Jun 27, 2021
Hear what water-hogging trees—which made a Texas ranch look lifeless—have to do with the little girl Jesus revives in today's Gospel . . . and with the hope of a new liveliness and freedom for you.
13th Sunday in Ordinary Time; Fr. Charles "Chuck" Wood; readings: Wis 1: 13-15; 2: 23-24; Ps 30: 2, 4, 5-6, 11, 12, 13; 2 Cor...
Jun 21, 2021
Hear the story of a baptized Catholic who became an atheist but eventually became an active parish member teaching Religious Education. Discover how his story ties into this Sunday's Opening Prayer, Responsorial Psalm, and 2nd Reading. Then reflect on its message for you.
12th Sunday in Ordinary Time; Fr. Charles...
Jun 14, 2021
Feel like the 1st Reading's tender shoot, which God would transplant to a precarious place? Want to feel more like St. Paul in the 2nd Reading—"always courageous," aspiring to please God? Hear how the Holy Spirit, the "Breath of God," can be the respirator that breathes courage into you and pumps you up with "grace in...
Jun 7, 2021
Okay, a bakery might make sense as an image of where you can get spiritual food. But what does a trailer—as in the kind you see at construction sites—have to do with God's giving us our "daily bread" and with the Feast of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)? Listen now and find out.
Feast of...
Jun 1, 2021
Given the overflowing wonder of the Holy Trinity, it's no wonder that Fr. Chuck's Saturday Vigil homily and Sunday homily used totally different images. You've got to hear both (Pt. 1 & Pt. 2) to learn how God plunges us into the Trinity's powerful Name and why Jesus wants us to share the power he shares with the Father...