Homily Podcasts

Wisdom, understanding, counsel, strength, knowledge, fear of the Lord…
Isaiah’s list of the Spirit’s gifts to “sprout from the stump of Jesse” (Jesus), but also to all of us through Confirmation. Let’s look at them a little closer, especially “the fear of the Lord.”

Isaiah’s comment about swords and spears is reversed by Joel – but does that mean that we should take up sword and spear (and gun)? Wait… Paul talks about putting on the armor of light in Romans today, and describes that armor more in Ephesians 6 – […]

Christ has made us fit to be royalty in the Kingdom of God. That also makes us fit to stand with Jesus for the battle of His kingdom. He has brought us from the dominion of darkness to the kingdom of light by His cross. What will […]

God called us to transform the world BACK to what it was before Adam & Eve sinned. We cannot do that without the sanctifying Grace of Christ. But Paul gives us a great clue to understanding how: “… so that the word of the Lord may speed […]

“…Walk humbly with your God.” – Micah 6:8 …read more

Source:: Fr. Frank Jindra’s Homily Podcasts

Our society tries to obscure truth like a fog obscures the terrain. But the truth cannot be gotten rid of any more that the fog can keep the sun from burning off the fog. The truth will win out! And the confusions of our society will dissipate […]

You cannot chain the Word of God! – About the battle of Lepanto, the Victory of Our Lady, the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, and the battle we are in. What are we doing to engage the battle that is already around us?

Faith – mustard seed – what is Jesus saying to us? I think He is pointing out two different types of faith to us: the faith of miracles (with the mustard seed) and the faith of salvation – we also call it sanctifying grace!

The rich man in the Gospel failed to respect the dignity of Lazarus, the poor man with sores. This is a problem in our society too: not only is there a failure to respect the dignity of each individual, from rich to poor, but this has caused […]

The bad steward of the Gospel did not understand his place in service to his master. What emphasis do we place on what? Do we place enough emphasis on our relationship with God, as compared to any of our other points of emphasis in our lives?