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St. Wenceslaus Church – Scappoose, OR: Homilies

Apr 25, 2022

Hear what the Lord might say to you, about everyday endurance for Christian living, through Fr. Chuck's special message for parish children and teens in this year's First Communion Mass. Most of the parish teens who were confirmed on April 23 participated in this Mass on April 24, at which several younger parishioners...


Apr 25, 2022

Gain consolation and hope by grasping how deep Christ's love is for you. How? Listen now and contemplate with Fr. Chuck the symbolism of the wound in Jesus' side being deep enough for St. Thomas the Apostle to put his hand in it.

Second Sunday of Easter (Divine Mercy Sunday); April 24, 2022; Fr. Charles "Chuck" Wood; Acts...


Apr 18, 2022

Do you dare to let God transform your life through that same Spirit who raised Christ from the dead? Hear Fr. Chuck's impassioned call to let Easter Sunday become a more meaningful, authentic, celebration for you. That can happen when you pray for this Easter gift: Newness of life, a life in which you daily experience...


Apr 11, 2022

Blooper, 2 minutes, deleted from April 3rd homily podcast episode. Hear Fr. Chuck's frustrated reaction after the second time that folks in church don't respond the "right" way in his call-and-response use of scripture.

Lent, 5th Sun., 4/3/22; Fr. Charles "Chuck" Wood; readings: Is 43:16-21; Ps 126:1-6; Phil 3:8-14; Jn 8:...


Apr 11, 2022

A Holy Week "Lesson for Life" arises from comparing and contrasting two disciples of Jesus. One, the impetuous disciple who cut off someone's ear in the Garden of Gethsemane; the other, a modern-day disciple who obeyed a Holy Spirit prompting to encourage a priest she didn't know in a grocery store in...