb 21st, 2022 17m 46s

In his Sermon on the Plain, Jesus gives us his four-point peace plan when we're faced with hatred, hostility, exclusion, or insults because we follow Christ and His teachings. In this episode, Fr. Ryan explains how we can live out Jesus' plan

Cast into the deep

Feb 8th, 2022 15m 44s

God always takes the initiative in our life to come close to us and call us. Isaiah and Peter's response is to recoil in fear and shame at their sinfulness, yet this doesn't stop God from calling them. In this episode, Father Ryan explains th

Loving people with same-sex attraction

Feb 1st, 2022 22m 4s

Caring for people with same-sex attraction has become part of the 'culture wars,' with seemingly two sides pitted against each other. In this episode, Father Ryan talks about how to walk in the way of Jesus, the way of love, as we reflect unco

March for Life 2022

Jan 25th, 2022 23m 17s

In this episode, Father Ryan speaks about his experience with a bus load of Yooper pilgrims to the 48th March for Life in Washington, D.C. Many of the speakers told their stories of how abortion affected their lives, and how they found mercy a

Taking the plunge

Jan 14th, 2022 13m 58s

The central ritual of entry into the Christian life is baptism, being immersed and plunged into water. In this episode on the feast of Jesus' Baptism, Father Ryan examines ways we can 'take the plunge' headlong into the Christian life, rather

The gifts Jesus brings

Dec 29th, 2021 14m 50s

Children teach us the true meaning of Christmas really is to receive gifts! In this Christmas homily, Father Ryan reflects on four of the gifts Jesus brings when we receive Him into our lives.

The dwelling place of God

Dec 21st, 2021 18m 23s

In the Old Testament, God showed he wanted to be Emmanuel, God-with-us. The prophets foretold a time when God would not just be with us, but within us, that he wants to put his Spirit and his divine life in us. In this episode, Father Ryan ex

Hope the desert

Dec 6th, 2021 18m

In the midst of the difficult circumstances of 1st century Palestine, God's Word came to John, as a voice calling out in the desert. God wants to come to us in the often difficult circumstances of our lives. In this episode, Father Ryan consi

Keep your head up

Nov 29th, 2021 17m 9s

The first words of the entrance antiphon for Advent 1 is "To you, O Lord, I lift up my soul." Jesus exhorts us in today's Gospel to "Raise your heads" in times of tribulation. In this episode, Father Ryan draws some practical lessons from the

Shine like light

Nov 15th, 2021 19m 36s

Jesus warns us we must pass through many tribulations to enter the Kingdom of God, and that many will fall away from faith because of persecution and pressures from the world. In this episode, Father Ryan encourages us to shine with the light

Blindness and Sight

Oct 27th, 2021 16m 29s

Bartimaeus is an image for all of us born into this world ignorant of the truth about God and ourselves and needing the light of revelation to make known to us God's plan for our lives. The readings for the 30th Sunday use the images of blindn