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Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of God
Breaking open the Word of God …Applying it to the lived experiences of daily lifeIn the busyness of modern life, it is sometimes difficult to see and experience God in our lives. Through his homilies, Fr. Brendan challenges and invites us to take a break focus on what the Lord is saying. God is not only present but is opening up the divine story in each of us.
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Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time - True Food for the World
I want us to understand what we need to do because the whole world needs this nourishment so desperately. We are the remnant few who come to church. We need to…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Nineteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Taste and See the Goodness of God
Watching the Olympics was such a wonderful counterpoint to so much we listen to in the news. It is such a relief for the human spirit. Because all we ever seem…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Eighteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Become the Bread of Life
What we can do is share the nourishment we receive from here. And what does that mean? It is exactly what Paul says in the letter to the Ephesians. He said…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Fifteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Jesus Sent Them Out
Jesus sent out the apostles, the twelve. In Mark's gospel, it depicts as just the twelve. But in the other gospels he sends out all his disciples. He sends all…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for The Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Familiarity Breeds Contempt
Let us open our eyes and see what is among us and see if we can participate. At least recognize them for the gifts that are here, that are the ordinary being…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Humble and Faith-Filled
What does it mean then for us to be faith-filled? And what does it mean for us to be humble as disciples? The lesson of the woman with the hemorrhages gives us…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Jesus, Chief Meteorologist
There is something consoling about knowing when the storms will come and go. It does not take away from the fact that storms are there and they are coming and…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time - Little Things
It is true that the little things are what matter in our own lives as well. It is the little things we will become known for. The little things that we do or…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Tenth Sunday in Ordinary Time - The Glory of God is Man Fully Alive
Today, I do not want to focus on the fall of humanity. I want to focus on the rise of humanity that will return to being fully human, fully alive, by seeing…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for The Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ - Open Hands, Open Heart
Henry Nouwen, the great theologian and Catholic priest wrote in a book called Open Hands, Open Heart, “Most Catholics, when we come to church on Sunday, in…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for The Feast of the Most Holy Trinity - Look At Me. Listen To Me.
A lot of ink has been spilled over the mystery of the Holy Trinity for the past many years. Indeed, actually sadly, even more blood has been spilled over it…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Ascension - Mission Not Absence
The message is God loves us. The good news is that God loves you completely. The bad news, he loves everyone else completely too. But it is not really bad…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Sixth Sunday of Easter - Love One Another
God loves us not for what we have or what we do, what we own or what we look like. God loves us for who we are. We know that intellectually, I guess we know…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of Godhomily for the Fifth Sunday of Easter - Mountain Behind the Flowers
“I looked out upon my window and I saw the leaves and the flowers falling from my beautiful tree outside my window. And I lamented as I saw the barren branches…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Fourth Sunday of Easter - Chickens or Eagles
Over the last few weeks, we have been reading from the Gospel of John and it hammers away at this metaphor of the Good Shepherd. And today’s version is a…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Third Sunday of Easter - Live And Tell Our Story
Our faith is all about God as love and how we are called to be love to one another. And we are called to bring that story alive. We gather every Sunday to tell…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Second Sunday of Easter - Wounded Healers
We often name the gospel from this Sunday as “Doubting Thomas." One of the things that has always struck me about this particular gospel passage is that Jesus…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for Easter Sunday The Resurrection of the Lord - Resurrection is For Real
Our role is to witness to love in the world so that others will come to know and experience the joy of eternal life. In the gospel t we get a hint of what the…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for Good Friday - Beyond the Cross
We look upon Jesus on the cross and we take all our suffering wherever we have been, whether we have witnessed it, whether we are currently in the middle of it…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for Holy Thursday Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper - Wired to Imitate
When we witness something that is powerful, we tend to want to immediately mirror it. Our brains wire immediately to repeat it. If we witness a young person…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for Palm Sunday of the Lord's Passion - Feed the Good Wolf
We tend to think there are good people in the world and there are bad people in the world. Of course, we are part of good people, right? I mean, we do not ever…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Fifth Sunday of Lent - Surrendering to the Pain
There is something inside of us that we have to let go for something new to grow within us. We have to surrender to it for new growth to happen. In fact, we…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Fourth Sunday of Lent - Be In Right Relationship with God
Every action needs to ooze and come forward from that very sight that we want peace. Because peace is the loving relationship and right relationship with God…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Third Sunday of Lent - Sabbath as a Day of Rest is Good For Your Soul
Sabbath became a way to understand and treasure people's time and leisure. It enhanced the people's relationship with God while intensifying their shared…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Second Sunday of Lent - Believing and Seeing with the Eyes of the Heart
Sometimes we underestimate the power of the faith of the disciples as they go up the mountain with Jesus because they already believed in Jesus. They did not…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the First Sunday of Lent - Testing What We Already Know
What is the purpose of a test to evaluate your ability? A teacher gives you a test to validate that you already know something. It is not to teach you…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for Ash Wednesday - Three Lights to Come Back Home
Lent is the time for us to turn back and to come home and follow the way back to the Lord. How are we going to find our way? Every year the church gives us…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Seeing with the Eyes of the Heart
We need to see, again, with eyes of faith and to act on what we see, which requires some discipline; that is what the root word of discipleship is. What does…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Empathy and Mirror Neurons
Contagious! Contagious! Good behavior is actually neurologically contagious in our brains! This is very good news! We need more of this and we need to be…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Lamplighters Leaving a Legacy of Love
We are called to be men and women of love, of gentleness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of healing, of truth and beauty. It requires of us to light a lamp of…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Third Sunday of Ordinary Time - Be A Follower Not Just A Fan of Jesus
What makes a Catholic parish and a Catholic school is the involvement of the parents and the community. That is what binds us together. It is a testimony not…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Second Sunday of Ordinary Time - Who Are The Influencers?
We need to do some work learning to steady and slow our soul down. To just be with the Lord and to learn to listen for his voice. To be able to say what Samuel…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Epiphany of the Lord - Follow the Model of the Magi; Follow the Star to Jesus
We can learn a lot from the Magi, and we can learn a lot from this particular passage from Matthew's gospel. It is very rich with meaning and symbols. Let us…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Feast of the Holy Family - Mattering: We Need Our Children to Love Others
Your love matters in this world, and we want it not just for our nuclear family, but for the whole human family. It is important that we love one another…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Day) - Pitched His Tent Among Use
The Jewish people were in the desert for 40 years. So they lived in tents. Pitching your tent was a common phrase and the idea that Jesus pitched his tent with…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Eve) - Let Our Light Shine
The first reading tonight was dramatic, deliberately dramatic to get our attention to ensure that we are called to be the light of Christ. The ultimate message…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Fourth Sunday of Advent - Awe In God's Presence
Awe is an under spoken response to life because we know that which is beautiful but it is often a projection of what we want, what we desire, what we like. But…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Third Sunday of Advent - Punt On The Glasses Of Faith
The advent season is all about seeing with eyes of faith, to see deeper and to see and to recognize the Christ who is among us. The temptation is to allow our…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Second Sunday of Advent - Collective Effervescence
Repentance is the way to the joy of the gospel. Because once we let go of the stuff that is in our way, once we let go of that, which we know we have made…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the First Sunday of Advent -Radical Active Waiting
So what are we waiting for? In our rich theology, there are three comings of Christ. The first one is that Christ came once in history as a baby born in time…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe November 26, 2023
We show the face of Christ not only to each other, but to the whole world around us. That is what we are called to do. That is who we are as the body of…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Thirty-third sunday of Ordinary Time - Love Like a Grandparent
This is your opportunity to be part of God's mission, to be reckless with your love without abandon and to not worry about the logic of math, to just shower…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodBelievers and Followers - November 12, 2030
None of us ever want to be “ready to go,”but if we live our lives actively following the Lord and believing, then we will be more than ready for the Lord. We…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for Thirty-first Sunday of Ordinary Time - Confidence Bias
The Pharisees and the leaders are on the chair of Moses. Jesus tells the people you can do everything they say, but just do not do what they do because they…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Thirtieth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Multi-Factor Authentication System
A lot of us are hard on ourselves. We set expectations that are way too high and we get down on ourselves. It is very hard if we are down on ourselves to not…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Twenty Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Render to God
When we have a certain sense of humility before God, then we do not get into the sort of the political or religious arguments that the Herodians or Pharisees…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Twenty Eighth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Garment of Christ
When we receive here today at this Eucharist, it is not just an optional extra to go out and to do good works. But rather, it is a constituent element of…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Twenty Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time - Fruit of the Garden of Our Lives
If we are not producing fruit in our lives, if there is no evidence for the fruit, then we have to add something to it. We need to do something here. That is…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Twenty Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Convenience and Cognitive Maturity Biases
Today the one son changed his mind, and he went because it required a conversion, an acknowledgement of his need to check his biases, both convenience bias and…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for The Twenty-Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Economy of Salvation: Covenant Not Contract
It is not a transaction, it is not a contract, it is a covenant. That is our discipleship. The commitment to love no matter what. It is really hard to hear…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - The Lord is Kind and Merciful
There is no sin that separates us from God’s incredible abundant love. God’s mercy and love are important. It is the context for everything else. It is what…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Twenty Third Sunday of Ordinary Time - Harden Not Our Hearts
The question for us this week; you are here, and you have come to listen some way, shape, or form. So let us not harden our hearts. May we listen to the voice…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Twenty Second Sunday of Ordinary Time - Lunar Spirituality
September 3, 2023 We need to understand the lunar spirituality of our lives, the seasons, and then allow our hearts to be transformed. Today, we come to the…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Twenty-First Sunday of Ordinary Time - Smile and Create Contact Bias
One of the challenges is that we all have a bias in how we see things. We tend to see the way we want to see. It reminds me of an old scholastic axiom that I…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Twentieth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Boundary Crossing in Mercy
The overriding reason to cross a boundary in today's readings is mercy. We cross a boundary when love requires us to cross the boundary, when we are called…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord - Listen to Him
There is such a temptation as to capture everything on video these days. Even the Pope has gotten irritated and said, “Will you put down your phones and look…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for The Fourteenth Sunday of Ordinary Time - People are the Center of Community
The Lord says ‘Come to me all who are burdened and labor. Take my yoke upon your shoulder and learn from me for I meek and humble of heart. And you'll find…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Twelfth Sunday of Ordinary Time - Focus On The Good, Beautiful, True and Love
“What is the most loving thing I can do right now at this moment when somebody has said something that is very painful to hear, or that something is happening…
Fr. Brendan McGuire - Podcasts that Break open the Word of GodHomily for the Eleventh Sunday of Ordinary Time - Feel God's Love and Pass It On
There are many lost sheep. There are many without a shepherd. If we could allow God's love into our own lives and to feel that exuberant love allowing it to…
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Homily for The Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ - We Become What We Receive
The feast day we celebrate today is the solemnity of the Body and the Blood of Christ and we celebrate this at every Sunday Mass weekly. We believe that the…